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The Crawling Eye (1958)

PG 07/07/1958 (US) Horror, Science Fiction 1h 24m

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The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world!

Overview

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

Quentin Lawrence

Director
Jimmy Sangster

Screenplay
Jack Cross

Story
George F. Kerr

Story
Giles Cooper

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Forrest Tucker

Alan Brooks
Jennifer Jayne

Sarah Pilgrim
Janet Munro

Anne Pilgrim
Laurence Payne

Philip Truscott
Warren Mitchell

Prof. Crevett
Frederick Schiller

Mayor Klein
Colin Douglas

Hans
Andrew Faulds

Brett
Stuart Saunders

Dewhurst
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on November 21, 2014

The Crawling Eye.

The filmic adaptation of a 1956 UK TV serial of the same name, The Trollenberg Terror is a whole bunch of fun and not deserving of the stinker reputation it has in some sci-fi loving circles.

Action is set in Trollenberg, Switzerland and concerns a creature from outer space that has taken residence in a radioactive cloud atop of the Trollenberg mountain. As the bodies start to pile up and various climbers go missing on the mountain, the United Nations send a boffin to help the local scientists to hopefully solve the mystery.

The effects work has been the source of som... read the rest.

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