I found this film very unique with the Rene Perez style to it. He has a really different way of making movies. They're not totally jaw dropping and yet they're not bad either. It's got it's own magical flavour to them. I've seen Rene Perez films "The Snow Queen" "Red Riding Hood" and "Sleeping Beauty". They all surround the gorgeous scenic forests and the giant castle with it's Medieval look to it, even though it was built in modern times. The films contain the same element of eeriness and enchantment that Hollywood used to have before the 2000's.
This isn't true to the book. The Snow Queen is a type of spirit that drinks love and absorbs the energy of men. She seems very jealous of loving couples so she breaks them apart.
At the same time, she is guarded by monstrous soldiers and is protected by her castle on the mountain top. There is a group of people from the future (meaning our own future) that are working in the area and have stumbled upon strange readings coming from the top of the mountain. While the future people deal with this, the Medieval characters dwindle to one, Gerda, who looks endlessly for her true love that was taken away by the Snow Queen.
I found this film slow and a little hard to follow at times but the picturesque scenes, costumes and story is more fairytale than horror. It's quite pleasant. Rene Perez should do more films like this and maybe a TV series based on fairytales.
Review of The Snow Queen
