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A creature that looks like a cross between a Chinese dragon puppet and the Pope sucks up people into its maw. A sheriff, his wife, and a "handsome" scientist battle it to the end, with a sub plot about the evils of bachelorhood. Written by Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com>
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child eaten off screen | giant animal | psychotronic film | exploitation | cult |Taglines:
2000 pounds of creeping, crawling horror from beyond space! See more »Parents Guide:
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1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Crawling Monster See more »Company Credits
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Evidence is lacking that this film ever received a theatrical release. There were no advertised theatrical showings in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, or The Chicago Tribune before it began to be shown on television circa 1976. See more »Goofs
After the monster eats everyone in the corner of the dance hall it turns and a man is seen standing at the bar and the center aisle is empty.In the next shot the man at the bar is gone and there is a couple standing in the aisle. See more »Quotes
Narrator: Betty Johnson, as usual, blew a goodbye kiss to her husband... but for the last time.See more »
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There was only one possible reason for this movie to be made and that was to see women's rears stuck up into the air as they went down the monster's gullet. Just to keep from being called a pervert, the director tosses the monster some male actors and extras he didn't want to pay. Monster ? It's a living shag rug with several other dirty shag rugs sewn together. At one point, it even snags on a car and the "puppeteers and victims" inside have to hump a car to get freed. In fact, you know its going to be a bad movie because it requires a narrator to explain what's going on as you watch it. Actually, the narration is supposed to cover up a lost soundtrack; any sane director would have called it off at that point. The "attacks" are pretty ridiculous; the thing moves so slow that everyone has well enough time to run, and it makes so much noise there's no way it can sneak up on you. These people want to be eaten so the monster dutifully obliges. This movie may have been made just to show off the rolling hills and scenery of Lake Tahoe where it was filmed. After this movie, you'd think no one would ever go there again.