Space yetis with proton beams want to melt Earth. 1967 Italian sci-fi goes absolutely feral.
A heroic expedition braves snow-whipped precipices and discovers the dreaded humanoids. But wait – these are extraterrestrial yetis who zipped in from outer space to conquer Earth by melting the polar ice caps with high-energy proton fields. Will mankind be global-warmed into surrender?
Practical Effects
Yeti costumes that look like rejected Muppet auditions.
Visual Effects
Proton fields achieved via someone shaking a flashlight.
Direction
Margheriti directs four films simultaneously, probably.
Director
Antonio Margheriti
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Cmdr. Rod Jackson
Ombretta Colli
Lisa Nielson
Renato Baldini
Lt. Jim Harris
Enzo Fiermonte
General Norton
Halina Zalewska
Lt. Teri Sanchez
Goffredo Unger
Captain Frank Pulasky
Isarco Ravaioli
Norton's Communications Technician
Franco Ressel
Furio Meniconi
Snow Devils Leader
Maria Pia Conte
Countess
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonio Margheriti allegedly directed this, Wild Wild Planet, War of the Planets, and The Snow Devils all in 1966-67 under crushing studio pressure. The films share sets, actors, and a collective disregard for coherence.
This premiered as Italian cinema chased the international sci-fi boom—dubbed into English with American-sounding names slapped on everything, including the Himalayan yeti somehow being extraterrestrial. Globalization was weird in 1967.
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