You think winter in New Jersey is cold? We’ll give you something to cry about.
On the next “Roy’s Tie Dye Sci Fi Corner,” we’re off to the Himalayas with Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing, in pursuit of “The Abominable Snowman” (1957). This beautifully realized Hammer production was directed by Val Guest, who also helmed the first two films of the apocalyptic “Quatermass” series. Abundant, in-studio polystyrene snow is matched to impressive on-location work shot in the Pyrenees. The film was released the same year as Hammer’s “The Curse of Frankenstein,” which made Cushing an international star.
The music is by Humphrey Searle, the noted British serialist responsible for the hair-raising score to Robert Wise’s “The Haunting.” Here, he plays comparatively nice, with monastic bells and plenty of Vaughan Williams-style polar music.
Don’t let it get it inside your head. We’ll be drinking out of our Yetis on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Unpleasant tea will be provided by Tibetan monks in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:00 EST!
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