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The Crawling Eye

Original title: The Trollenberg Terror
  • 19581958
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
4.4K
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Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
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HorrorSci-Fi
A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
IMDb RATING
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4.4K
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    • Quentin Lawrence
  • Writers
    • Jimmy Sangster(screenplay)
    • Peter Key(story)
    • Giles Cooper(story)
  • Stars
    • Forrest Tucker
    • Laurence Payne
    • Jennifer Jayne
    • Quentin Lawrence
  • Writers
    • Jimmy Sangster(screenplay)
    • Peter Key(story)
    • Giles Cooper(story)
  • Stars
    • Forrest Tucker
    • Laurence Payne
    • Jennifer Jayne
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 116User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
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    Trailer 1:28
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    Janet Munro and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Janet Munro and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Jennifer Jayne, Laurence Payne, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Jennifer Jayne, Warren Mitchell, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Colin Douglas, Janet Munro, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Jennifer Jayne, Warren Mitchell, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, and Frederick Schiller in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Warren Mitchell, Janet Munro, and Derek Sydney in The Crawling Eye (1958)
    Jennifer Jayne, Warren Mitchell, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, Frederick Schiller, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
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    Forrest Tucker
    Forrest Tucker
    • Alan Brooks
    Laurence Payne
    Laurence Payne
    • Philip Truscott
    Jennifer Jayne
    Jennifer Jayne
    • Sarah Pilgrim
    Janet Munro
    Janet Munro
    • Anne Pilgrim
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Crevett
    Frederick Schiller
    • Klein
    Andrew Faulds
    Andrew Faulds
    • Brett
    Stuart Saunders
    • Dewhurst
    Colin Douglas
    • Hans
    Derek Sydney
    Derek Sydney
    • Wilde
    Richard Golding
    • First Villager
    George Herbert
    • Second Villager
    Anne Sharp
    Anne Sharp
    • German Woman
    Leslie Heritage
    • Carl
    Jeremy Longhurst
    • First Student Climber
    Anthony Parker
    • Second Student Climber
    Theodore Wilhelm
    • Fritz
    Garard Green
    • Pilot
      • Quentin Lawrence
    • Writers
      • Jimmy Sangster(screenplay)
      • Peter Key(story)
      • Giles Cooper(story) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      John Carpenter has said that this film, with its creatures hidden in the clouds, was partly the inspiration for his film The Fog (1980).
    • Goofs
      When Alan is going to try out the Molotov cocktail on the monsters, he tells everyone in the hallway to move to the far end, except for one thin man with a gray jacket and hat. He tells him to close the door after he gets outside. Apparently the man has trouble closing the heavy door because a balding crew member wearing a white shirt closes the door after Alan.
    • Quotes

      Sarah Pilgrim: *Was* there an accident, Mister Klein?

      Mayor Klein: O-On a mountain, uh, dese things sometimes happen.

    • Crazy credits
      The films opening credits flash onto the screen when the passenger train rolls into the darkness of a tunnel.
    • Connections
      Edited into FrightMare Theater: The Crawling Eye (2017)

    User reviews116

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    6/10
    X-Files, 1950s style. But better!
    I have a huge and very soft spot for 1950s sci-fi films with freakish aliens and/or monsters. Be forewarned - my view of this film is definitely colored by my unhealthy interest in these films.

    This is a true archetypal classic of the genre.

    *** Weird psychic sisters, *** alien mystery clouds, *** giant creeping cyclopes with tentacles, *** secret government agencies investigating the paranormal, *** possession, *** zombies, ***

    Forest Tucker(!)

    • it's all here.


    This is a very entertaining low-fi, low-brow, B/W monster movie. I am convinced that the writers were asked to include every element of contemporary supernatural, sci fi and imaginative fiction stories and, kudos to them - they pulled it off! Stephen King's Dreamcatcher owes a huge debt to this beauty. If you think about it, Dreamcatcher is almost a rewrite of this film, with aliens that are just a little less ridiculous and a different narrative. And the biggest surprise of all - Forest Tucker can act! His F Troop character was not the only personality in his repertoire!

    Remarkably, the absurdity of the plot is not used as an excuse for exceedingly bad special effects.

    This is a little gem of a 50s pulp film. It's goofy as hell, fun, well executed, and well worth a sleepless night. Far more entertaining that the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and many others.
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    • mstomaso
    • May 2, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 31, 1958 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Alliance Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Tempean Films
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Black and White

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