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The Abominable Snowman (1957)

post #1 of 8
4/8/08 at 1:20am
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Great vintage monster flick. Peter Cushing and Forest Tucker are a great pair of contrasting leads. I also love the way they filmed the Himalayas as a big forboding landscape and that we don't see the Yetis until the last ten minutes.

It's hard to find in video stores, but I recommend getting it from Netflix.
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post #2 of 8
4/8/08 at 2:31am
Proud owner.

Glad it was a B&W flick too. The contrast helped sell the desolation and atmosphere.
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post #3 of 8
4/11/08 at 11:21am
I really liked this one too, it's not 100% a horror movie, but it's good. I have seen it relatively frequently on Turner Classic channel
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post #4 of 8
4/11/08 at 11:27am
One of the last Anchor Bay VHS I bought. The best black and white Himalayan monster huntin' action since the beginning of Werewolf of London. Very moody and compelling.
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post #5 of 8
4/11/08 at 6:07pm
Caught it on TCM as well (seriously, what a great station), and really loved it. I'm happy I grew out of my 'horror movies aren't good unless they're super gory' phase in college.
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post #6 of 8
4/11/08 at 7:05pm
This was in one of those 50-cheap-ass-horror-movie boxsets that they sell at gas stations for about $5 that my dad bought for me when I was out sick in middle school. This was the only one I remember liking.

Of course, I don't want to marginalize the brilliance of THE KILLER SHREWS, but that's another thread altogether.
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post #7 of 8
4/11/08 at 10:06pm
Da Shrews rule!
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post #8 of 8
4/12/08 at 5:01pm
Bragging rights to the person who somehow makes this into an internet meme:

Subsequently, 5 demerits each for the people who it into the ground a day later.
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