Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)

Director:

Michael Findlay

Writers:

Ed Adlum (screenplay) and
Ed Kelleher (screenplay)

Release Date:

1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Piece By Piece, By Piece, the Bodies Vanish in ... "Shriek of the Mutilated"

Plot:

A group of college students are led by their professor into the mountains in search of the Yeti. The students start to be killed off one by one.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Yeti | Forest | Electric Carving Knife | Native American

Cast

Alan Brock	...	Dr. Ernst Prell
Jennifer Stock	...	Karen Hunter
Tawm Ellis	...	Dr. Karl Werner
Michael Harris	...	Keith Henshaw
Darcy Brown	...	Lynn Kelly
Jack Neubeck	...	Tom Nash
Tom Grail	...	Spencer Ste. Claire
Luci Brandt	...	April Ste. Claire
Ivan Agar	...	Laughing Crow
Marina Stefan	...	Party Hostess
Harriet McFaul	...	Girl at Party
Dwight Marfield	...	Station Attendant
Jimmy Silva	...	Policeman
Warren D'Oyly-Rhind	...	Waiter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Adels	...	Popcorn Vendor
Ed Adlum	...	Yeti (uncredited)
Michael Findlay	...	Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)
Ed Kelleher	...	Saturnalia guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Findlay		(as Mike Findlay)

Writing credits
Ed Adlum		(screenplay) and
Ed Kelleher		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ed Adlum	....	producer

Cinematography by
Roberta Findlay		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Michael Findlay		(as Mike Findlay)

Art Direction by
John Zachio

Costume Design by
Ortun

Makeup Department
Maxim Kinsky	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Pat Triarch	....	production manager

Camera and Electrical Department
Ambrosio Bernal	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Kay Kressi	....	continuity
Joseph Scarpinito	....	location coordinator (as Joe Scarpinito)

Production Companies

• Ed Adlum and Mike Findlay Productions (as an Ed Adlum and Mike Findlay production)

Distributors

• American Films Ltd. (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lightning Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Live Video (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (on "Bigfoot Terror")

Other Companies

• American Films Ltd.  presented by
• Magno Sound  sound mixing (as Magno Sound)

Also Known As:

"Scream of the Snowbeast" - USA (TV title)

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Company:

Ed Adlum and Mike Findlay Productions

Goofs:

Plot holes: Dr. Prell and Karl talk about how the code of the Voltaire demands no body bruises and how a victim must be scared to death. Later, at the big breakfast, they go around toasting past party hosts, bringing up highlights which include an avalanche and auto crashes. Wouldn't those two scenarios inflict body bruises?

Quotes:

Karl:Unfortunately, the tribe doesn't believe in yetis, and after severely beating him and cutting his tongue muscle out, they cast him out of the tribe.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Cinema Snob: Shriek of the Mutilated (#1.58)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Popcorn

Anyone for a steaming plate of ginsung?

Low-budget work of horror genius at its B-movie best. Hard to find, but worth tracking down. Semi-modern day story of human cannibals that use the legend of the Yeti to get fresh meat for their seven-year reunion gala. Featuring one of the all time great movie lines in "Mr. Henshaw, white meat or dark?" Worth it alone to see the oddball Spencer Sinclair being electrocuted in his bath tub after slashing his girlfriend's throat with a bread-cutting knife. She manages to hold on long enough to dump the toaster into the tub with him. Acting at its finest. Lawrence Olivier was never better.