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The Trollenberg Terror (The Crawling Eye) Movie Review

Starring: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell
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THE TROLLENBERG TERROR is a British movie whose title has been changed into THE CRAWLING EYE for the American market. It was directed by Quentin Lawrence in 1958.

Climbers disappear while climbing the Trollenberg mountain in Switzerland and after getting lost in a strange cloud that is surrounding the mountain. The scientists of a neighboring observatory discover that this cloud is radioactive.

Forrest Tucker, a U.N. observer, comes to Switzerland and meets the young Anne Pilgrim who stays in the same hotel with her sister Sarah. Anne has telepathic powers and has been attracted in this town by a powerful mental force. Tucker observes that the cloud is slowly moving in the direction of the small town. The inhabitants are brought into the fortified observatory while Anne is being attacked on several occasions by the alien enemy who takes the shape of dead people to get itself into the observatory. Soon, the observatory is attacked by giant crawling eyes.

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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV? - overt invasion (very visible of monsters/aliens)
War and Invasion Yes
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - the monster chased me!

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair type - (man) short/medium wavy
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - very skinny (female)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - An "It".
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Mountains? Yes
Misc settings - lab

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Check here if B&W Yes
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - exotic aliens - nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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