Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon (2008) (TV)

Director:

Paul Ziller

Writers:

Mark L. Lester (story)
Rafael Jordan (written by)

Release Date:

8 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Surviving the crash was only the beginning...

Plot Keywords:

Cave | Yeti | Snow | Himalayas | Fight

Cast

Marc Menard	...	Peyton Elway
Carly Pope	...	Sarah
Adam O'Byrne	...	Ravin
Elfina Luk	...	Kyra
Brandon Jay McLaren	...	Rice
Crystal Lowe	...	Ashley
Christian Tessier	...	Dennis
Kris Pope	...	Garcia
Taras Kostyuk	...	Yeti
Peter DeLuise	...	Sheppard (as Peter Deluise)
Ed Marinaro	...	Coach Gorfida
Ona Grauer	...	Fury
Viv Leacock	...	Chubbs
Josh Emerson	...	Andrews (as Joshua Emerson)
Sean Bell	...	Jackson
Jacob Rivera	...	Jackson
Aaron Pearl	...	Tilman
Paul Jarrett	...	Capt. Washbrun

Directed by
Paul Ziller

Writing credits
Mark L. Lester		(story)
Rafael Jordan		(written by)

Produced by
Martin J. Barab	....	executive producer (as Martin Barab)
Aaron Barnett	....	line producer
Dana Dubovsky	....	executive producer
Eric Gozlan	....	executive producer
Michael Greenfield	....	executive producer
Daniel Grodnik	....	producer
Richard Iott	....	executive producer
Mark L. Lester	....	executive producer
Wendy Kay Moore	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Michael Richard Plowman		(music composed by)

Cinematography by
Curtis Petersen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Yale Kozinski		(as Yale Kozinsky)
Lewis Schoenbrun

Casting by
Stuart Aikins		(as Stuart Akins)

Production Design by
Michael Nemirsky

Set Decoration by
Gail Luining

Costume Design by
Katrina McCarthy		(as Katrina Mccarthy)

Makeup Department
April Boyes	....	key makeup artist
Emma Clarke	....	key hair stylist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special effects makeup
Michelle Grady	....	prosthetic designer (uncredited)
Lars Simkins	....	creature illustrator (uncredited)

Production Management
Aaron Barnett	....	production manager
Daniel Grodnik	....	post-production supervisor
Maureen Norton	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Corcoran	....	first assistant director
Shelley Cox	....	second assistant director
Daniel Grodnik	....	second unit director
Ian Jarvis	....	third assistant director
Tanya Tagman	....	third assistant director (as Tanya Tagmann)

Art Department
Angelina Kennedy	....	on-set dresser
Ron McCall	....	property master (as Ron Mccall)
Duane Moyer	....	on-set dresser
Patrick Romine	....	construction coordinator (as Patrick Romme)
Jim Wilson	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Tara Blume	....	foley artist (as Tara Bloom)
John Fairlamb	....	foley mixer
Frederick Howard	....	effects editor (as Fred Howard)
Yagmur Kaplan	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Yagmur Kaplan	....	supervising sound editor
Sylvain Loiseau	....	post-production audio manager (as Sylvian Loiseau)
Maciek Malish	....	dialogue editor
Sergio Reyes	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Sergio Reyes	....	supervising sound editor
Santiago Recio	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Brant McIlroy	....	special effects coordinator (as Brant Mcilroy)
Martin Testa	....	special effects best boy

Visual Effects by
Dan Brittain	....	composite artist
Jason Macza	....	3D artist
Jason Macza	....	visual effects director
Jason Macza	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Uyede	....	3D modeling

Stunts
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt coordinator (as Scott Ateah)
Caroline Field	....	stunt double: Sarah (as Carolyn Field)
Taras Kostyuk	....	stunt double: Yeti
Dan Redford	....	stunt coordinator
Justin Sain	....	stunt double: Garcia
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunt double: Rice (as Kemani Ray Smith)
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt double: Kyra
Chris Webb	....	stunt double: Peyton
Cody Laudan	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dustin Allen	....	gaffer
David Bercovici-Artieda	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bruce Borland	....	gaffer
Bruce Borland	....	generator operator
Chris Ciavarelli	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dimo Dimar	....	grip
Richard Eagan	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Zakk Eginton	....	camera loader
Stephen Goad	....	lamp operator (as Steve Goad)
Charles A. Gould	....	key grip (as Charles Gould)
Thomas Martin	....	camera operator
Thomas Martin	....	director of photography: second unit
Dave McClung	....	lamp operator (as Dave Mcclung)
Danielle Piche	....	camera trainee
Kyle Sandilands	....	grip
Eric Sherping	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Wagner	....	lamp operator
Shamus Whiting-Hewlett	....	lamp operator
Marcel Williams	....	still photographer
David Young	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Katie Yu	....	still photographer
Zakk Eginton	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Curtis Petersen	....	camera operator: "a" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Linda LaBelle	....	extras casting (as Linda Labelle)
J.J. Ogilvy	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Boloten	....	truck costumer (as Kathleen Boloton)
Lise Godel	....	costume set supervisor

Editorial Department
Teresa Beckley	....	coordinator: lab/dailies
Wilf Pascuas	....	colorist: film dailies
Suzanne Thompson	....	sales executive: NWIF

