lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (10/04/85)
"The Creeping Terror" surely belongs on the list. This is the baby that was shot with silent film (another story is that the soundtrack was lost or destroyed by accident) and so 90% of the action is explained by the narrator, with occasional horrid actor voiceovers and inserted sound effects. The monster looks like a rug with a bunch of people under it, and has radiator hoses hanging from its head. One classic scene has our hero inside the alien ship (full of 1950's electronic gear) banging a piece of metal against an old voltmeter. The narrator explains: "... he tried to stop the transmitter, but the alien alloys in the ship weren't even dented by his efforts..." Oh yes, and the landing of the alien ship is an old Army rocket launch shown in reverse, followed by some out of focus car headlights. C'mon, some of you must have seen this beaut. --Lauren--
sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (10/09/85)
In article <826@vortex.UUCP>, lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) writes: > "The Creeping Terror" surely belongs on the list. This is the baby > that was shot with silent film (another story is that the soundtrack > was lost or destroyed by accident) and so 90% of the action is explained > by the narrator, with occasional horrid actor voiceovers and inserted > sound effects. The monster looks like a rug with a bunch of people > under it, and has radiator hoses hanging from its head. One classic > scene has our hero inside the alien ship (full of 1950's electronic > gear) banging a piece of metal against an old voltmeter. The > narrator explains: > > C'mon, some of you must have seen this beaut. > > --Lauren-- I have to agree. This movie was terrible. The monster had to be the slowest man-eating creature to ever appear on screen. In one scene, the creature 'Creeps' into a dance hall. As soon as the people see it, they start running out the other side. The creature, who only manages to move about 1 foot a minute, still manages to catch a woman and eat her (Actually looked as if the woman crawled in the creatures mouth.). As I watched this, I felt that anyone who was so slow that they couldn't run away from the alien slug deserved to be eaten because they were poor samples of human beings anyway. I couldn't watch the whole movie because of the stupidity. I deffinately agree that this movie should be on the "Worst Movie List." Scott A. Stewart LMSC - Sunnyvale
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (10/10/85)
> "The Creeping Terror" surely belongs on the list. This is the baby > that was shot with silent film (another story is that the soundtrack > was lost or destroyed by accident) and so 90% of the action is explained > by the narrator, with occasional horrid actor voiceovers and inserted > sound effects. The monster looks like a rug with a bunch of people > under it, and has radiator hoses hanging from its head. One classic > scene has our hero inside the alien ship (full of 1950's electronic > gear) banging a piece of metal against an old voltmeter. The > narrator explains: > > "... he tried to stop the transmitter, but the alien alloys in the > ship weren't even dented by his efforts..." > > Oh yes, and the landing of the alien ship is an old Army rocket > launch shown in reverse, followed by some out of focus car headlights. > > C'mon, some of you must have seen this beaut. > > --Lauren-- PROTEST, PROTEST! I am STILL trying to get this clasic on tape so I can throw a viewing party. Everyone I know who has seen this (not many people, BTW) can't wait to see it again. This is the movie that defines "so bad it's good"! *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***