A poor man's Chewbacca, "The Snow Creature" gives literal meaning to the term 'walking carpet'. The Abominable Snowman concept gets off to an inauspicious screen start with this offering from 1954, but unlike the intrepid explorers who bring one back alive, you won't have to reach a high altitude to get dizzy watching this one. Instead you'll be mesmerized by the hypnotic dance of the Yeti as he moves with exact precision forward and back, a feat remarkably produced by replaying the same scene over and over again.
For something a little more original, you'll have to concentrate on Sherpa guide Subra (Teru Shimada), who hijacks a botanical expedition into the Himalayan Mountains after his wife is captured by a Yeti. An inspired scene has him taking out the party's lone short wave radio with a characteristic logical explanation - "Subra only want to kill radio machine".
Probably the most interesting part of the film was the brief geography lesson at the opening, focusing on a map of the Himalayas and a brief description of it's border with the Ganges and Brahmaputra. Even though the expedition makes it's way up mountains, it's mostly down hill for the participants in this clunker. The movie is best viewed in the same condition the Yeti was kept as he was transported down the mountain from his icy lair - upside down and in a semi conscious state.
For something a little more original, you'll have to concentrate on Sherpa guide Subra (Teru Shimada), who hijacks a botanical expedition into the Himalayan Mountains after his wife is captured by a Yeti. An inspired scene has him taking out the party's lone short wave radio with a characteristic logical explanation - "Subra only want to kill radio machine".
Probably the most interesting part of the film was the brief geography lesson at the opening, focusing on a map of the Himalayas and a brief description of it's border with the Ganges and Brahmaputra. Even though the expedition makes it's way up mountains, it's mostly down hill for the participants in this clunker. The movie is best viewed in the same condition the Yeti was kept as he was transported down the mountain from his icy lair - upside down and in a semi conscious state.