Snow Falls, Freezing to Death

I live in Virginia. Every time the thermometer goes below 45 degrees, schools are cancelled.  Seems children may get cold waiting for the bus.  The bus? Yeah, it doesn't stop at a bus stop...it stops right in front of the kid's house.  Every kid's house. No child shall have to walk more than 10 feet in the cold. yep...we are a country of wusses. We teach our children to be weak and narcissistic.  As an experiment, America has failed. What if the temps drop below freezing and the food runs out? Today we have a grim one.  This film will detail the horror of real blizzards, freezing temperatures, and starvation.  Our feature today is a Colton Tran film, 2023's "Snow Falls."

Snow Falls is a ski resort way up north.  Five friends head into the wilderness on the outskirts of this resort.  River's (Johnny Berchtold) folks have a luxury cabin up there.  Babe Eden (Anna Grace Barlow) is a blonde pre-med student who just lost her mom to cancer.  Em (Victoria Moroles), a babe, is there with her hunk BF Andy (James Gaisford).  The proverbial third wheel is Kit (Tran). At first, it is apparent that Eden still grieves for her deceased mother. We sense the nerd River has a crush on Eden...smart man!  Kit cracks inappropriate jokes...we like him. Em and Andy only want to have pre-marital sex. Blizzard hits.  Lights go out.  Heat goes out.  Someone forgot to go to the grocery store. The insulation in this place is awful and soon the five buddies begin freezing to death.

Hypothermia sets in. Their minds go.  Hallucinations abound,  Their behavior gets self destructive.  Their bodies begin eating themselves.  Eden, as a pre-med student, has an inkling of what is happening.  Telling her mates exactly what is going on does not seem to help.  The hallucinations cause extreme paranoia. We like Eden, she is smart and beautiful, and she does a yeoman's job in keeping her friends alive. Alas, she is only a pre-med student and her smarts cannot raise the temperature or procure nourishment.  What happens to some of these likable peeps is sad and gruesome.  Days go by...no heat, no food, and increased paranoia and hallucination.

Will any of these peeps survive?  Does Eden have knowledge of the Donner Party, and if she does will she share that information with her buddies?  Will River man-up enough to make a move on the nubile pre-med student?  Not the feel good film of 2023, but as winter sets in, and you are looking for a real horror story, see "Snow Falls."