Music Department
Christopher Nickel	....	music editor (as Chris Nickel)

Transportation Department
Larry Fedyk	....	driver: circus
Dean Fitzpatrick	....	transportation coordinator
Fred Galensloot	....	driver (as Fred Galesloot)
Mary Ann Garbias	....	driver (as Mariana Gardias)
Kyle Haak	....	driver: snowmobile
Mike Henry	....	driver: snowmobile
Matt Matic	....	driver: snowmobile
Chris Mullen	....	driver
Fred Sheremeta	....	transportation captain
Jamie Shingleton	....	driver: snowmobile
Steve Woelfe	....	operator: Snow Cat (as Steve Woelfle)

Other crew
Claire Benoit	....	legal: Reel Entertainment
Doran Chandler	....	production legal: Roberts & Stahl
Clare Cowling	....	account executive: Aver Media LP
Ian Doig	....	animal wrangler
Lara Fox	....	script supervisor
John Frick	....	production accountant
Mark Gamache	....	location manager
Alexi Hamilton	....	craft service
Jack Hoziel	....	executive assistant: Reel Entertainment
Bryan Kiethley	....	radio dispatcher
Chelsea McCormack	....	second assistant production coordinator (as Chelsea Mccormack)
James McLeod	....	assistant location manager (as James Mcleod)
Kenneth Meisenbacher	....	location manager (as Ken Meisenbacher)
Wendy Meisner	....	account executive: Royal Bank of Canada
Miescha Montoya	....	payroll accountant
Gurpreet Sandhu	....	account executive: Wolrige Mahon Entertainment
Peter Sussman	....	executive: Aver Media LP
Paul Websdale	....	account executive: Wolrige Mahon Entertainment
Robyn Wiener	....	production coordinator
Mike Browne	....	cartographer (uncredited)
Grace MacLeod	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Mike Witherington	....	security (uncredited)

Production Companies

• American World Pictures (AWP)
• Daniel Grodnik Productions (as Grodfilm Corp.)
• Reel Entertainment (in association with)
• Braeburn Entertainment
• Snow Demon Productions

Distributors

• American World Pictures (AWP) (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• Eagle Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (DVD)
• Genius Products (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sci Fi (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Telekanal TV3 (2008) (Russia) (TV)
• Zab Digital Sales (2009) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Yard Dog FX (digital visual effects by)

Other Companies

• Axium Entertainment Services Canada  payroll services provided by (as Axium Entertainment)
• Departure Studios  post production sound by (as Departure Studios, Hollywood, CA)
• PPI Camera Corporation  cameras (as PPI Camera Corp)
• PPI Camera Corporation  camera cranes and dollies by (as PPI Camera Corp)
• Multimediarisk.com  production insurance services (as Multimediarisk Inc.)
• Roberts & Stahl Entertainment Law  production legal (as Roberts & Stahl)
• Wolrige Mahon  production accounting services (as Wolrige Mahon Entertainment)
• Royal Bank of Canada  production banking
• Aver Media  additional financing provided by
• DGC Ontario  acknowledgment (as DGC Directors Guild Of Canada Ontario)
• Nabet/700  acknowledgment (as NABET 700 CEP Toronto Film & Video Technicians)
• Technicolor  acknowledgment (as Technicolor Moving Entertainment)
• PPI Camera Corporation  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Yeti" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:Not Rated (DVD) | UK:15 | Australia:MA15+ (2013)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

American World Pictures (AWP)

Trivia:

The college that this football team plays for is never mentioned, though you can see from their jackets that they are the "State College Grizzlies".

Goofs:

Plot holes: After the crash, the survivors are desperate for lighters or matches so they can get a fire going, despite the fact that burning debris is all around them.

Movie Connections:

References Alive (1993)

be apprehensive; but open minded to badly costumed interpretations of otherwise cool myth-based creatures

i remember seeing the reel for this on the soup and thinking that it might be worth checking out. i give a nod to any horror director that attempts to do something creative and interesting. Obviously this movie focuses on the elusive yeti (which i am surprised so many people never heard of lol) so it already has a lot of creature backstory developed. you may think from the somewhat decently pulled off fake plane/flight cgi and expect to see some cool detailed gory killings.... but you won't. 9 out of 10 times i prefer to see some cool oldschool prosthetic based creative effects (A la 90's Fulci, Raimi, Jackson) However, in this movie that was clearly not a good direction for them.

Clearly there was not much budgeted for the yeti as it is almost contrived to look simply ridiculous and borderline humorous (although it's kind of sad when you think of the people that are employed to do "just this" got paid by whatever production company, and now it sits on their resume.) Whatever actor was hired to put on the yeti suit clearly did not research the creature much as it would be more likely to "shamble" around using its legs and its paws... at least that would be what id do. He just flails around with his arms up in the air while running like a person in a yeti costume would. And it is what it is :p

Don't expect cool gore killings or deaths which would have offered some more redeeming value... they just aren't there for some reason. Overall, it's really kind of like a bad remake of "Alive" except one of the supporting characters happens to put on a yeti costume and eat the others.

Plus they ate a squirrel. That's messed up.