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* MistakenForPervert: A couple of times.
** When Preston tries to yell across the street to warn the girls that Karen got taken away, C.J. sees him and calls a creep and closes the blinds.
** When Preston sees the monster outside with his binoculars, he calls Otis over. But by the time Otis gets there, the monster is gone, and Otis thinks Preston was watching Tracy taking a shower through the (surprisingly large) bathroom window across the street.
** When Preston tries to yell across the street to warn the girls that Karen got taken away, C.J. sees him and calls a creep and closes the blinds.
** When Preston sees the monster outside with his binoculars, he calls Otis over. But by the time Otis gets there, the monster is gone, and Otis thinks Preston was watching Tracy taking a shower through the (surprisingly large) bathroom window across the street.
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* DangerousWindows: [[spoiler:Tracy gets grabbed through the bathroom window.]]
* DiscretionShot: The first few deaths are done this way, but once the movie hits around the middle mark, it starts getting ''very'' gory.
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* HandicappedBadass: Anyone who can kill a Yeti despite being paralyzed below the waist is this. Go, Preston!
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* TheLoad: Preston is a very literal example at one point, although it isn't his fault. Since he's paralyzed below the waist, he's in a wheelchair and can't walk. After he loses the wheelchair, Amanda has to drag him to safety ''twice''.
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* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw: In a DeletedScene, Halderman thinks Preston, a paralyzed man confined to a wheelchair, killed everyone.
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* PrecisionFStrike: When Preston attempts to sneak out of the house, he takes one look at the stairs leading down to the ground level and realizes there's no way he's getting down them in his wheelchair.
-->'''Preston''': Fuck that!
-->'''Preston''': Fuck that!
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* FlippingTheBird: Preston does this to Otis behind his back at one point.
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* GonnaNeedMoreX: Preston grabs a carving knife from the kitchen to defend himself, but then realizes how puny it looks.
-->'''Preston''': I'm gonna need a bigger knife!
-->'''Preston''': I'm gonna need a bigger knife!
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* TheEndOrIsIt: The monster has been slain and Preston and Amanda have been driven off in ambulances, but when the cops investigate the crashed station wagon, the monster's body is [[NeverFoundTheBody gone]]! [[spoiler:Suddenly, they find themselves surrounded by [[FromBadToWorse dozens and dozens]] of Yetis!]]
* TheEndOrIsIt: The monster has been slain and Preston and Amanda have been driven off in ambulances, but when the cops investigate the crashed station wagon, the monster's body is [[NeverFoundTheBody gone]]! [[spoiler:Suddenly, they find themselves surrounded by [[FromBadToWorse dozens and dozens]] of Yetis!]]
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* OrIsIt: The monster has been slain and Preston and Amanda have been driven off in ambulances, but when the cops investigate the crashed station wagon, the monster's body is gone! [[spoiler:Suddenly, they find themselves surrounded by dozens and dozens of Yetis!]]
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* OrIsIt: The monster has been slain and Preston and Amanda have been driven off in ambulances, but when the cops investigate the crashed station wagon, the monster's body is gone! [[spoiler:Suddenly, they find themselves surrounded by dozens and dozens of Yetis!]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Suicide Rock!
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* NonIndicativeName: Flatwoods is actually a very hilly mountain town.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Played with. Halderman and most of his deputies don't seem particularly competent, but Deputy [=McBride=] seems like he has a good head on his shoulders.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Amanda is trapped in the living room with the Yeti. It's blocking the door. Her [[SadisticChoice only choices]] seem to be: stay and get killed, or try and run for the door and get caught and killed. Instead, she turns and [[SuperWindowJump leaps]] through the window.
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* GiantFootOfStomping: Well, they don't call him "Bigfoot" for nothing, as [[spoiler:C.J.]] finds out.
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* HandicappedBadass: Anyone who can kill a Yeti despite being paralyzed below the waist is this. Go, Preston!
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* HypocriticalHumor: Otis grabs Preston's shoulder in the dark at one point, startling Preston, and Otis rags on Preston for scaring ''him''!
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* SurvivorGuilt: Preston is wrestling with this at the beginning, following the climbing accident that killed his wife and left him alive but paralyzed.
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* LampshadeHanging: When Ziegeler wanders off into the woods to investigate a strange noise after explaining to his friends what the Website/DarwinAwards are, the convenience store clerk comments:
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* LampshadeHanging: When Ziegeler Ziegler wanders off into the woods to investigate a strange noise after explaining to his friends what the Website/DarwinAwards are, the convenience store clerk comments:is amused by the irony.
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* AsianAirhead: C.J., who never quite seems to understand how serious the situation is.
