Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Rainey Dawn Not quite as good as The Abominable Snowman (1957) with Peter Cushing - but it's still a good film. The 2 films are very similar to one another but not exactly the same. If you like one film then you might like the other - I like both.This film is my kind of sci-fi horror. It's got what I enjoy: a claustrophobic atmosphere, dangerous territory/weather (this film has both), a pretty good story, some mystery surrounding a creature and a decent cast that is enjoyable to watch.I wouldn't say this film is for every sci-fi horror fan, but I do recommend it to the few that do enjoy this type of sci-fi horror.7.5/10

gavin6942 American botanical expedition in the Himalayas stumbles across a Yeti den, capture one and transport it back to Los Angeles, where it escapes while customs officials are debating whether it is animal or human.From the relatives of Billy Wilder comes this crazy horror flick, and I must say the film and sound quality of this movie are impeccable. The yeti has a simple but effective costume. And all in all this movie is far better than anyone should expect from its age, budget, crew and cast.The film also raises an interesting question: what does it mean to be human? The government has to decide if the yeti is human or not. While it is clearly not human in the same physical sense we are, is that what makes us human? The film suggests that a creature with a "calculating mind" could be human... an interesting definition.

Matthew_Capitano A mountain climbing expedition encounters a big freaking snow monster who watches them from above the snow-line while they take pictures of weeds and freeze in their wind-battered tents at extreme altitudes.... oooh, funnn! Later, one of these schmucks captures the beast, straps him to a tarp, and sends him to Los Angeles in a goofy icebox, but some lame cop murders it before it can find an apartment and become part of the community.Director W. Lee Wilder's 'abominable snowman' flick. Clumsy and incredulous, but concomitantly the most trenchant film of Wilder's career.

MartinHafer This is an ultra-low budget film not to be confused with the well made but similarly themed "Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas". The latter film is well written and acted, whereas "The Snow Creature" is a dull and cheap mess.My biggest complaint about the film isn't the plot--though it's pretty much a knock off of King Kong. The Sherpas are Nepalese porters and in this film they are played by Japanese men who use Japanese speech. While I am no expert on the language, I did know that in the Himalayas they don't say "mooshi mooshi" when they answer the phone or say "hai" for the word yes. In addition the accents and look of the men were clearly Japanese. The bottom line is that the countries are over 3200 miles apart and are very, very different culturally. Perhaps 1950s audiences didn't readily notice this, but today it's a glaring mistake.The film starts off with two Americans on a expedition in the Himalayas. During the night, the Yeti attacks the came--not to kill anyone, but because it was apparently horny since it kidnaps one of the Sherpa women. Well, despite the Americans supposedly being in charge of the expedition, the Sherpas want their woman back and kidnap the Americans--forcing them to trek endlessly through what seemed like hours of snow scenes.Eventually, they find the snow creature (but accidentally kill the woman in the process--nice going, guys). And, amazingly, it's pretty easy to capture so the American scientist in the party takes the monster to America to show it off--and watch it run amok--something that ALWAYS happens in cases like this. Duh!! This results in more endless scenes of cops looking through the sewers for the beast until it ultimately is killed. Wow....didn't see that coming!! As for the monster, I assume the film makers asked a couple of 8 year-olds to make a monster outfit. The kids took the money for this and pocketed most--spending only a pittance on a wolf-man mask as well as some clippings from a barbershop floor and glue. From this, they made this scary(?) monster. So, despite being cheap, Japanese and with many long and ponderous scenes, is it worth seeing? Yes...if you are a masochist. Otherwise, I hope to save you the trouble and recommend you skip this one. No wonder it's now in the public domain--no one would want to claim credit for this mess.