‘Half man! Half monster!’
The Snow Creature is a 1954 sci-fi horror film in which an American botanical expedition stumbles across a Yeti den in the Himalayas. They capture a Yeti and transport it back to Los Angeles, where it escapes while customs officials are debating whether it is animal or human.
Produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder (Fright; Phantom from Space; Killers from Space), based on a story and screenplay by Myles Wilder. It was promoted as Snow Creature.
It was the first Yeti/abominable snowman-themed movie of the modern era. The use of the Los Angeles storm drain system as the film’s climactic setting can also be seen in the 1954 giant ant film, Them!
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Botanist Frank Parrish (Paul Langton – It! The Terror from Beyond Space; The Incredible Shrinking Man; Invisible Invaders) and photographer Peter Wells (Leslie Denison – The Return of the Vampire; The Son of Doctor Jekyll) lead a scientific expedition to the Himalayas.
The team encounters and captures a yeti with the help of Subra (Taru Shimada – War of the Worlds; Revolt of the Zombies), a revenge-seeking sherpa whose wife has been captured by the creature.
The Yeti is taken back to the United States, but escapes from a refrigerated unit and runs havoc in the Los Angeles sewers…
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” …nothing is made of the original concepts or the LA scenes. Long minutes are wasted with people plodding over one mountain range or another, or sitting and talking about rudiments […] Well, it’s got some nice footage of propeller planes.” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers book
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“…how such a mundane B-programmer can encapsulate all the tenets of Ciné du Sasquatch and yet do so without making any of the elements entertaining is a curious dichotomy.” David Coleman, The Bigfoot Filmography book
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Choice dialogue:
“Suppose you did kill one. How would you know it’s the one you’re after? If there’s one Yeti there must be a whole civilisation or a whole tribe of ’em.”
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Cast and characters:
Paul Langton … Frank Parrish; Leslie Denison … Peter Wells; Taru Shimada … Subra; Rollin Moriyana … Leva; Robert Kino … Inspector Karma
Country of origin:
USA
Technical specs:
1 hour 9 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 1.37: 1
Filming locations:
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
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