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* LampshadeHanging: When Ziegeler wanders off into the woods to investigate a strange noise after explaining to his friends what the Website/DarwinAwards are, the convenience store clerk comments:
-->'''Clerk''': Another Darwing Award, comin' up...
-->'''Clerk''': Another Darwing Award, comin' up...
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* InstantSedation: When Preston injects the abusive Otis with the sedative he'd intended to use on Preston, Otis pretty much immediately collapses.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After being a huge JerkAss for the entire movie, Otis awesomely redeems himself by saving Amanda from the monster. [[spoiler:Sadly, this results in him getting himself eaten.]]
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* CellPhonesAreUseless: Averted. Karen's dropped phone ends up being crucial to the story at several points, allowing Preston to communicate with the other girls. It doesn't get good reception inside the house, but outside is another matter.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Upon inspecting the crashed station wagon, Deputy [=McBride=] doesn't find the dead monster. [[spoiler:It's still dead, but the other Yetis came for it.]]
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* HeyYouHaymaker: "Hey, ass monkey! Eat ''[[AnAxeToGrind this]]''!"
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* [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Half the Woman She Used to Be]]: [[spoiler:Tracy gets pulled stomach-first through a window too small for her to fit. So the monster ''makes'' her fit, snapping her in half backwards.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Otis attacks the beast with an axe at one point.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Axe]]: ChekhovsBoomerang: The axe. Preston and Amanda plan to use it in some kind of booby trap. But when it turns out they have no time to prepare the trap, they abandon the axe that near where Otis (non-fatally) imbeds is lying. Later, Otis awakens and attacks the beast with it, sticking it into the monster's its back. [[spoiler:Preston uses [[spoiler:It remains imbedded in the creature's back, allowing Preston to use it to kill the beast when he pins it to a tree with monster at the end: see CarFu.]]
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* NoSeatbelts: When the station wagon crashes into a tree, Amanda gets flung headfirst through the windshield because she hadn't buckled up. [[spoiler:Somehow, she survives.]]
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* AnkleDrag: Twice, first with [[spoiler:Karen]] in the monster's cave and then with [[spoiler:Hoss]] in the woods.
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** Whilst Ziegler is tending the injured [[spoiler:Karen]] in themonster's cave cave, the monster returns. [[spoiler:It grabs Karen's ankle. Ziegler grabs for her hand, but she is dragged screaming away into the depths.]]
** In the next scene [[spoiler:Billy gets tackled by the monster, andthen with [[spoiler:Hoss]] Ziegler and the clerk watch him getting dragged off kicking and screaming in the dark woods.]]
** Whilst Ziegler is tending the injured [[spoiler:Karen]] in the
** In the next scene [[spoiler:Billy gets tackled by the monster, and
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Ziegler's explanation of the Website/DarwinAwards, a very long monologue about a guy who superglues himself to a rhino.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Preston, who is haunted by the accident that killed his wife and crippled him.
* DeathByCameo:Rex Linn, Paul Gleason, Creator/JeffreyCombs and Creator/LanceHenriksen show up pretty Pretty much just to get killed.all of the recognizable actors have only one or two scenes before become monster fodder.
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* CuriosityKilledTheCast: One of the main reasons people die in droves. Ironically, what would seem to be the most egregious example, Ziegler entering the cave, ends up being a subversion. [[spoiler:The monster isn't hom and he finds the wounded Karen, and it's ''her'' who gets killed when the Yeti returns, while he manages to escape.]]
* DeathByCameo: Rex Linn, Paul Gleason, Creator/JeffreyCombs and Creator/LanceHenriksen show up pretty much just to get killed.
* ShoutOut: Sheriff Halderman's coffee mug says "Don't Mess With the Bull." He's played byCreator/PaulGleason, Paul Gleason, who said that in ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
* DeathByCameo: Rex Linn, Paul Gleason, Creator/JeffreyCombs and Creator/LanceHenriksen show up pretty much just to get killed.
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* ClosedCircle: Except for a few scenes involving other characters, the entire movie takes place in and around Preston's house.
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* XMeetsY: ''Film/RearWindow'' meets a monster movie, with an abominable snowman instead of a murderer.
* StockScream: [[spoiler:Ziegler]] unleashes the good ol' Wilhelm Scream when the monster grabs him in the
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''Abominable'' is not a groundbreaking film by any means, and the effects aren't that great (the monster costume makes the Yeti look like what someone aptly described as "an angry Brian Dennehy that wants to rape someone"), but it is well-directed and has some really wonderful suspenseful moments, making excellent use of the claustrophobia of Preston's house and the deep, impenetrable darkness of the woods without.
