The Creeping Terror
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| Directed by | Vic Savage (credited as A. J. Nelson) |
| Produced by | Vic Savage (credited as A. J. Nelson) |
| Written by | Robert Silliphant |
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| Narrated by | Larry Burrell |
| Music by | Frederick Kopp |
| Cinematography | Andrew Janczak |
| Edited by | Vic Savage (credited as A. J. Nelson) |
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Metropolitan International Pictures
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| Distributed by | Crown International Pictures |
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Running time
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75 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Creeping Terror (aka The Crawling Monster and Dangerous Charter ) is a 1964 horror/science fiction film, directed by and starring Vic Savage. The plot involves a slug-like monster terrorizing an American town after escaping from a crashed spaceship. The Creeping Terror is widely considered to be one of the worst films of all time. In September 1994, The Creeping Terror was the subject of derisive riffing on the satirical television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, solidifying its cult status.
A newlywed deputy, Martin Gordon (Vic Savage), encounters an alien spacecraft that has crash landed in fictional Angel County in California. A large, hairy, slug-like, omnivorous monster emerges from the side of an impacted spaceship. A second one, still tethered inside, kills a forest ranger and the sheriff (Byrd Holland) when they independently enter the craft to investigate.
Gordon, now a temporary sheriff, joins his wife Brett (Shannon O'Neil). Dr. Bradford (William Thourlby), a renowned scientist, Col. James Caldwell (John Caresio), a military commander, and Caldwell's men were sent to fight the creature. Meanwhile, the monster stalks the countryside, devouring a girl in a bikini, picnickers at a "hootenanny", Grandpa Brown (Jack King) and his grandson while fishing, a housewife hanging the laundry, the patrons at a community dance hall, and couples in their cars at a lovers' lane.
The protagonists deduce that the monsters are mindless biological-sample eaters. The bio-analysis data is microwaved back to the probe's home planet through the spaceship.
Caldwell decides that the creatures must be killed, despite Bradford's objections. He orders his men to fire at the creature, which they do while standing close to one another as it moves towards them. Their gunfire proves ineffective, and all of the troops are devoured. Paradoxically, Caldwell decides a moment later to throw a grenade, and the creature dies instantly.
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