Synopsis:
When an oil tycoon and a famous adventurer vanish into the harsh winter of remote northern Alaska, a hand-picked rescue team endeavors to bring them home. What they don’t know is that they are trespassing on The Yeti’s territory, and the elements are the least of their worries. A blood-spattered survival horror featuring a towering beast and gruesome practical effects, THE YETI hearkens back to a time when monster movies were king.
What We Thought:
Is The Yeti a good movie? No, of course not, but it is a solid B-Movie Creature Feature. With retro-styling and old school creature feature effects, it’s a fun, schlock-inspired movie where the filmmakers clearly knew what they were making and stuck to it.
By knowing what they were making and sticking to it, the film delivers on what it’s supposed to be. It’s a low-budget horror flick where the money is spent on the effects and getting a couple of names in it that people might recognize (Corbin Bernsen, William Sadler). It probably had 2-3 weeks of principal photography with the bigger names most likely only working a few days so that the effects could get the bulk of production money. If you can’t be a big blockbuster, have some cool effects that people will talk about. That’s Indie Horror Filmmaking 101.
The movie has a timeless feel to it with characters and costuming looking like a classic adventure film and classic movie monster film. The throwback vibe worked for me. It won’t work for people expecting Hollywood movie magic, but I’m someone who doesn’t mind schlock and campiness and think more movies would be better if they went that route.
The Yeti is a movie that the average movie goer will ignore. It’s a movie the average film critic will pan because it’s not up to their standards. I had fun with it. None of the characters feel out of place. The plot is believable. The creature effects are old-school style and work for me. If you like campy movies then it is…
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