ShangLuda Admirable film.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

slayrrr666 "Ice Queen" is an enjoyable and entertaining entry without much wrong with it.**SPOILERS**Attacking a military transport, Dr. Goddard, (Daniel Hall Kuhn) manages to recover the Ice Queen, (Ami Chorlton) a specially-preserved woman from the Ice Age. Working at the nearby Snowshed Lodge Ski Resort, Johnny, (Harmon Walsh) and his friends Devlin, (Peter Wyndorf) and Jessie, (Demone Gore) manage to spot the creature's transport plane crash-landing nearby while finishing work for the resort, and it soon traps them together with his fiancée Tori, (Noelle Reno) Audrey, (Tara Walden) and Elaine, (Jennifer Hill) other workers at the resort. With most of the area destroyed in the resulting avalanche, they try to find a way out of the situation, only to realize the reanimated creature is loose on the property and killing them off one-by-one, forcing them into a race for survival against the deadly creature.The Good News: This was a fairly enjoyable and entertaining entry. One of the better features is that the film is far more accomplished with it's big action scenes. This one has several of them in here, and all of them are very good and really fun. The start of it, with the attack on the military transport being quite fun. There's a lot of fantastic action, with some nice gunfights, a great crash that leads into some nice explosions, and throw in a helicopter attack as well as the mystery over what's going on, and in the end it becomes rather fun and exciting. There's also two big skiing scenes that also serve rather well. The first is a rather exciting chase from a resulting avalanche through the valley and finally getting trapped by the rush of snow out on the course, which is a pretty thrilling scene and comes in the middle of nowhere and has no real horrific parts about it, making it work even more. The biggest one, and what is perhaps the highlight of the film, is the second one, which is the crash that sets the whole thing motion. It's a simply spectacular scene, and is far better than what is normally held in these kinds of films, which is where the main impression comes from. Having a scene like this isn't in many other films, so to watch it unfold as it does is a spectacular sight. The best part of it is the length, as there's a lot of stuff in here to get excited over in a five minute extended action sequence. From the crash into the snowbank that sets off the events, to the site of the never-ending snow crashing down and forcing the witnesses into a thrilling chase down the mountain all the way to the way it crashes into the station at the bottom, causing just a ton of damage to everything and forcing it all into a realistic scene by trying to get away from the damage caused. It's exciting and incredibly fast-paced, with a lot of damage and destruction caused to the building and making it all into an exciting and perfectly-placed sequence. There's even more action in here from the multiple encounters with the creature in the hallways to the frenetic moments at the end where the creature is attacking them through the buildings. The look of the creature is pretty good as well, with the fangs, snarled look, blood-red eyes and wild hair make a lasting impression, and the behavior issues put on display do serve the film well. There's even some nice blood and gore in here, what with the wounds from the survivors, scratches across the face, a great impaling through the stomach with a clawed hand and an arm ripped off, though this is far from what should've been in the film. Add in some nice nudity from those well-off to deliver it and an effectively creepy atmosphere, this one was pretty entertaining.The Bad News: There wasn't too many flaws in this one. One of the most noticeable flaws is that the film tends to move along very steadily during it's middle portion. After the plane has crashed, it takes a long time for the film to even get over to the creature and make it out into the slash-fest it eventually becomes, leaving a lot of time to feel quite dull. It never really feels quite as dull or boring as it should've been, because it does stay interesting, but it just doesn't have any big action scenes during that time to keep the momentum going after the incredibly exciting sequences that came before it. The other flaw is the film's rather bland and mostly-bloodless kills. The low body-count notwithstanding, the very few kills here aren't that bloody when initially done and feel more like it's aftermath is the main thing that makes it feel graphic, but when it actually transpires and plays out at the time, it really doesn't have much and really could've used some more, as that would've made it feel a little more complete. These here are what's wrong with the film.The Final Verdict: While not featuring much of anything too wrong, the few minor flaws don't diminish how outright entertaining this one is. Recommended to those who enjoy these B-level kind of movies or who find this one interesting, while those who aren't fans of the style should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and a mild Sex Scene

luckie5892 I'm a big fan of horror movies that are so bad they're good, as in hilarious, but Ice Queen is just so bad it's bad. Bad acting, bad script, bad costume for the monster, etc. - all those are expected and they're what make a bad horror flick hilarious. And Ice Queen has them. But nothing happens in this movie for about the first hour, and then there's about twenty minutes of 'horror.' Okay, yes, there are some pretty ridiculous and hilarious moments - as when the monster gets momentarily taken out by a common bathroom fixture, or anytime the monster is shown just standing there going "blaeh! blaeh!" looking like she's about to go into convulsions - but overall it's not enough.

