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may not be to the tastes of all modern viewers; title and distributor may attract the wrong kind of viewer to the film; outdated and outmoded attitudes to ‘natives’.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 ... ...The Abominable Snowman is a British film, and to me it more closely resembles the British scientific romance tale with its scientist hero, intellectual trappings and the raising of moral questions, than the American sci-fi horror of square jawed space-army Captain heroes fighting off long-toothed monsters. The ending of the film, whilst certainly not completely grim, is a far cry from the triumphalism and pounding orchestral music of the typical ...
B.Bligh 09.07.2001
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