Wuchak "Abominable" is a Bigfoot flick released to Syfy in 2006 where Matt McCoy plays a paralyzed man who returns to his deep woods home six months after losing his wife in a climbing accident. He slowly becomes aware of a Bigfoot-type creature prowling the area and preying on the five college girls vacationing in the house next door. Unfortunately no one believes him when he attempts to get help and his house isn't wheelchair-friendly. Horror ensues.McCoy is best known for his reappearing role in Seinfeld as Lloyd Braun, George's friend from high school who goes loony. He's a bit reminiscent of Anthony Perkins of the "Psycho" movies. The story combines the Bigfoot legend with Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and "Friday the 13th" and works well as it's entertaining throughout.Bigfoot as presented here is a 7-foot hulk of unadulterated horror. He exists for one reason only -- to terrorize, kill and devour people (and anything else). The film doesn't shoot for anything much deeper than this; it's a deep woods slasher/horror flick in the mold of "Friday the 13th." The main difference being that Bigfoot here doesn't need weapons like Jason, he's got his teeth and overwhelming brawn.Aside from being consistently entertaining "Abominable" has good locations (Idylwild, California), good production values for a TV flick, Lance Henriksen in a small role and some cute girls, particularly Tiffany Shepis and Karin Anna Cheung. The former looks thoroughly uninteresting until she has a "Whoa Momma" shower scene. Moreover, Haley Joel has a striking face and is a quality female protagonist. Unfortunately the film only plays it semi-serious as there are some campy aspects (unlike "Sasquatch Hunters" and "Sasquatch Mountain," which take the subject totally seriously). Otis (the male nurse), the hillbilly with an oxygen tube, the cops and the closing scene with creature-eyes in the night all infect the film with a goofy we're-not-taking-this-completely-seriously vibe, not to mention the Jack Elam-like face of the monster, which is more goofy than horrifying.Regardless, "Abominable" works well for what it is.Runtime: 94 minutes.GRADE: B (very close to a B+)

TheLittleSongbird In fact, I was actually surprised at how surprisingly decent Abominable was. Okay, it is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, the special effects are on the cheesy side and that is including the Bigfoot(I think) monster, the pacing does have its longueurs in the middle and I do think the monster could have been utilised a little bit less than it was as well as developed more to add to the suspense factor. However, the photography is not bad considering the small budget, the moody look of it does draw you in, and I'd say the same for the scenery as well. The sound effects don't make the mistake of being bizarre or misplaced either. The scripting does have its weak spots but there is enough humour and suspense to make it a decent script at least, while the story is gripping in how scarily gripping it is, the suspenseful atmosphere and the increasingly violent killings. The characters are ones we've seen before and can be seen as clichés, but the actors ensure that there is some depth and likability to them. Matt McCoy does a quite good job carrying Abominable, and Haley Joel is much more than the all looks, no talent actress I was anticipating(and dreading). Then there are the likes of Paul Gleason, Jeffrey Combs and Lance Henrikssen who are always watchable in varying movies, and they are all very good in their roles. So overall, decent, not abominable in the slightest. 7/10 Bethany Cox

SeanJoyce The sasquatch/yeti/bigfoot/abominable snowman sub-genre is probably the most dubious in all of the horror domain. It's had its fair share of turns at bat, yet it rarely hits anything outside of foul balls.Ryan Schifrin's ABOMINABLE takes an admirable crack at the formula, and the result is a solid, mostly-respectable little effort.The most unique thing about this creature feature is its Hitchcockian set-up; a man is recommended by his doctor to revisit the mountain-site where a climbing accident killed his wife and left him a physical and emotional cripple. Confined to a wheelchair and accompanied by his male nurse, Preston (Matt McCoy) reluctantly journeys to a high-elevation cabin in an attempt to vanquish the demons that have plagued him ever since the accident.Shortly after settling in, he is all but deserted by his companion. Bored and incapable of doing much, he takes to surveying his surroundings. A group of nubile co-eds arrive to occupy the cabin next door. Armed with binoculars, Preston watches things unfold with a placid interest until he notices odd things happening. With mounting alarm, he begins to realize that someone or something is lurking in the encompassing woods, and is drawn to all of the activity. As night presses, the "something", revealed to be the fabled Sasquatch, makes its feared presence known by besieging the cabin of the girls and then stalking Preston. The incapacitated Preston must make use of limited means to thwart the creature's onslaught.ABOMINABLE is a fun little flick. Schifrin, who wrote the project as a film student, manipulates the claustrophobic and atmospheric elements well. The REAR WINDOW-bent makes for an intriguing, suspenseful concept. The movie's credibility is boosted by cameos from genre vets Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, and Lance Henriksen, while Paul Gleason (drinking from a "Don't Mess with the Bull"-engraved coffee mug) is on hand as a cynical police chief. The movie gets props for using costumes over CGI, but it also saddles it with its biggest problem. Schifrin wisely conceals the creature for the first half of the movie, only to ruin the well-earned mystique by completely overexposing it in the second half. As noted by others, the design bears a startling resemblance to iconic American character actor Jack Elam. It ceases to be terrifying, and instead starts to look plain goofy.Still, ABOMINABLE deserves a lot of credit. It's probably the best film of its type, thought I confess to not having seen the Peter Cushing vehicle THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN from the 50s. McCoy, a t.v. actor, does a serviceable job in the lead, the suspense is well-mounted, and the kills are done tastefully...shocking, but not overly-gruesome. It's good old-fashioned monster movie mayhem with a subject usually mishandled in its numerous screen attempts. IMO, the ultimate "bigfoot" flick has yet to be made, but we've got this one to keep us company while we wait.

ebiros2 The movie is not an intellectual rendition of Big Foot, but portrays it as a savage killer.Group of people spending their time out in the cabin and forest gets mauled by the Big Foot. One guy on a wheel chair witnesses it, but his dumb attendant thinks he's imagining things. Police are very apathetic even when they get the calls.Everything is very artificial in this movie including the cinematography. The story, the portrayal ,all screams fake including the very artificial way they up the suspense.All this makes this movie unbelievable in an unpalatable way.So thumbs down for this Big Foot movie.