Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

This late 70’s Italian kaiju movie is about a giant yeti that’s found frozen in an iceberg, and brought back to modern civilization.

Rich tycoon Morgan Hunnicut partners with his scientist friend Professor Waterman to lead an expedition to retrieve a giant yeti frozen in ice, found in the waters off the coast of Newfoundland. They bring the chunk of ice back and set about to thaw the beast and revive it. When the beast is finally awakened, he goes on a mild rampage before he bonds with Hunnicut’s grandchildren, Jane & Kirby. Hunnicut wants to use the yeti as his trademark for his various products, and plans to bring him to Toronto to officially display him to the world. Once in the city, things go wrong and the beast goes on another rampage, with only Jane being able to tame his wild instincts. It leads to a climax involving more destruction, and a showdown with some shady characters that are working for Hunnicut Enterprise’s competition.

Man, I’ve seen some bad, cheesy Sasquatch movies, but this one absolutely takes the cake. The title monster is a dude in a costume, with wavy hair and constantly emoting the most ridiculous expressions. It also features bad acting (made worse with awful dubbed voices), horrible special effects (some truly laughable matte shots), saccharine soap opera style music, and a disco flavored title track called “Yeti”, performed by a group billed as The Yetians. All of these elements combined result in one hour and 40 minutes of pure comedy gold. I had to pause it multiple times because I couldn’t stop laughing my ass off. I honestly cannot believe this movie was never featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, as the jokes practically write themselves. This cheese fest has to be seen to be believed. It’s available on Tubi. If you enjoy bad movies, you NEED to watch this one, NOW! You will absolutely LOVE it.

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