Snowbound

source: Ice Cage

I saw this as "Ice Cage." So three beautiful women, one beautiful man, and one old fat guy wake up naked in the snow. They spend the rest of the movie in their underwear in an empty cabin. They find a body of a woman upstairs, and a note that says one of them murdered her and they're all dead by 5:00 PM if they don't figure out who killed her and kill that person. The plot is actually similar to a bunch of Outer Limits episodes where there's some unseen puppet master and people start turning on one another and/or picking a sacrifice. Outer Limits with nudity and bondage. In a series of flashbacks they all attended an extremely sadistic Eyes Wide Shut major bondage/sadism party the night before, and each of them has some connection to the woman upstairs. Given the backstory, it's all pretty unsettling, which could be the point. Except for the old fat guy, there's plenty of eye candy. Maybe the running around in underwear is supposed to convey some kind of vulnerability, as it also makes escape back into the snow rather problematic. The high stakes Clue in underwear premise comes across in and of itself as pretty sadistic. The whole thing seems to be a study in the amorality of all involved and so the question is who is getting paid back by whom and for what. EDIT: I did give it 6/10. It's not a great movie, but it's a good movie.

There is a good movie here - it may be buried under a lot of snow (no pun intended and no drug innuendo meant). The running time seems to be an object of discussion - but I don't think I watched a cut version of the movie. There is nudity and there is blood and mayhem of sorts. Though nothing too much - I think the movie never intended to go full Saw or even Cube (the latter being a more apt comparison) ... you could compare it with other horror movie (franchises) too of course. But there is not enough juice to keep it as interesting as many of the other efforts have. I've seen worse movies, especially when it comes to cinematography. But maybe that is not something you care about.

This is a Who dunnit with a twist. Some sex-maniacs going to a party. There something goes wrong for a girl. The persons who are responsible for this were drugged and found themself naked in the snow...only an abandon hunting lodge is there save heaven. Inside they find out about the dead girl and the mastermind behind this set them a time to find out who killed the girl....and than kill the murder in the same way. Ok, this could be a very interesting plot...only it's poor executed and the actors are amateurs. For example, one of them runs out of the lodge...in only their underwear and a flimsy blanket....she would be dead within 1 hour. Then we see each memory of them how they betrayed the girl or raping her. Again it missed the opportunity for some interesting conversations. But the worst part is...that the one responsible for the party and the abuse plays the good guy. At the end the director has a surprise.....and failed again (unlogical). I give this a 3..because of the beautiful winter landscape.

Stuck at home during coronavirus has enabled me to explore more films and I am so glad I had this extra time because I found this gem! I love a good suspense thriller and this one certainly delivers. The visually stunning opening really drew me in and the mystery to follow kept me engaged. The directing was clean and the actors did a great job!

I enjoyed watching this movie. The cast is great, I loved the performance by Anya Bay, fantastic cinematography and production design. Sex, murder, and mystery - yes common. However, there are a few unpredictable plot twists and turns throughout the movie, but I'm not going to go into detail. It also has a surprise ending. I would definitely recommend this movie!

Just not worth the watch. Really poor acting! It didn't make sense, the characters were stupid and the plot was boring.

The opening sequences of Snowbound draws you and then takes you on fantasy ride. The movie creatively combines reality, fantasy, suspense, and mystery to tell a unique story. There are some really good performances, even though I think some of the main characters could have been developed more, but it doesn't take away from the plots surprising twist and turns along the way. It's actually beautifully shot which enhanced the viewing pleasure for me. I don't really want to give away more of the movie than what is given in the synopsis, but I do think Snowbound is worthy movie to be watched.

Snowbound; a movie about a group of strangers waking up naked outside a cabin in the freezing cold snow. When they enter the house they stumble across a dead body. They are left cryptic clues by an unknown man and they have to work out who the person is and what they want. Spoilers from now on. I completely understand the message the movie is trying to convey. It's a statement about how as people we are all being watched/led by a darkness that's inside us. A darkness that can be pushed into doing something we don't want to but have been manipulated into. In the movie, the strangers are led to an solution of acting out all of the actions they did to the dead woman in order to survive. It shows how people will do anything to look after themselves and not help each other. We watch how each character is being led by their darkness. They read their clue left by the mysterious man, have a flashback and reach a conclusion of what was said above; hurting someone else to survive. Once they realise that they had messed up and made a mistake; they run away. People run away from their problems and secrets in life in order to bury their head and forget about it. Even something so serious as what they did to the woman. The only issue is, they're marketing this as a horror movie; which it's not. They didn't make the story have a pace that it needed, they rushed parts and dragged parts out. They should have made it more of a secret as to who was leaving the clues, I feel like they didn't need to have a man with a face. Imagine it never showed his face, every time he was on screen it was just a black hole of emptiness. Our darkness inside us doesn't have a face because we never see it. That would have made it a little more mysterious. They also needed to have something worse than what they did to the dead woman. Don't get me wrong; what they did was sick, but they needed a more sinister act to which each person acted out maliciously towards the woman. For example, picture this; The woman died as a result of each member thinking they killed her every time. Someone could have been too rough with her and thought she died so they ran out. Then another character could come in and help her, lifting her up and out of the swing and when she came around, she thought the person helping her was the one that was too rough with her and she started attacking them. The person could then try to calm her down but end up strangling her and running away thinking she was dead. Another character could have been high on hallucinogenic's and came into the room thinking she was some sort of 'monster' and they stab her; thinking they killed her. So then each character would think they each killed her, they could then have each of them trying to hide it from eachother because they know they would get killed. Imagine all of them trying to hide what they had done and pushing the blame onto others. It would be a good movie. It would be thrilling. Then when they realise they were all responsible and know that no one knows who actually killed her because they don't know the order they attacked her in, they all start fighting over who they pick. People could even start attacking others to put an end to it. That would have been so much better. I award this movie; a small popcorn

Interesting story about the strangers who woke up in the cabin in the woods not remembering how they all got there. It appears to be someone's game. The reasoning is a mystery at first, but, as the story unfolds through the flashbacks from the masquerade party, the viewer gets a better idea on how the events are connected and how characters' actions resulted in the final state. Indeed, the ending is pretty unpredictable.