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Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1955 DVD Release: 07/30/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 3 mins Studio: Rhino Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Horror, Creature Film

Another cheap horror hodgepodge from the redoubtable Jerry Warren, Man Beast consists largely of footage from a forgotten Mexican production. The patchwork plot concerns a Himalayan expedition conducted by Trevor Hudson (Lloyd Nelson) and Connie Haward (Virigina Maynor). While searching for Connie's lost brother, the explorers make contact with Dr. Erickson (George Wells Lewis), an expert on the "Yeti", or Abominable Snowman. It is Erickson's contention that the Yeti are actually primitive human beings, a theory that is borne out when mountain guide Varga (George Skaff), himself a descendant of the Yeti, kidnaps Connie for breeding purposes. None of the newly shot scenes properly match the stock footage from earlier sources, but this is the least of the film's problems. Man Beast is the sort of bottom-barrel horror fare that seemed destined from the start to be the object of derision on TV's Mystery Science Theatre 3000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Rock Madison - Lon Raynon
Virginia Maynor - Connie Hayward
Tom Maruzzi - Steve Cameron
Lloyd Nelson - Trevor Hudson
George Wells Lewis - Dr. Erickson
George Skaff - Varga

Acme Video's moderately priced DVD release of Man Beast showcases director Jerry Warren low budget horror film in an appropriate fashion: like the midnight cable television horror fest it is. The movie's cheesy black-and-white photography seems custom tailored for a laugh track. The DVD betters a television broadcast in resolution, but it's apparaent that no remastering has gone into this 2002 issue. Audio quality is adequate at best. Fans of cheapie horror films padded with stock footage aren't going to be clamoring for technical perfection, so they won't be disappointed here. A Scene Index provides instant access to the DVD's twelve chapters. ~ Tim DiGravina, All Movie Guide