The Crawling Eye

The Crawling Eye (1958)

The Trollenberg Terror

The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world!

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

Date of release
1958-07-07
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (99)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Quentin Lawrence

Casting

Interesting facts

The Trollenberg Terror is a 1958 British science fiction horror film produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and directed by Quentin Lawrence. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Janet Munro, and Jennifer Jayne. The special effects are by Les Bowie. The story is based on a 1956 British ITV "Saturday Serial" television programme written by George F. Kerr, Jack Cross and Giles Cooper under the collective pseudonym of "Peter Key".

Production

The Trollenberg Terror was the final film shot at Southall Studios, one of the earliest pioneer film studios in the United Kingdom, and was one of the last films released by Distributors Corporation of America.

Mitchell's role was originally meant to be played by Anton Diffring, but Diffring pulled out of the part at the last minute. It was an early film role for Janet Munro.

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