Comments on: The Abominable Snowman: The Movie

By: mike2k1

mike2k1 — Fri, 12 May 2006 14:54:03 +0000

Very cool!!

By: The_Master

The_Master — Fri, 12 May 2006 14:43:16 +0000

the only movie I have seen about bigfoots is the Sasquatch one (is called The Untold). I have heard of this one before. I also heard there would be a scifi movie called “Abominable” on the 20th of May.

By: twblack

twblack — Fri, 12 May 2006 06:35:26 +0000

I hope it is a good film. And anything has GOT to be better than the Hulk film from a couple years ago. And Loren you are right whenever something gets in the mainstream the more open everyone is to look and maybe find an unknown crypto.

By: bill green

bill green — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:34:53 +0000

hi craig loren and everyone thats great they are doing another abominable snowman movie im sure there will other sequels & prequels to abominable snowman or sasquatch movies in near future either on dvd or in theatres as long as they as are not violent. i would like to see a sequel to the classic creature from black lake. only time will tell. bill please keep me posted ok.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:55:08 +0000

You know, maybe it’s the crypto-catfight stuff inspiring me, but I would like to see a Christopher Guest type treatment of the Bigfoot Research scene… something “mockumentary” style that pokes fun at all the human drama involved with the quest for hairy hominids (with a “classic” closing scene of Bigfoot wandering by in the background while the field researchers are busy waxing poetic about what they do.)

By: timi_hendrix

timi_hendrix — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:49:11 +0000

Hey does anyone know when The new movie “Abominable” is coming out?

By: gridbug

gridbug — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:35:40 +0000

Crypto cinema is go!
I moved to Los Angeles back in 2001 to pursue career screenwriting. Several months back I drafted a synopsis for an original feature length Sasquatch movie based more on concept than genre expectation. While it can certainly be argued that there is a place for exploitative material, I’ve long hoped that someone would present an intelligent Bigfoot story that doesn’t need to rely on blood, breasts and a rampaging monster to be successful. A perfect example of the right way to go about it is Hammer Films’ ‘Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas’. The deeper themes of the darkness within man juxtaposed against the unknown something that lurks on the perhipheral is a fascinating concept, and ‘Himalayas’ is a brilliant example of how effective low-key scares and atmosphere can carry a story.

In my as-yet untitled screenplay, I made an effort to explore similar themes, while at the same time creating characters and situations that (hopefully) echo the reality of the Squatch phenomenon, both positive and negative. It’s a thoughtful, intelligent piece that understands and respects that there will always be more questions than answers. Yes, there are a couple sequences where certain individuals meet unpleasant deaths, but their actions decided their fate. In the same respect, the climactic resolution to the story underscores humankind’s need to accept that we are NOT the center of the universe, and that there are larger truths out there that we have yet to embrace. With all the crypto stuff that’s been seeping into the mainstream lately, I’m hoping I can connect with a respectable producer regarding the screenplay.

In the meantime, here’s hoping that Hollywood doesn’t screw it up for the rest of us.

By: MattBille

MattBille — Thu, 11 May 2006 15:34:18 +0000

Loren,

I hope you’re right and we see some good films with cryptozoological themes. What you have heard so far is promising, although I have a little shudder whan anyone from the incredibly bad “Hulk” film is mentioned. It will be more interesting when we know the writer and director for the film.

Regards,
Matt

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:22:12 +0000

Traditionally, there has been more discoveries, more research-based funding, and more insights on cryptids when major studio projects concurrently move in the direction of serious treatments on these subjects. The involvement of Salkind does not translate into “thriller” or grade-B movie to me and to others I know in the business.

I have not found this motion picture and the others I am aware of that I cannot talk about yet because of nondisclosure agreements are going to be melodramas. They appear to NOT be thrillers, but grounded biopix and dramas.

This movie along with other “serious” studio productions involving Yeti tell me that it is getting to be “steam engine” time, a precursor period of a shift occurring. I see a specific trend developing, and that’s why I have shared it in this fashion.

By: Ole Bub

Ole Bub — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:10:25 +0000

Agreed any new cinematic release should be accurate, realistic…perhaps even heart warming and wholesome….in it’s portrayal of the “big folks”…not just another creature feature….but then…it’s only a movie…JMHO

seeing is believing…

ole bub and the dawgs