Cine Excel's no-budget King Kong knock-off THE ABOMINABLE... has been seen and reviewed. Do you like cheap monster suits, green screen backdrops, Photoshop-quality digital f/x, excessive use of stock footage, continuity errors galore, and mismatched editing that's like a hammer blow to the cranium? If so, have I got the movie for you. Somewhere in heaven Edward D. Wood Jr. is smiling.

"Dino De Laurenitiis had a famous quote in regards to his 1976 remake of King Kong: "When monkey dies, everybody cry." I've got my own version in regards to The Abominable...: "When 'Snowy' appears, everyone cries tears - of laughter." The film's heroine who the giant Yeti takes a shine to actually nicknames it "Snowy", and why not? It looks to be about on par with a college football mascot costume based on the Abominable Snowman from Rankin-Bass' "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer". Every second it's on screen I was looking for the zipper; I think I even saw it a few times. They even digitally animated eyes for it during certain close-ups; eyes that don't always match up and seem to be floating around inside its head. If Kong was "The 8th Wonder of the World" then Snowy is "The 9th Wonder of the World", as in you wonder how they could expect anybody to take it seriously."

I dare say the nature of this film and the stills that accompany the review make this a must read. Heck, odds are none of you are ever going to even get a chance to see this movie with your own eyes anyway.

THE ABOMINABLE... REVIEW