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Goofy monsters~EXCELLENT atmospherics
THE CRAWLING EYE is surprisingly suspenseful B-budget sci-fi CREATURE FEATURE. Forrest Tucker(freed-up from F-TROOP and similar cavalry NCO roles)leads the very good ensemble cast in a plot which pits Swiss villagers and some high-ranking(movie-type)scientists against a strange phenomenon that is grotesquely killing mountain climbers.Though the Monsters themselves--when finally revealed--are goofy-looking to the max,excellent atmospherics and superb Alpine-vista photography make this 50's matinee flick a popcorn thriller that's way better than it deserves to be.CRAWLING EYE is no Forbidden Planet,but production values,sfx and no-nonsense(irony)acting make it a good,second-shelf offering of what was originally entitled,THE TROLLENBERG TERROR.

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QUALITY CHEESE HERE!
"Wow! What a cool cheese fest! A cool monster and good story for sure!" This movie is much better than the budget allowed for this super cool Sci-Fi flick. Nice transfer to DVD too!

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A Taut Little Sci-Fi Thriller
Don't be put off by the sensationalist title or the lurid case artwork--"The Crawling Eye" is actually a quite good, if minor, science fiction film. <
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>The decade after the end of World War II produced a bumper crop of the finest science fiction films ever made, many of which remain classics to this day. "The Crawling Eye," released in 1958, certainly does not rank among the top ten of the decade, but it is nonetheless an interesting story told in a reasonably well-made film. The plot is tight, coherent and logically consistent, and the acting of the British and American cast is as good as the typical standards of the day. There are some moments of genuine suspense as scientists race against time to figure out how to fight an unseen murderous force that inhabits a strange radioactive cloud high in the Swiss Alps. The "crawling eye" creatures of the title, when they appear late in the film, are about as good as the special effects technology of the day could make them, complete with tentacles very obviously manipulated by wires suspended from the ceiling of the sound stage. <
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>This DVD is advertised incorrectly as a "Widescreen European Edition"--it is actually full-frame format. It is "European" only in its title, "The Trollenberg Terror," as it was released in Europe, and the obligatory British Board of Film Censors "X" rating before the opening credits. The black-and-white transfer is crisp, sharp and contrasty, but overall the film is marred slightly by what seems to be more than the usual amount of dust, scratches, hairs and other defects. The only extras are a grand total of three count 'em three still photos and an extremely poor-quality trailer. <
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>At this low price, "The Crawling Eye" is hard to pass up. You'll definitely get your money's worth if you have any interest at all in science fiction films of the '50's.