Synopsis
Hammer icon Peter Cushing and Hollywood hard-man Forrest Tucker give powerful performances as a well-meaning scientist and an arrogant entrepreneur, both intent on trapping the fabled Yeti, in Hammer’s The Abominable Snowman.
Re-teaming Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale and BAFTA-winning director Val Guest, this thrilling fantasy horror has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives.
Dr. Rollason and his team, on a scientific expedition in the Himalayas, are guests at an isolated monastery. Then a second expedition turns up, intent on trapping the legendary Yeti in a money-making venture.
Special Features
Four discs in a stylish digipak: two UHDs and two Blu-rays, with the content duplicated on both UHD and Blu-ray.
Two iterations of The Abominable Snowman: the widescreen 2.35:1 UK Theatrical Version and the widescreen 2.35:1 US Theatrical Version, re-titled The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas.
Brand-new 5.1 mix for both versions of the film alongside the original mono film soundtrack.
English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film.
Packaged in a high-end, leather-feel slipcase with debossed foil titling.
Rigid inner box featuring new artwork by illustrator and artist Joe Avery.
Double-sided poster of original one-sheets.
Eight art cards featuring facsimiles of the original cinema lobby cards.
120-page book featuring new articles on the film, cast and crew.
Disc Features
New commentary on The Abominable Snowman with actor and comedian Toby Hadoke and Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray.
New commentary on The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas with cult movie expert Toby Roan and Cereal at Midnight podcaster Heath Holland.
Archive 1999 commentary featuring writer Nigel Kneale, director Val Guest and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn.
New audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette.
New documentary on the making of The Abominable Snowman, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Wayne Kinsey, Dick Klemensen, Richard Hollis and Jon Dear.
New documentary on the making of long-since-lost TV play The Creature, on which The Abominable Snowman was based, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Jon Dear and Hannah Cooper.
New documentary on design maestro Bernard Robinson and the design and set-building carried out by Hammer on films such as this, with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey.
New documentary on cinema’s passion for rampaging cryptids, with contributions from director/producer/actor/writer Ted A. Bohus, writer/editor Mike Gingold, artist and film historian Stephen R. Bissette and writer/director/producer Casey Walker.
New video essay by Heather Wixson on why less-is-more in films with big monsters, and how Val Guest put that theory into practice.
Sidebar: The Abominable Snowman. Film critic and writer Tim Lucas discusses this and similar films of the period with Stephen R. Bissette.
Archive interview with Val Guest from 2002.
Original trailer and censor card.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.
Booklet Features
New article by Bruce Hallenbeck, who takes a look at the making of The Abominable Snowman.
New article by Andrew Pixley, who examines the making of the original TV play on which the film is based.
New article by Wayne Kinsey, who compares scripts for the original TV play against the film.
New article by Andy Murray, who examines the potential influences working on Nigel Kneale during the creation of this story.
New article by Sarah Morgan, who profiles actor Richard Wattis, star of several Hammer films and a mainstay of British film and TV.
New article by Neil Sinyard, who profiles director Val Guest and his body of work.
New article by Barry Forshaw, who assesses Hammer’s use of monster tropes and their playing against type.
New article by Wayne Kinsey, who takes a top-down look at what was happening with Hammer in 1957.
Technical Specs
Region Code:
Region A, B, C
Duration:
91 minutes
Extras:
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Interactive Menu
Screen ratio: 2.35:1
Commentary: Nigel Kneale, Val Guest and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn
Commentary on the UK theatrical cut with actor/comedian Toby Hadoke and Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray
Commentary on the US theatrical cut with cult movie expert Toby Roan and Cereal at Midnight podcaster Heath Holland
Documentary: Sidebar: The Abominable Snowman
Documentary on Bernard Robinson
Documentary on cryptids in cinema
Making of documentary
Image gallery
Interview with director Val Guest
Double-sided poster of original one-sheets
Eight art cards featuring facsimiles of the original cinema lobby cards
UK theatrical version and US theatrical version, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, included
Audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette
Video essay by Heather Wixson
Original trailer and censor card
