10. ABOMINABLE – I'm always nervous when it comes to a new creature feature or something that debuts on the Sci-Fi channel, but Ryan Schifrin's debut Abominable was a pleasant surprise! It had a solid straight forward story, some hot babes, some cool gore FX, and a killer lookin' Bigfoot monster. It's hard not to get giddy during a film that features appearances with Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen and Dee Wallace Stone. You also can't go wrong with the foxy Tiffany Shepis, who has one of my fave deaths scenes of the year in this movie. (*Now available on DVD.)
The Very Best Direct-to-DVD
(or, only put out in super-limited release)
#1 -- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
#2 – Feast
#3 -- Abominable
#4 -- Sheitan
#5 -- Andre the Butcher
Horror Yearbook's 'Class of 2006'
ABOMINABLE
Abominable introduces us to a major new talent in writer/director Ryan Schifrin. The Bigfoot legend has always needed a really first class treatment and it gets it with this fast, funny, scary rampaging monster flick. It also boasts some of the best kill scenes of the year. I'll never forget the naked woman snapped in two, Bigfoot stomping a screaming woman's head to mush or the climactic face chomping. But what really impresses amongst all the great gory violence is Schifrin's solid characterizations and plotting. He could've just gone the easy route and wowed us with the great gore effects but he ups the ante by making us actually care about Matt McCoy's wheelchair bound hero as he desperately tries to save the day. Not many directors can make a low budget horror title that is breathlessly suspenseful, funny, scary and touching but Schifrin does. He's one to look out for.