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Film poster
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Directed by | Ryan Schifrin |
Produced by | Donna Cockrell Theresa Eastman Paul Spadone |
Written by | James Morrison Ryan Schifrin |
Starring |
Matt McCoy Jeffrey Combs Haley Joel Christien Tinsley Ashley Hartman Tiffany Shepis Dee Wallace Karin Anna Cheung Michael Deak |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Cinematography | Neal Fredericks |
Edited by | Chris Conlee |
Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing |
Release date
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October 3, 2006 |
Running time
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94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Abominable is a 2006 horror film, directed and written by Ryan Schifrin. The film stars Matt McCoy, Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen, Rex Linn, Dee Wallace, Phil Morris, Paul Gleason and Haley Joel. Despite the title, the antagonist of the film is the cryptid Bigfoot. The film premiered on April 10, 2006 in New York City. The music is scored by Lalo Schifrin.
The film begins with a farmer named Billy Hoss (Rex Linn) and his wife Ethel (Dee Wallace) waking up in the middle of the night to unusual noises. They and their dog Sparky go outside to investigate, where they find a horse lying dead, violently ripped open. Their dog runs into the dark, and is attacked (and presumably killed off-screen), causing Billy and Ethel to run back in the house where they see a mysterious giant figure behind their home. Once the creature is gone, they come out again and find large footprints on the ground.
Six months later, a man bound in a wheelchair named Preston Rogers (Matt McCoy) stays in a cottage in the local woods while being watched and nursed by Otis Wilhelm (Christien Tinsley). A group of city girls named Karen (Ashley Hartman), Michelle (Natalie Compagno), C.J. (Karin Anna Cheung), Tracy (Tiffany Shepis), and Amanda (Haley Joel) arrive in a jeep with plans to celebrate Karen's upcoming marriage in the house next door. Though things may look peaceful, Preston, who lost his wife in the climbing accident that crippled him, begins to see something mysterious happening in these woods.