Some serious science fiction from Hammer about a scientist who joins an expedition searching for the legendary Yeti, and ends up finding a lot more than he expected…
Scripted by Nigel Kneale, this low-key, thoughtful drama has much to say about Mankind’s place in the world and his claim to be the dominant species—finally concluding (as if we ever doubted it) that Home sapiens really, really sucks…
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
#1 by Blake on May 17, 2017 - 9:42 pm
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Great review. I originally tried to record this on Halloween morning circa 1994 when AMC did a 24-hour old horror movie marathon, but I ended up waking up too late (it came on around 5 a.m. or so). I did wake up early enough for THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE, though.
I didn’t see this until around 2001 or 2003 and I think it creeped me out more then than it would have had I seen it when I was 12. I recall a scene with the wife entering the Lama’s inner sanctum and he’s in a sort of meditative trance. Spooky imagery.
#2 by lyzard on May 18, 2017 - 6:35 pm
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Thanks, Blake! The tension between Kneale’s intellectual approach to the material and Hammer’s obvious desire for something you could call “horror” is evident and funny, although it is to the studio’s credit that there was no real attempt made to twist the story. Those Yeti cries from the mountains really do creep me out, though.
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