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.
Release date: 28th September 2026
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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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.
THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER, IF IN STOCK ITEMS ARE ORDERED AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS ITEM, THE WHOLE ORDER WILL BE HELD UNTIL THIS ITEM IS IN STOCK. If you would like to receive other, in stock items earlier, please place a separate order.
This edition comprises:
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 and Ted Newsom
New audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette.
Abominable!: 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.
Exhuming the Creature: New documentary on the making on 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.
The Art of Design: 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.
The Legend of the Yeti: 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
At the Edge of Understanding: 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
Captured!: On-set photographs taken during production by Nigel Kneale when he visited Bray and Pinewood.
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.
Archive audio interview with Val Guest from 1988.
Archive audio interview with Rudolph Cartier from 1991.
Original trailer and censor card.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.
special features and artwork subject to potential change
This edition comprises:
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 and Ted Newsom
New audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette.
Abominable!: 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.
Exhuming the Creature: New documentary on the making on 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.
The Art of Design: 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.
The Legend of the Yeti: 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
At the Edge of Understanding: 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
Captured!: On-set photographs taken during production by Nigel Kneale when he visited Bray and Pinewood.
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.
Archive audio interview with Val Guest from 1988.
Archive audio interview with Rudolph Cartier from 1991.
Original trailer and censor card.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.
special features and artwork subject to potential change
Additional features
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
Language
Mono / 5.1 / English
Number of discs
2 x UHD
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
Technical features
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