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Abominable

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Abominable reviews
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6.8 User Score:

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Horror

Written by: Ryan Schifrin

Directed by: Ryan Schifrin

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 14, 2006
DVD: October 3, 2006

Running Time: 94 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for violence, gore and nudity

Starring Matt McCoy, Haley Joel, Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen, Dee Wallace-Stone, Rex Linn, Tiffany Shepis, Paul Gleason, and Phil Morris

This horror film centers on a paralyzed man who is trapped in a remote cabin and must save a group of college students vacationing nearby from a killer Sasquatch.

What The Critics Said

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63

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Ryan Schifrin's first film is a pleasant surprise, an old-fashioned monster movie that relies more on genuine suspense than bare breasts and blood.

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40

Variety John Anderson

Abominable goes completely over the top into an Ed Wood-meets-"Rear Window" subspecies of giddy, gory amateurish abandon.

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30

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

Not quite aptly titled, but close, writer-director Ryan Schifrin's cheapo horror opus pits everyone's favorite hirsute hominoid against the denizens of a remote town nestled at the base of a mountain called Suicide Peak. It's not much of a contest.

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30

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

Schifrin wisely holds off showing the monster -- because once the creature is revealed, the already shaky film takes a turn for the worse. The costume for the monster looks like a cross between a drugstore Halloween mask and leftover molds from the horror chestnut "Leprechaun."

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25

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Winda Benedetti

Ever wondered what the bastard stepchild of "Rear Window" and "Harry and the Hendersons" would look like? Probably not. Nevertheless, here it is in the form of a Bigfoot horror flick gone horribly awry.

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20

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The movie, which opened last week in Seattle and opens Friday in Los Angeles, isn't so much getting a release as an escape. The movie is directed, shot, acted and outfitted with special effects -- such as that guy (Michael Deak) in the monster suit -- so as to make American International horror films of the late '50s and '60s look like sophisticated gems.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

David C. gave it a0:
This movie was worse than the reviews said, if thats possible.

George J. gave it a10:
this is a combination of Rear Window and Sasquatch, just a great movie.

Mike S. gave it a1:
This movie is very painful. Everything was wrong. The director is obviously either new to the industry or just sucks in general.

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