From gifted director Paul Ziller comes a starkly horrific motion picture that depicts a college football team fighting for survival against an abominable snow creature on the landscape of a frozen hell. Working from a superb screenplay by Mark L. Lester Rafael Jordan, Ziller captures the individual struggle of each group member and the personal dynamics between the characters in some sensitively observed sequences that will have audiences asking themselves, "what would I do?" Are personal integrity and human values surrendered when the fundamentals of basic survival are at stake? Profound questions indeed and this film does not shy away from asking them. The special effects are stunning, the suspense incredibly intense, and the horror unrelenting as these fragile individuals are tested to the limits of endurance, facing a terror of unimaginable power.

As the opening credits roll, a flashback establishes the presence of a big ugly monster in the Himalayas. Named "Yeti" in the title, it makes a man scream bloody murder… Sometime later, in the "Present Day," an airplane carrying a college football team crashes in the cursed area. The survivors struggle to stay alive while the monster lurks. Making the task very difficult, the predatory "Snow Demon" feeds on people and as an affinity for gore. Handsome blond Marc Menard (as Peyton Elway) and beautiful brunette Carly Pope (as Sarah) head up the cast. The best supporting parts go to sneaky Adam O'Byrne (as Ravin) and sensitive Elfina Luk (as Kyra) – one wants to start eating the dead almost immediately, the other would rather eat Chicken (as Rabbit) until they are rescued...The lessor supporting roles go to rescue team Peter DeLuise (as Sheppard) and Ona Grauer (as Fury). The latter sports Vulcan eyebrows. They wisely send their helicopter pilot home and decide to simply walk around the Himalayas looking for the plane crash. When they spot fire they don't radio for help – preferring to walk several days, instead. This kind of stupidity runs rampant in the movie, credited to Mark L. Lester and Rafael Jordan and assigned to director Paul Ziller. The survival story is obviously swiped from "Alive" (1993), with the "Yeti" monster throw in as the environmental predator. There's stiff competition for silliest scene, but it may be "Yeti" snuggling up with Ms. Pope in a cave. At least, the end shows filmmakers knew we would be laughing at this lunacy.*** Yeti (Curse of the Snow Demon) (5/18/08) Paul Ziller ~ Marc Menard, Carly Pope, Adam O'Byrne, Elfina Luk

Yet: Curse of the Snow Demon I was not expecting much from at all, but while it is far from a good movie let alone a great one I have seen far worse. I give it credit for some alright acting in alternative to the hilariously bad quality I usually see, some scenes like the opening crash where effort is made to show some genuine fright and suspense and that the story is reasonably well paced. However, the monster does look terrible and didn't scare or thrill me at all, and while there is evidence of suspense and feeling in the opening crash the scene sadly suffers from cheap effects and that it is choppily edited. The script is often hilariously cheesy, the story may be paced decently but even that isn't enough to cover the over-familiarity of it all and the increasing stupidity of one too many scenes, and the characters give meaning to the phrase "cliché, cliché, cliché" and annoying ones at that. In conclusion, far from a must-see but not a must-avoid either. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Thats just the acting! This film is so bad that I wanted to peel out my eyes. I actually rented this out just so I could show people that a movie this bad really existed and wasn't just a myth or a spook story directors tell to there apprentices.Part of me died inside when I first saw the yeti, I cant believe that they got away with it. I mean surely, this had to of passed some sort of process to make sure the film was acceptable for viewing? how did it get approved? Its certified as a 15 but I don't believe any age group should be allowed to watch this. Should be banned to be honest.Im not going to even bother going through any of the plot because i'm not wasting any more of my time on this film. I wont get that time back! I feel like the director has robbed me of an hour or so of my life. Even writing this review is angering me slightly.All in all, this film is a time thief. So bad its untrue. Watch it, don't watch it, its entirely up to you but the warnings there and life's too short to be wasting it on this.