Movie
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · 63 min
A creaky, atmospheric creature feature that blends documentary-style narration with snowy monster mayhem, feeling both quaint and occasionally chilling.
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda, Kenneth G. Crane
- Genres
- Horror, Science fiction
- Starring
- John Carradine, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada
- Tagline
- 1400 pounds of frozen fury that moves like man! Half-man, half-beast but all monster!
- Overview
- An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
- How it feels
- Eerie, tense, campy and dark. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Survival, isolation, faith, nature
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda, Kenneth G. Crane
- Genres
- Horror, Science fiction
- Starring
- John Carradine, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada
