This is a great Hammer film starring Peter Cushing as a botanist named Rollason who is working in the Himalayan mountains with his wife Helen (Maureen Connell).
He teams with a crass business man named Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) and they form an expidition to find the Yeti. After a long mountain climb Rollason learns that Friend is only interested in money and pulling a fast one on the public by capturing a monkey and claiming to be to a yeti offspring.
However, things take a turn when they encounter a real yeti and one of the party named Ed Shelley (Robert Brown) kills one. Friend and Shelley dream of the money they will make while Rollason tires to stop them.
The Yeti come looking for their dead comrad and that is when the fun really begins. This is a well written film by Nigel Kneal and plays on the fears on men really well while at the same time having total sympathy for the Yeti, which is a race of non-violent creatures that want nothing to do with humans.
All of the performances are all very good and the stark photography of a desolate place really works well. This is a highly recommended film for horror fans.
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