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Cast
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Andrew Faulds | ... | |
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A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to decapitate humans. The beings are also in telepathic communication with people and inhabit a mysterious, radioactive cloud at the base of the Trollenberg mountain. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
31 December 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Crawling Eye See more »Filming Locations:
Alliance Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Brett: Why roping, particularly?
Philip Truscott: Uh, student business last week.
Dewhurst: That's right. Nasty business. Very nasty.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
It had been a TV serial before becoming a film, Laurence Payne and Stuart Saunders reprise their roles from the serial. In the original production, the creatures were called "Ixodes." See more »Goofs
Trollenberg isn't in Switzerland nor in the Alps. The travel posters in the Trollenberg train station depict the Matterhorn probably as seen from Zermatt, Switzerland. Trollenberg however is actually located in Germany's Black Forest nearly 400 KM away. The closest rail station access to Trollenberg is in Loßburg about 4 KM away. Zermatt, however in the shadow of the Matterhorn, does have a train station and cable gondola service to Furi and Schwarzsee. See more »Quotes
Philip Truscott: Keep an eye on your roping, won't you.Brett: Why roping, particularly?
Philip Truscott: Uh, student business last week.
Dewhurst: That's right. Nasty business. Very nasty.
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I can't believe that none of the reviews here have talked about the fact that Warren Mitchell co-stars. Yes, THAT Warren Mitchell, before he became famous for playing Alf Garnett. Forget about Forrest Tucker and all the others. If you're a fan of Mitchell's sitcom work, you should see this film just to get some idea of how his career got started.
It's a good job Mitchell didn't have to keep doing Swiss-German accents in future roles. He's a good actor, but can't really do any accent except for cockney! But if you can ignore his dodgy accent, he turns in a great little performance here.
And it's quite a good film too. Nothing special, but nothing awful either. The only really crap thing about it is the effects of the crawling eyes themselves. Luckily they don't appear until over halfway through, and by then we're already hooked by the performances and atmosphere.
That's one reason why I've always preferred the real title, "The Trollenburg Terror". Why did the Americans rename it after the WORST part of the film? I can just imagine American audiences getting impatient ("So, how long until we see this crawling eye?") and then being very disappointed when it finally appears! What were the distributors thinking?