History Film / Frozen2010

2010 Drama/thriller hybrid written and directed by Creator/AdamGreen (the same guy who did ''Film/{{Hatchet}}'') about three young people who end up trapped on a skilift during a snowstorm, with wolves under them and no rescue available for 5 days...

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Parker survives, but her boyfriend Danny and her friend Joe are mauled to death and eaten by a wolfpack, and she will be forever traumatized by this accident.]] [[spoiler:[[IntercontinuityCrossover Later]], she was last seen on the news during ''Film/{{Hatchet}} II'', talking about how she would be suing the ski resort company.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: If you don't want to be wolf chow,[softreturn]hold on tight and don't [[Disney/{{Frozen}} let it go]].]]

* DyingDream: [[spoiler: Subverted. At the end when a car picks up Parker from the side of the road, It's Dan's voice that's talking to her. However in ''Hatchet II'', Parker is on the news talking about her lawsuit against the ski resort.]]

* SavageWolves: A number of predatory wolves are waiting to devour the protagonists. [[spoiler: Ultimately, they eat Dan and then Joe.]] Can be unintentionally hilarious if you know something about wolf body language - many of the "savage" wolves are wagging their tails, a friendly gesture among adult wolves.[[note]]They probably were taking cues from an off-camera trainer and, since they were hitting all their marks, anticipating treats afterward, and ones probably not made from human flesh.[[/note]]

* SenselessSacrifice : [[spoiler: Dan jumps down from the ski lift and breaks his legs. He was then devoured by wolves that neither had any idea were there and Dan had overestimated his abilities. It was all for nothing.]]

* TooDumbToLive: One more ride, at night, seconds before the resort closes for ''five days'' with ''a snowstorm approaching''. After they get stuck, they don't bother to zip up their coats even when frostbite starts to peel off their skin. [[spoiler: They decide to jump straight down first before trying to climb the cable to safety.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: If you don't want to be wolf chow, hold on tight and don't [[Disney/{{Frozen}} let it go]].]]

* SavageWolves: A number of predatory wolves are waiting to devour the protagonists. [[spoiler: Ultimately, they eat Dan and then Joe.]] Turns into {{Narm}} if you know something about wolf body language - many of the "savage" wolves are wagging their tails, a friendly gesture among adult wolves.[[note]]They probably were taking cues from an off-camera trainer and, since they were hitting all their marks, anticipating treats afterward, and ones probably not made from human flesh.[[/note]]

* SenselessSacrifice : [[spoiler: Dan jumps down from the ski lift and breaks his legs. He was then devoured by wolves that neither had any idea were there and Dan had overestimated his abilities. It was all for nothing.]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: A small skier's survival kit - which includes food, water, warming packs, paracord and mini-flares (for night skiing) would have allowed at least one of them to rappel down to a safe height, and leave the others the means to survive long enough for the first to get help. The signal flares would also have absolutely been enough to warn the [[spoiler:sno-cat driver]] that there were skiers trapped above - random ski equipment falling is an ordinary day on the job, but a '''lit flare''' falling would have instantly changed the equation. Naturally, they pack none of these.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Parker survives, but her boyfriend Danny and her friend Joe do not and she will be forever traumatized by this accident.]] [[spoiler:[[IntercontinuityCrossover Later]], she was last seen on the news during ''Film/{{Hatchet}} II'', talking about how she would be suing the ski resort company.]]

* DeuxExMachina: [[spoiler:The chair comes loose from the main cable with Parker in it, but is caught by a single tether cable before it falls all the way down, allowing her to drop from a safe height to the ground. The chair then falls on her leg, injuring it, but she still manages to get down the hill.]]

* SavageWolves: A number of predatory wolves are waiting to devour the protagonists. [[spoiler: Ultimately, they eat Dan and then Joe.]]

** The wolves' behavior is realistic, too...for ''European'' wolves. American wolves have extremely few recorded attacks on people and far prefer to avoid humans over eating them. [[spoiler:It wouldn't have saved Dan, who was gravely injured and going into shock, but it certainly would have saved Joe.]]

