Ep1181: Escape from Hammerland: The Abominable Snowman (1957) - Movie Review
In the final stretch of their daring Escape from Hammerland, Ian and AC pulled over to pick up fellow traveler Bill Gudmundson for a look at Val Guest's 1957 people-are-the-real-monsters movie, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas!
More popularly known simply as The Abominable Snowman, this cerebral safari-in-the-snow film stars Peter Cushing as Dr. Rollason, a botanist whose research trip is sidelined when he joins an expedition of American poachers searching for the famed Yeti monster. What follows is a twisty, heady, and hardly monstrous story that presaged sci-fi horror classics like Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing!
In this spoilerific episode, the guys talk about how this film compares to Guest and Kneale's other Hammer contributions; the transportive blend of natural footage and soundstage production design; and that delightfully ambiguous ending!
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Watch the Abominable Snowman (1957) trailer.
As mentioned in the show, Shout! Factory released a great Blu-ray of The Abominable Snowman, which is still available via Gruv.
We also talked about the magazine Little Shoppe of Horrors, which will feature The Abominable Snowman in an upcoming issue.
Feast on the meticulous model-making skills of Bill Gudmundson at his website, Bill's Kitchen!
Order AC's books on essential and obscure horror movies, Horror 101 and Hidden Horror!
Subscribe to AC's YouTube channel, Horror 101 with Dr. AC.
Grab only what you can carry as we "Escape from Hammerland"!
Hitch a ride with our entire 2024 series in the "Return to Hammerland" Playlist!
It’s not too late to catch up with our 2023 trip “Beyond Hammerland”!
Check out 2022's year-long journey, "Son of Hammerland"!
And watch the series that started it all: "Hammerland"
