Snow Falls
Violence, drinking, language in flat horror movie.
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Snow Falls
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this movie.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Snow Falls is a 2023 horror movie in which five young adults in a winter vacation home struggle to survive after a blizzard cuts the power. Expect some moments of bloody violence -- including a character slicing open their chest and a fight in which a character with an axe accidentally kills the other. Characters die from the cold, including a character who removes his clothes and is found dead naked (buttocks shown). Kissing in bed. One of the characters burns their hands on a stove. Jump scares. Binge drinking. Before drinking shots, one character announces, "Let's get f--ked up!" Characters take Adderall to stay awake to avoid dying of hypothermia while asleep. Strong language throughout, including "f--k."
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What's the Story?
In SNOW FALLS, five young adults take a trip to a vacation home in the middle of ski country for New Year's Eve. The house belongs to River's (Johnny Berchtold) family, and he brings his friends Andy, Em, Kit, and Eden. While things start out as a big party of binge drinking and laughter, a blizzard moves in, cutting off the roads and the electricity. As they try to stay warm with firewood and the gas stove, they soon find themselves struggling with their sanity as the wood runs out, there's no phone service, and the snow isn't melting. It only gets worse as they struggle to stay awake to avoid dying of hypothermia, and their hallucinations and delusions become increasingly violent.
Is It Any Good?
This is a mostly unremarkable horror movie that doesn't get far beyond the conventions and cliches of the genre. Snow Falls is another version of the "young adults go to the vacation house in the country to die" horror story, only instead of murderous countryfolk, the homicidal culprits in this one are both snow and cold.
The lack of heat and the lack of sleep leads to delirium and hallucinations, and while it almost gets close to doing something creative with the story, the whole thing comes across as formulaic, with jump scares galore, cheesy hallucinations, and unsatisfying plot twists. And while the acting is pretty good across the board, this is also marred by young adult horror movie archetypes (i.e. the sensitive guy, the jock-bro, etc.).
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Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: January 17, 2023
- Cast: Anna Grace Barlow, Jonathan Bennett, Johnny Berchtold
- Director: Colton Tran
- Studio: Lionsgate
- Genre: Horror
- Run time: 79 minutes
- MPAA rating: R
- MPAA explanation: Brief bloody violence.
- Last updated: January 30, 2023
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