An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.
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- GoofsWhen the snow man sits down at the church organ, the stovepipe on his head disappears. It reappears in the next scene.
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Pretty Dark for a Christmas Movie
The Snow Man (1940)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Don't be taken in by the title because this B&W short is something you'd be better off watching at Halloween time rather than Christmas. An Eskimo and some of his creature friends go outside for some fun in the snow. Once there they build a snowman who then comes to life and it turns out he's quite naughty. This here actually turned out to be a quite memorable short but not for the reasons I was expecting. This thing is so memorable because of how ugly, mean-spirited and un-Christmas jolly it is. I'm not going to sit here and say that this is an evil film because it isn't but at the same time I think a lot of young kids would be terrified of this snowman. The scene where the snowman comes to life is the most memorable sequence because when he "melts," the black really does come off looking like blood so it appears as if the snowman has blood pouring out from him. Add in his scary looking face and the fact that he's trying to harm kids and you're left with a quite memorable snowman. As for the story, there's really not too much going on to get excited about so the only real purpose in watching this is to see one of the strangest snowmen out there. I'm sure this guy would scare Frosty too.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Don't be taken in by the title because this B&W short is something you'd be better off watching at Halloween time rather than Christmas. An Eskimo and some of his creature friends go outside for some fun in the snow. Once there they build a snowman who then comes to life and it turns out he's quite naughty. This here actually turned out to be a quite memorable short but not for the reasons I was expecting. This thing is so memorable because of how ugly, mean-spirited and un-Christmas jolly it is. I'm not going to sit here and say that this is an evil film because it isn't but at the same time I think a lot of young kids would be terrified of this snowman. The scene where the snowman comes to life is the most memorable sequence because when he "melts," the black really does come off looking like blood so it appears as if the snowman has blood pouring out from him. Add in his scary looking face and the fact that he's trying to harm kids and you're left with a quite memorable snowman. As for the story, there's really not too much going on to get excited about so the only real purpose in watching this is to see one of the strangest snowmen out there. I'm sure this guy would scare Frosty too.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Nov 29, 2012
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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