Name: The Abominable Snowman
Brand: Hammer Films
SKU: H57AS03
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Hammer legend Peter Cushing and Hollywood hard-man Forrest Tucker give powerful performances as a well-meaning scientist and an arrogant entrepreneur, both intent on trapping the fabled Yeti, in Hammer's The Abominable Snowman.

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Release date 31st August 2026

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Re-teaming Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale and BAFTA-winning director Val Guest, this thrilling fantasy horror has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the best available film elements.

Dr Rollason and his team, on a scientific expedition in the Himalayas, are guests at an isolated monastery. Then a second expedition turns up – intent on trapping the legendary Yeti in a money-making venture.

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This edition comprises:

Two iterations of The Abominable Snowman: the widescreen 2.35:1 UK Theatrical Version and the widescreen 2.35:1 US Theatrical Version re-titled The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas.
Brand-new 5.1 mix for both versions of the film alongside the original mono film soundtrack.
English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film.
New commentary on The Abominable Snowman with actor and comedian Toby Hadoke and Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray.
New commentary on The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas with cult movie expert Toby Roan and Cereal at Midnight podcaster Heath Holland.
Archive 1999 commentary featuring writer Nigel Kneale, director Val Guest and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn.
New audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette.
New documentary on the making of The Abominable Snowman, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Wayne Kinsey, Dick Klemensen, Richard Hollis and Jon Dear.
New documentary on the making of long-since-lost TV play The Creature, on which The Abominable Snowman was based, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Jon Dear and Hannah Cooper.
New documentary on design maestro Bernard Robinson and the design and set-building carried out by Hammer on films such as this. With Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey.
New documentary on cinema's passion for rampaging cryptids, with contributions from director/producer/actor/writer Ted A. Bohus, writer/editor Mike Gingold, artist and film historian Stephen R. Bissette and writer/director/producer Casey Walker.
New video essay by Heather Wixson on why less-is-more in films with big monsters – and how Val Guest put that theory into practice.
Sidebar: The Abominable Snowman. Film critic and writer Tim Lucas discusses this and similar films of the period with Stephen R. Bissette.
Archive interview with Val Guest from 2002.
Original trailer and censor card.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.

Language	Mono / 5.1 / English
Number of discs	2 x Blu-Ray
Region	ABC
Certification	PG
Run time	Feature: 91 Minutes
Subtitles	English, French, Italian, Spanish, German
Actors	Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis
Directed By	Val Guest
Written By	Nigel Kneale
Produced By	Aubrey Bearing
Release Date	1957