Paul Andrews Ice Queen starts as a military convoy is attacked by someone or other, the film doesn't think such details are important so why should we, & a unique prehistoric humanoid shaped female Ice Queen (Ami Chorlton) creature recently discovered is stolen. Scientist Dr. Goddard (Daniel Hall Kuhn) decides to transport the Ice Quen to somewhere not far from the Snowshed Ski Resort Lodge by plane, unfortunately the cold temperature outside revives the Ice Queen & she kills the pilot, the plane crashes, causes an avalanche which buries the ski lodge trapping Johnny (Harmon Walsh) & his buddies. Besides having to survive the avalanche Johnny & his buddies also have to contend with the Ice Queen who kills on sight...Co-edited, co-written & directed by Neil Kinsella this is yet another brainless straight-to-video/DVD low budget piece of crap horror film with lots of unintentional comedic moments. The script by Kinsella, producer Peter Beckwith & David Williams is boring, dull, clichéd & full of plot holes. The whole Ice Queen thing is wrong, no explanation is given as to what she is, when the equipment in the back of the plane stops working there would have been all sorts of alarms going off as is the case with medical equipment, if Ed phoned the emergency services to report an avalanche they couldn't just say 'we don't believe you' & not bother to investigate, the emergency services are obliged by law to respond to a call for help & that's a basic fact. I could go on but you get the idea, the script is dumb & had little thought put into it. The character's are awful, they do stupid things, they split up, no-one seems that bothered about being trapped under an avalanche of snow or that some of their mates have been killed & are dead & they are just plain annoying. The film seems to go on for ages, it's boring, it's predictable, it's stupid & it's not a film I enjoyed.Director Kinsella doesn't do much to liven things up, the direction is poor & the film has pacing problems. The Ice Queen herself is awful, she has these spastic looking exaggerated movements, she stares, sneers & wiggles her tongue at the camera & she just looks retarded. It's not scary, there's no excitement, tension or atmosphere. There's no gore either, someone has their hand pulled off, there are several scenes of the Ice Queen sticking her hand into people's chests & that's it. I will admit though that the avalanche scene is quite well done even though it steals footage from the film Avalanche (1999) so I can't give it that much credit since the best sequence in the film was at least in part stolen from another film. Also, when Johnny & his mates crawl out of that air vent at the end there's no snow anywhere & the ground is dry, where did the snow that covered the building go all of a sudden? Also, why didn't the avalanche destroy the jacuzzi & who left it on?Technically the film is alright, it's nothing special but it's reasonably well made. Apparently shot in Vermont. The special effects are OK & better than a lot of low budget horror films of recent times. The acting is poor by no-one you've ever heard of.Ice Queen is one of those dumb low budget shot on a camcorder type horror flicks the kind everyone seems to think they can make. I didn't like it & I doubt many will.

boyinflares Edgewood's "Ice Queen" is an unusual sort of horror, in terms of premise, villain and setting, but combined with an interesting and attractive cast, make for a very cool (excuse the pun) film. Without giving too much away, a prehistoric woman is discovered, and brought back to life, except she is a seemingly mindless creature bent on destruction, who just happens to crash land with the doctor who knows all about her in a small ski-resort town, which becomes buried in an avalanche at the wrong time. Essentially, one could label this in the "monster" sub-genre of horror.However, what sets it aside from many other monster films is a terrific cast, most all rather inexperienced actors, but they portray their characters well, and certainly as characters that you can actually care for. They are never boring, and you know a lot about them. They have issues going on in their lives, which often come to blows during their fight for their lives both against the avalanche and the monster, dubbed appropriately the Ice Queen.Harmon Walsh is an absolute hottie, but he's also a terrific actor making his debut here as Johnny, the hero who finds himself with a big problem (aside from the Ice Queen) when he gets drunk and sleeps with another girl, Elaine, leaving his girlfriend, Tori, rather upset. But Johnny is also very smart, and keeps his head under the pressure that he and his friends find themselves in. Noele Reno plays Tori, rather tame compared to the other vibrant characters, but she gives a good performance. Jennifer Hill on the other hand, who plays Elaine, gives a sassy performance, she's fun and has great hair. In fact, at times you may wonder if Johnny will actually leave Tori for Elaine. Rounding out the cast are Daniel Hall Kuhn as the scientist who knows all about the Ice Queen, he gives a "interesting" performance in more ways than one (look out for his mating ritual with the Ice Queen, eek!), Tara Walden is excellent as the bossy Audrey whose fight with the Ice Queen is great, and both Peter Wyndorf and Demone Gore are very good as Johnny's friends Devlin and Jessie. Ami Chorlton doesn't get to say much as the Ice Queen, and due to all the make up she wears is unrecognisable.With most horrors you can easily predict who is going to survive, unfortunately that is also the case here, for there is such a great group of people that one might find themselves hoping that they all survive. Obviously made on a low-budget, it certainly shows, but that is nearly a given with these sorts of films. However, "Ice Queen" is still a quality film with a different feel to it than other similar monster horrors, with a great cast and some very cool moments (pun intended).