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The Crawling Eye (1958)

Directed by Quentin Lawrence

Mystery | Horror | Science Fiction

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.

Length 84 minutes

Actors

Forrest Tucker | Jennifer Jayne | Janet Munro | Laurence Payne | Warren Mitchell | Frederick Schiller | Colin Douglas | Andrew Faulds | Stuart Saunders | Derek Sydney | Richard Golding | George Herbert | Jeremy Longhurst | Anthony Parker | Leslie Heritage | Theodore Wilhelm | Anne Sharp | Caroline Glazer | Garard Green | Jack Taylor | Anna Cameron | Thomas Foulkes | Otto Friese | Jack Hetherington | Philip Johns | Reg Thomason

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/17/2021PhoneStreamingVideo on Demand5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Saw the tweets from Mike Vanderbilt about the premiere of this movie in Chicago and wondered if I had seen it. Wasn’t logged here but a quick search located the full movie (as TROLLENBERG TERROR) on YT. So I just fired it up and worked on another pile of trash.

Overall a decent 50s B-movie/ creature feature that borrows a lot from H.P. Lovecraft. In fact, a good chunk of this feels like a loose adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness. While not great it has some gruesome moments and a fun rubbery tentacle monster. Would be a good one for the Sci-Fi Spectacular or The Massacre (in that early afternoon old movie slot).

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