The Snow Creature (1954)

★★★★ · Snore Creature? · cosmico · 2010-03-04

Another strange Film Noir/Sci-Fi hybrid from W. Lee Wilder, the older and more unique brother of director Billy Wilder. I'm biased in that I do love this film (mostly for sentimental reasons), but I am not unaware of its many, many flaws, mainly the slow pace and repeated shots. However for me, the sheer weirdness makes up for the boredom in this case. We used to call it "Snore Creature" yet it still has that strange, dreary, ultimately ineffable quality that makes it best viewed at 3 am while under the influence (of what is up to you, but pizza and root beer works for me), and with…

★★★ · A shaggy man story. · picfixer · 2010-02-04

This one is right on the cusp of being so bad it's good. The problem is the first thirty minutes are mind-numbingly boring, with endless and sometimes repeated shots of the backs of climbing men. For variety there are endless shots of men walking through the Bronson Canyon cave. Once the creature is brought to L.A. the so-bad-it's-good fun begins, where with shades of "Them!" (released the same year) there is a pursuit through the storm drains. A cast of regulars that includes Paul Langton, Teru Shimada and William Phipps is better than W. Lee Wilder's direction, and much better than Miles…

★★★ · monster is not listed in the cast. · Satyaban · 2018-08-27

A good 50s B movie but it doesn't have a heroine to be saved as the Sherpa's wife got short thrifted and forgotten quickly. The role of the monster is not listed in the cast.

★ · A bad one · billbarstad · 2022-03-25

This movie is a total dog. An abominable snowman is loosed on a big city -- Los Angeles I think -- terrorizing the populace. No one gets too excited about it though. There are a few humorously bad aspects to the film. The creature is caught by botanists on an expedition in the Himalayan mountains of India. The Sherpas and other locals, played by Japanese actors, speak Japanese in lieu of Hindi. The creature is shipped to the US in a refrigerated container not much larger than a shipping crate for a refrigerator. The police station scenes are quite spartan. Acting and dialog are silly bad at…

★ · Ouch · jimelena · 2006-12-13

If they are climbing mountains; why are they walking down hill in all the scenes? Why would they have to go through the Dept. of Immigration with a Yeti? So many questions, and no answers. Where's my Scotch? That's personal property. Why are Dr.'s always drunks in old movies?