Poster for The Crawling Eye (1958)
The Crawling Eye (1958) by #QuentinLawrence
w/#JenniferJayne #JanetMunro #ForrestTucker
A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
“The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world!” “It’s looking for you!”
“WARNING: If you’ve ever been hypnotized, do not come alone!”
#Horror #SciFi
#NotQuiteClassicCinema
#FridayNightAtTheHomeDriveIn
The Crawling Eye (1958) opens on a mountain range. Two guys are on a ledge near the top of a mountain, talking to a third guy who’s up above them – but off screen. They ask him why he’s taking so long. He tells them that somebody’s coming. Next thing we know he’s screaming, and then his body falls past the two men on the ledge. It’s hooked up to a climbing rope, so they catch him and try to pull him back up. But one of the men suddenly screams and lets go of the rope.
“You idiot!” the other man says. “We nearly had him. Why did you let him go?”
“Didn’t you see?” his buddy asks.
“What are you talking about?”
“His head! It was torn off!”
Nearby, a train is racing along the tracks, and as it enters a dark tunnel, the title of the movie appears on the screen…
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