Shudder Day: Iced (1988)

 If you're not feeling good, what's the best medicine?

If you guessed 'medicine,' then you're a Doctor.
If you guessed 'bad '80s Movie,' then you're a Me!

A group of yuppies (so, all white folks) hang out and go skiing.

One of them is challenged to a race and loses.

He also seems to lose the interest of the girl he's interested in, so he goes out to ski at night and falls on some rocks.

The Film then jumps ahead to FOUR YEARS LATER and we meet the group yet again (minus the dead guy).

They are all invited to a Cabin in the Mountains as part of a sales pitch.

One of the group is driving up later, runs afoul of a road hazard and is then killed by a bulldozer driven by a man in the same outfit as the guy above.

The group all has their own problems and such going on.

One of them- the only single guy- is a bit erratic.  
That leads the Doctor to think that he planted a newspaper article about the death of their 'friend' in the opening at the Cabin.

Did he?

The Film has a long middle where you're basically just getting all of the setup.

They also give you a few Cinemax-style Sex Scenes (so nothing is going in or coming out) to keep you interested.

The masked man finally picks up the pace, taking out nearly everyone at the Cabin.

Doc gets spiked.
His lady gets iced.
Another lady gets shocked.
The crazy guy gets bear trapped and... off screened.

Is their seemingly-dead friend the culprit?
Is it a complete stranger (it has happened)?

No, it is the Realtor Guy, who is, of course, the guy that our Final Girl called for help.

He has an inexplicable and not set-up backstory involving a fake leg and...he's dead.
We get ANOTHER time jump and he's suddenly back....I guess?

These bits don't usually make sense.
The End.

A Film that often leaves you feeling cold.

Ice pun!

Anyhow, this Movie is super-generic.  Even by 1988, these things could get really by the numbers.  Unless you have a great hook, a neat twist or an amazing monster, a Film like this can fall flat.

This is one of those 'Who dunnit?' Slasher Films, but also not a good one.  We see the would-be killer (Jeff) talking to someone behind a pole and that's it.

The Film just invents the Character (Alex) wholesale for the finale, giving him a fake leg, a tragic backstory and a motivation based on NOTHING we saw.

These Films can cheat, by not showing you a key detail.  Girls Nite Out, for instance, doesn't show you the apparent killer's face, so that they can do an Evil Twin bit.

A better Film- My Bloody Valentine- gives you the setup for the killer, but tries to misdirect you the whole time.  Not a cheat.

If you love these dated Films, you can do far worse.
You can also do far better.

Take us away, Silly (Not Really) Death Face...

A Film that doesn't do anything amazing and was mostly forgotten when the Slasher craze fizzled out.  In 2025, it is easy to see why.