August 26, 1957 –
The Hammer horror film The Abominable Snowman (US title: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas), directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker (the man who go head-to-head with Uncle Miltie in a match-up) and Peter Cushing opened in the UK on this date.
The film is based on The Creature, a BBC Television play by writer Nigel Kneale. It follows an English anthropologist on an American expedition searching the Himalayas for the legendary Yeti
The Haus of Dcaligari 