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''Abominable'' is not a groundbreaking film by any means, and the effects aren't that great (the monster costume makes the Yeti look like what someone aptly described as "an angry Brian Dennehy that wants to rape someone"), but it is well-directed and has some really wonderful suspenseful moments, making excellent use of the claustrophobia of Preston's house and the deep, impenetrable darkness of the woods without.without.
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* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much every character who survives an encounter with the monster, but especially Preston and Amanda.
* [[AlmostDeadGuy Almost Dead Girl]]: [[spoiler:Karen]] is found in the monster's cave by Ziegler. [[spoiler:He tries to tend to her, but then the monster returns and drags her away.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler:Preston kills the Yeti by pressing the gas pedal of Otis' station wagon, sending it flying in reverse, pinning the beast up against a tree, causing the axe still imbedded in its back to go through its chest and (eventually) kill it.]]
* StockScream: [[spoiler:Ziegler]] unleashes the good ol' Wilhelm Scream when the monster grabs him in the woods.
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!!Tropes used in this film:
* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much every character who survives an encounter with the monster, but especially Preston and Amanda.
* [[AlmostDeadGuy Almost Dead Girl]]: [[spoiler:Karen]] is found in the monster's cave by Ziegler. [[spoiler:He tries to tend to her, but then the monster returns and drags her away.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler:Preston kills the Yeti by pressing the gas pedal of Otis' station wagon, sending it flying in reverse, pinning the beast up against a tree, causing the axe still imbedded in its back to go through its chest and (eventually) kill it.]]
* StockScream: [[spoiler:Ziegler]] unleashes the good ol' Wilhelm Scream when the monster grabs him in the woods.
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->"There is something out there..."
-->-- '''Preston Rogers'''
-->-- '''Preston Rogers'''
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''Abominable'' is a 2006 film written and directed by Ryan Schifrin, the son of composer Lalo Schifrin.
In the town of Flatwoods, Preston Rogers is being brought back home to Flatwoods after months of rehabilitative therapy following a climbing accident at the infamous (and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast poorly named]]) Suicide Rock, an incident which killed his wife and has forever cost Preston the use of his legs; he is a paraplegic, confined to a wheelchair. His doctors have placed him in the care of [[JerkAss dickweed]] physical therapist Otis Wilhelm.
Preston really doesn't want to be here, or anywhere, really, as he is depressed over his wife's death and such. The fact his house is in the shadow of Suicide Rock isn't helping his wounded psyche any.
When Otis leaves to run to the grocery store, a bored Preston decides to do some birdwatching with his binoculars when some college girls drive up to occupy the rented cabin across the road for the weekend. With little else to do that doesn't remind him of his wife, Preston alternates between watching the girls and watching the woods. And when one of the girls, Karen, Preston sees, out of the corner of his eye, something big and hairy swoop in and snatch her, and by the time he brings the binoculars up again, Karen is gone leaving only her phone behind.
Something is out there in the woods. Something big, mean and hungry...
''Abominable'' is not a groundbreaking film by any means, and the effects aren't that great (the monster costume makes the Yeti look like what someone aptly described as "an angry Brian Dennehy that wants to rape someone"), but it is well-directed and has some really wonderful suspenseful moments, making excellent use of the claustrophobia of Preston's house and the deep, impenetrable darkness of the woods without.
In the town of Flatwoods, Preston Rogers is being brought back home to Flatwoods after months of rehabilitative therapy following a climbing accident at the infamous (and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast poorly named]]) Suicide Rock, an incident which killed his wife and has forever cost Preston the use of his legs; he is a paraplegic, confined to a wheelchair. His doctors have placed him in the care of [[JerkAss dickweed]] physical therapist Otis Wilhelm.
Preston really doesn't want to be here, or anywhere, really, as he is depressed over his wife's death and such. The fact his house is in the shadow of Suicide Rock isn't helping his wounded psyche any.
When Otis leaves to run to the grocery store, a bored Preston decides to do some birdwatching with his binoculars when some college girls drive up to occupy the rented cabin across the road for the weekend. With little else to do that doesn't remind him of his wife, Preston alternates between watching the girls and watching the woods. And when one of the girls, Karen, Preston sees, out of the corner of his eye, something big and hairy swoop in and snatch her, and by the time he brings the binoculars up again, Karen is gone leaving only her phone behind.
Something is out there in the woods. Something big, mean and hungry...
''Abominable'' is not a groundbreaking film by any means, and the effects aren't that great (the monster costume makes the Yeti look like what someone aptly described as "an angry Brian Dennehy that wants to rape someone"), but it is well-directed and has some really wonderful suspenseful moments, making excellent use of the claustrophobia of Preston's house and the deep, impenetrable darkness of the woods without.
