Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives

I first watched this not knowing it was fiction and when I did find out it was fiction I was a little depleted. Then I realized there is no documentary about this accident because no one knows what happened. There are only theories.

So really, this is a film of a theory which I believe is acceptable. Some of it is factual which is what theories are based off of but theories are nothing more than an interpretation of a thing, in this case, it is a theory on the Dyatlov incident.

It was very well presented, very believable and coherent.

I watched this thinking it was a documentary and throughout it im thinking, this seems so fake... the people don't appear to be telling real stories and the "video footage" was looking pretty staged as well.. AND the woodland noises are sounds I have heard before clearly computer made and the yeti cry is also something I just couldn't believe...

then I came onto the internet to find out more and found this is a FICTIONAL MOVIE - NOT A DOCUMENTARY Cant believe I just wasted my time on this Thanks Animal Planet for putting on a shitty movie instead of a documentary like your meant to.....

disappointed and waste of my time.

Another pseudo-documentary from the same file cabinet as the program that "explored" the question about mermaids (and mermen) being real. At the end of the program people are running around a forest at night, using flares to cast shadows, hearing "mysterious" sounds. Very atmospheric, but it tells us bupkis about whether such a thing as a yeti actually exists.

Note the IMDB info - this is all staged, "with actors, not real people."

Why does Animal Planet exploit the credulousness of an audience by presenting these pseudo-documentaries without disclaimers? Even Orson Welles told the radio audience that his broadcast of The War of the Worlds was a dramatization, although many people missed the intro and thought they were hearing a news broadcast.

So, approach anything done by Animal Planet with caution...

In this era of overwhelming fake news, this production is just adding its lot to an already huge pile of badly misleading movies, with potentially devastating consequences on the lesser educated viewers. The problem is not so much that it builds its storyline/narrative on a collection of totally unscientific approaches, but rather that some viewers will actually believe all this crap!! I bet that some will take it for granted that a "brilliant" reporter actually came across some hard evidence that the Russian Yeti not only actually lives, but that it also kills people "when cornered or threatened". The movie itself is pretty well made, with all the stereotypes of what you would expect from a real documentary, but the succession of pseudo-evidence and the numerous shortcuts taken to reaching conclusions are just a pure insult to science and intelligence. I would strongly recommend that a big headline be put in the opening credits to warn the audience that it is a FICTIONAL DOCUMENTARY. This would at least prove the director's willingness to stay true to his/her own intent.

It was an interesting and often nerve-tingling video, but is not a documentary. A documentary is simple. It's right there in the word...DOCUMENTary..... A film production team DOCUMENTS the facts and the history concerning whatever subject they wish to share on film. They do not CREATE drama that is not real. They do not manipulate facts and history to help the sale of their documentary. They do not pretend to have frightening aural encounters with their subject to heighten the intrigue and tension in their film. Unexplained noises must mean the Yeti is on the prowl, right?! NOT !! This is a fairly well made dramatic thriller posing as a documentary. Docu-fallacy might have been a better description of this video. Oiiii, I mean, C.MON !!!! For the hundredth time, a video documentary crew has the amazing luck of walking right into an aural encounter with their sought after mythical creature. A creature that has never been proven to exist, alive or dead, ever !!! I am betting these documentarians could find a needle in a football stadium-sized haystack, in under two hours ! WHY NOT !!! They just did it on film !!!!