The Eye Creatures (1965) (TV)

Director:

Larry Buchanan

Writers:

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Alien "eye" creatures invade a small town.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Military | Alien | U.S. Air Force | Disembodied Hand

Cast

John Ashley	...	Stan Kenyon
Cynthia Hull	...	Susan Rogers
Warren Hammack	...	Lt. Robertson
Chet Davis	...	Mike Lawrence
Bill Peck	...	Carl Fenton
Ethan Allen
Charles McLine
Nathan Wyle
Bob Cowan
Tony Huston	...	Cpl. Culver (as Tony Houston)
Jonathan Ledford
Shirley McLine
Bob Brown
Donna Lindberg	...	Harold's Girlfriend
Larry Tanner

Also Known As:

Attack of the 'The Eye Creatures' (International: English title) (long title)
Attack of the Eye Creatures (USA) (new syndication title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Azalea Pictures

Trivia:

This was one of a group of films that was shot in 16mm and color and used to pad out one of American International's television syndication packages.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Stan and Susan are riding in car along with the severed hand, there is a very obvious string tied around of its digits being pulled to make the hand appear to move.

Quotes:

Carl Fenton: I'm loaded for action tonight. I'll take a drive and see what I can pick up.
Mike: Fat chance. Remember, the car's half mine, so drive careful with it.
Carl Fenton: Your half is the front seat. I won't be using your half much tonight.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Son of Svengoolie: The Eye Creatures (1965) (#1.90)" (1981)

Awful, yet in a funny way

I confess I love 50's & 60's B flicks. But I think in some ways the ones from the 60's were way more out there in both concept and sheer silliness. Take this movie. The monsters look like bad Halloween costumes falling apart. The goofs are too much to list. It looks like it was filmed in someone's back yard. It seems more effort was used to make the actress' hair stand a foot in the air than the entire monster costume budget. ( I love 60's hair by the way.)But it's funny in a super campy, cutsy way. Unlike most vintage B-flicks which can be boring through out much of the duration. Eye creatures has sort of a Ed Wood-esque level of entertainment. I highly recommend it to someone who loves old campy horror movies. But not to someone who doesn't know how to laugh at a movie such as this one.

By the way this is one of my all time favorite MST300 episodes.