Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows on a computer side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.
How to watch the movie:
- tubi (US, England, Canada, Australia, NZ?): https://tubitv.com/movies/585867/yeti-giant-of-the-20th-century
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgn2Uc6sL6I
- youtube (with Portuguese subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywr1316LeME
- youtube (with Romanian subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=311lhBXmTeg
- youtube (WARNING low-res / clipped, only watch if nothing else available): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh7rKslDbb4
- ADBLOCK NOTICE: uBlock Origin on firefox works on the youtube and tubi versions above
- someone plans to stream it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
- if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/yeti-the-giant-of-the-20th-century
an industrialist's orphaned grandchildren and their collie befriend an awakened Yeti.
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While RKO and Universal Pictures battled over King Kong's rights, Dino De Laurentiis—the producer of the 1976 King Kong remake—announced another giant monster film which would be filmed in the Himalayas, entitled Yeti. Although his version ended up not being made, this film was a low-budget cash in on De Laurentiis' project, which aimed to beat it to theaters....
In a contemporary review, Maurizio Porro of the Corriere della sera was most negative, writing that "[t]he film was shot on such a low budget (the rudimentary effects are accomplished through obvious image superimpositions) that in comparison, the Taviani brothers look like Cecil B. DeMille. But it is not the only issue: [...] the story and screenplay are completely missing. Mystery and suspense are absent, whereas ridiculousness is in full effect, dominating the proceedings."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti:_Giant_of_the_20th_Century
Reposting bc the original post didn't federate for some reason?!
