The Abominable Snowman DVD > Reviews

Advantages: An intriguing tale patiently told; good central performances from Cushing and Tucker; a high level of suspense and cinematic claustrophobia.
Disadvantages: A slow, sedate pace may not be to the tastes of all modern viewers; title and distributor may attract the wrong kind of viewer to the film; outdated and outmoded attitudes to ‘natives’.

The title of this film, together with the fact that it is now shown under the ‘Hammer’ label as a horror film, might immediately place a picture in your mind of huge rampaging monsters roaring across the mountains and ruthlessly tracking down and killing a small group of relatively defenceless human explorers. Well, in ‘The Abominable Snowman’ the explorers exist, and there are one or two gunshots fired, but there the similarity ... Read review