the Primevals ("Full Moon"-Stopmotion-Film - nach 45 Jahren fertig)

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The road to this film’s release began with plot elements used in the 1968 short film Raiders of the Stone Ring by writer-director David Allen (Puppet Master II and The Howling) that evolved into a full-length film script by 1975 and then produced by Charles Band in 1978. Alas, pre-production saw some funding issues surface that postponed the project until filming commenced again in 1994, before finally being completed and released in 2023.

After learning of the existence of Yeti when one is killed in Nepal, Dr. Claire Collier (Juliet Mills) and her student Matt Connor (Richard Joseph Paul) head to the Himalayas to investigate its origin. After forming a team-up with a veteran tracker Rondo Montana (Leon Russom), researcher Kathleen Reidel (Walker Brandt), and local Nepali Siku (Tai Thai), they avalanche-slide into a place where Yetis aren’t the most unusual thing they’ll find.

They discover a hidden world with Cha-Ka from Land of the Lost-looking primates and a governing reptilian-esque race of aliens. And not just any aliens, but “ancient” aliens! (bloody-disgusting.com)