12/27/2023 0 Comments Shark attack cornel wilde![]() ![]() canyoneeringĪ true story of survival, as a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.įrom the book by Piers Paul Reed. If Aaron Ralston had followed even one of the basic safety measures recommended for people going into the wilderness, he would have all his body parts today. I could not bring myself to watch this movie. He takes desperate measures to free himself in order to survive. Then add your favorite apex predator: shark, wolf, grizzly bear, tiger, or other humans.Ī climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah. Cross reference by disaster: weather, plane crash, boat capsizing, science expedition, adventuring, or sheer stupidity. Just pick your environment: mountains, ocean, desert, jungle, outer space or alien planet. I also enjoyed some eighties examples of the genre (like Wes Craven’s Chiller and Invitation to Hell…starring Susan Lucci) but I can’t remember the last really good genre made-for-TV movie in this century.If you’re in the mood to binge watch movies about survival while sitting on a comfy sofa in a warm room eating chips and drinking beer, here’s the list to choose from. Both of these films are made without tact without decorum, and are totally blunt.įor some reason, Hollywood has stopped making great made-for-TV horror movies like Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Gargoyles and Snowbeast. again during the climax, only this time with the beast (cameraman…) impaled on a ski stick. There’s some great skiing footage on snow slopes, and I love how the film adopts the overutilized P.O.V. When good Yetis go bad…ĭirected by Herb Wallerstein and written by Joe Stefano and Roger Patterson, Snowbeast plays like a cheapjack version of Jaws, but never fails to entertain, and truth be told, remains a bit frightening, or at the very least – unnerving. It decapitates victims on a whim and stores the corpses in a barn for the long cold winter. I especially like that this TV-movie repeatedly makes the point that most Big Foot creatures are reputedly peaceful, yet this one is entirely malevolent. Every now and then, a furry arm and gnarled paw breaks into the frame to enliven the proceedings and – like Gargoyles – there’s another great monster attack set in a barn. shots, and at each commercial break, the film fades to blood red for macabre effect. This amusing film is brimming with menacing first person subjective shots, otherwise known as P.O.V. Meanwhile, Yvette Mimieux and Bo are having sexual problems (he’s lost his confidence after winning an Olympic Gold Medal…)… ![]() In this absolutely fantastic 1970s TV-movie starring Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux and Clint Walker, a murderous big-foot type creature wanders into the vicinity of the Rill Ski Lodge, and begins killing skiers as though it thinks it might be the equivalent of the shark from Jaws. The second TV movie I want to highlight today is the glorious Snowbeast, from 1977. Gargoyles even has some dramatic punch in the thematic zone, with the Gargoyles representing a kind of disenfranchised, despised minority living in the Southwest. The initial Gargoyle attack on Willie’s barn, and a follow-up assault set in a small, authentically-seedy motel room, simultaneously impresses and scares. What remains most impressive about the TV film, however, is the initial half-hour wherein Boley and Diana drive their station wagon through the desert and director Norton stages a number of impressive high-angle shots from a mountaintop that reveal their isolation, as well as the idea that the duo is being watched. ![]() For instance, all of the gargoyle scenes are lensed in slow-motion photography, which makes the demons seem much more menacing, and it looks to me like the James Cameron movie Aliens cribbed Gargoyles’final scene, set in an egg hatchery. Gargoyles boasts terrific 1970s era monster suits and make-up from Stan Winston and Ellis Burman Jr., and many of the scenes are horrific in a cheesy, 1970s way. The Gargoyles, led by Bernie Casey, capture Diana from her motel room one night and now plan to take over the world, unless the local police, Boley and a dirt-biker (Scott Glenn) can save the day.
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