Stranded high above, three skiers face agonizing choices as the cold, bleak reality of their predicament sets in.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), YouTube (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
What we could confirm fits an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
No. Brace yourself.
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