The Crawling Eye

A Swiss peak is engulfed in fog , leaving UN scientific Forrest Tucker a furrowed brow. While , there occurs unexplained and gruesome deaths with decapitations among mountaineers of the Trollenberg and are investigated by Tucker . Along the way two tourist sisters : Janet Munro, Jennifer Jayne , stay at a hotel and one of them has telepathic powers. Hidden in a radioactive fog on a mountaintop , the crawling eye kills his victims and returns these humans to Earth to threaten mankind . If you have ever been hypnotized, do not come alone !. A man dissolves .. and out of the oozing mist comes the hungry eye , slave to the demon brain! . The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming World! It's looking for you ! .

A frightening and terrifying tale adapted from Peter Key's school of Doctor Quatermass serial . Based on a TV Series 1956 formed by six episodes starred by Sarah Lawson , Ronan O'Casey , Michael Anthony and Laurence Payne , the same director Quentin Lawrence made this film version of this called The Crawling Eye or The Trallenbeg Terror in 1958 . Thrilling and eerie film , more to the point , the scary extraterrestrian monster in Ray Harryhausen style attacks unfortunate climbers and skiers by beheading them . This is a short budget B movie , a tribute producers Robert S Baker and Monty Norman and their skillness for going the extra mile in resourceful invention and their knack for providing in low budget some decent special effects . As the presence of a weird force , a fantastic visitor explains it all and prompting resulting in the spectaculal final climax with primitive but decent FX.

The motion picture was professionally directed by Quentin Lawrence . He was a craftsman who produced and directed several TV episodes of notorious series (Suspense, Invisible Man, Guillermo Tell, Web, The Voodoo Factor , The Avengers ,Albert and Victoria , Trapped , The Baron, Crown Court, Village Hall, Sam) and occassionally directing films (The Trollenberg Terror , A month in the Country, We Shall see , Playback , Cash on demand, The Secret of Blood Island). Rating 6/10 . Passable and acceptable terror Sci-Fi movie .

I happen to think this is one of the more enjoyable films I have seen that was made in the 1950's. Deep down it is typical 50's "mutated monster" fare but it really is so much more. A strange mist overtakes an Alpine village and turns out to be a decapitating giant eyeball. It sounds pretty hokey I know and the special effects are poor but it was the 1950's afterall and there is a fair amount of blood that is featured which was a surprise to me. When the two hikers are found dead you can see their bloody, mangled faces. And in one decapitation scene you can see the blood flying. The performances are fine in this one including a robust performance from the great Forrest Tucker. Plenty of atmosphere in this one also. All in all I would highly recommend this one. It's a lot of harmless fun and when not taken seriously, as it seems to have been by some of the reviewers here, it is a highly enjoyable film.

When I was very young, I viewed Quentin Lawrence's "The Trollenberg Terror" and Irving Pichel's "The Most Dangerous Game" quite often on late night TV. In retrospect, they are very hokey, but at such an impressionable age, these two films scared my sister and me a great deal. In fact, I think they marked us for life.

"The Trollenberg Terror," more often referred to as "The Crawling Eye" -- I love that name -- is about two psychic sisters in a remote ski resort who are terrorized by a giant, tentacled eye which uses the fog to hide its movements. The film climaxes with a King Kong-like finale involving the United Nations and an aerial battle with phosphorous bombs.

What more could you ask for in a cinematic experience? :) ... Except perhaps some better special effects. :p

I saw this film, The Crawling Eye, on TV as a kid back in the very early 60s. Scared me to death. They keep the goodies from you until almost the end. Creepy. Kind of gross. I remember the mountain climbers at the very beginning of the flick: Why did you let go of the rope? Didn't you see him? His head was gone!! Don't miss this one- it's fun.

A mysterious radioactive cloud hovers on the side of the Trollenberg mountain but no cloud should be at that altitude. In an observatory atop the mountain scientists monitor the behavior of the cloud. Forrest Tucker, who has seen such a cloud before, arrives to investigate. When townspeople start disappearing the cloud appears suspect.

This movie isn't that bad but the monster creatures are so poorly done, they are truly cheesy and the ending reminds me of when I was a boy and used to light plastic army men on fire in the backyard and watch them melt. Just film that and you have the special effects for this film.

The opening scene certainly grabs your attention. There is some nice photography of the Swiss Alps. The acting is fine. Janet Munro is an eye full as the extremely cute psychic who gets manipulated by the monsters.

Crawling Eyes/Trollenberg Terror is a British horror film of the 50's like Day of the Triffids and the Quatermass films.