** The wolves' behavior is realistic, too. What might be slightly unbelievable is their ''presence''.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: A small skier's survival kit - which includes food, water, warming packs, paracord and mini-flares (for night skiing) would have allowed at least one of them to rappel down to a safe height, and leave the others the means to survive long enough for the first to get help. The signal flares would also have 100% certainty been enough to warn the [[spoiler:sno-cat driver]] that there were skiers trapped above. Naturally, they pack none of these.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: A small skier's survival kit - which includes food, water, warming packs, paracord and mini-flares (for night skiing) would have allowed at least one of them to rappel down to a safe height, and the others to survive long enough for the first to get help. Naturally, they pack none of these.

* SavageWolves: A number of predatory wolves are waiting to devour the protagonists. [[spoiler: Ultimately, they eat Dan.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Parker survives, but will be forever traumatized by this accident.]] [[spoiler:[[IntercontinuityCrossover Later]], she was last seen on the news during ''Film/{{Hatchet}} II'', talking about how she would be suing the ski resort company.]]

* ShoutOut: The names of the two male leads are names of two of Adam Green's friends. Joe also says that the worst way to die is being eaten by a shark and knowing it, a possible ShoutOut to ''Film/OpenWater''. Also, the [[Film/TheReturnOfTheJedi Sarlacc Pit]] is mentioned during the "worst way to die" conversation.

** People complained that people could ''never'' be forgotten on a chairlift... but it has actually happened. In truth, many ski resorts take extra steps to prevent such incidents from happening, like stopping loading after marking a chair with a cone or by flipping up the seats of every chair after a certain last chair, or simply having an employee ride the lift in a full loop. The operator does place a red flag on one of the chairs and tells his relief about Parker, Joe and Dan, but doesn't mention the chair with the marker had gotten well ahead by the time they get on a chair.

** People complained that people could ''never'' be forgotten on a chairlift... but it has actually happened. In truth, many ski resorts take extra steps to prevent such incidents from happening, like stopping loading after marking a chair with a cone or by flipping up the seats of every chair after a certain last chair, or simply having an employee ride the lift in a full loop. The operator places a red flag on one of the chairs, but presumably forgot about it while arguing with Parker, Dan and Joe.

* TooDumbToLive: One more ride, at night, seconds before the resort closes for ''five days'' with ''a snowstorm approaching''. After they get stuck, they don't bother to zip up their coats even when frostbite starts to peel off their skin. [[spoiler: They decide to jump straight down first before trying to climb the cable to safety. Also, Parker sticking her bare hand on the rail overnight so she wakes up to find it frozen to the metal instead of just putting her hand in her coat could be this, but, to be fair, she could have accidentally put her hand on the rail in her sleep.]]

** People complained that people could ''never'' be forgotten on a chairlift... but it has actually happened. In truth, many ski resorts take extra steps to prevent such incidents from happening, like stopping loading after marking a chair with a cone or by flipping up the seats of every chair after a certain last chair, or simply having an employee ride the lift in a full loop. Of course, this wouldn't work if workers were bribed to look the other way.

* ShoutOut: The names of the two male leads are names of two of Adam Green's friends. Joe also says that the worst way to die is being eaten by a shark and knowing it, a possible ShoutOut to ''Film/OpenWater''. Also, the [[StarWars Sarlacc Pit]] is mentioned during the "worst way to die" conversation.

** People complained that people could ''never'' be forgotten on a chairlift... but it has actually happened. In truth, many ski resorts take extra steps to prevent such incidents from happening, like stopping loading after marking a chair with a cone or by flipping up the seats of every chair after a certain last chair. Of course, this wouldn't work if workers were bribed to look the other way.

* TooDumbToLive: One more ride seconds before the resort closes for ''five days'' with ''a snowstorm approaching''. After they get stuck, they don't bother to zip up their coats even when frostbite starts to peel off their skin. [[spoiler: They decide to jump straight down first before trying to climb the cable to safety. Also, Parker sticking her bare hand on the rail overnight so she wakes up to find it frozen to the metal instead of just putting her hand in her coat could be this, but, to be fair, she could have accidentally put her hand on the rail in her sleep.]]