To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Entire film is narrated because, while filming a scene on lake tahoe, nevada, director art nelson accidentally knocked the sound recording equipment into the lake. The crawling monster is a 1964 horrorscience fiction film directed and produced by, and starring, vic savage. A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling carpeter,monster,from outer space before it absorbs everyone in town. If you visited imdb or wikipedia and read about the creeping terror, you would likely come away with the belief that theres a storyline occurring within the. It was soon adopted to characterize lowbudget pictures with quality standards well below those of most b movies and even socalled c movies. The second monster is defeated by ramming it with a truck. The creeping terror dangerous charter the crawling monster.
A huge walking carpet er, alien from an advanced civilization comes to earth where people commit suicide by climbing into its mouth er, it eats people. Jun 16, 2011 a huge walking carpet er, alien from an advanced civilization comes to earth where people commit suicide by climbing into its mouth er, it eats people. Fact is, the creeping terror would have remained in its zmovie graveyard were it not for the notoriety it achieved via its skewering on mst 3k. Bob, the student trying to be a youtube sensation, gathers his friends at the creepy mansion and they start to film. Great stuff he reasoned, that if the film were actually to play, it would mainly surface in the drive ins. The creeping terror tv movie 1964 the creeping terror. Trapped below a creepy abandoned mansion deep in the forest, a group of friends find themselves on the run from a terrifying monster. The creeping terror dangerous charter the crawling. This is the movie that you hear about that was made in the old days that had the worst effects in the world, the horrible acting, the plot holes that stretch from here to albania, and the god awful story that just makes you wonder what the writers must have been smoking to think.
Another mystery science theater 3000 classic, the creeping terror, oh, how this film makes me laugh like no other. Reportedly, someone also lost the soundtrack the sound in the final film is composed of bad adr, overly serious narration, and. Not only is it a trash classic that should be seen at least once, but the history surrounding it is really a chapter or a very interesting fun facts section in itself filled with investors who got to appear in the film, a monster suit that had to be replaced, a. Sep 20, 2014 found at last theatrical trailer for the one and only creeping terror.
A monster from space is a large offcut of shag carpet draped over a few drunk college students, waddling about the countryside eating people, victims courteously lining up to step horrifyingly apathetically into its maw a rug doggydoor on its anterior surface. The creep behind the camerathe creeping terror bluray. Found at last theatrical trailer for the one and only creeping terror. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The creeping terror, or more accurately, the shambling nuisance, is 76 minutes of inexcusably dumb people being killed by a laughably designed antagonist, filmed with little care or attention by. Yes, its true its terrible even when judged by the standards of the most elite cheesy. The plot is centered upon an extraterrestrial, sluglike creature that attacks and devours people in a small american town. In any case, white disappeared before the movie was completed, possibly fleeing law enforcement in addition to drugs, white had connections to a prostitution ring and schuermanns film implies he may have been involved in child pornography and leaving thourlby to piece together the existing footage and replace the missing or possibly never. Since then cineplexes have been inundated with cheaply produced, easily. Using only her wits and whats around her, arisa must uncover the secrets of the mansion, and figure out how to escape. What appears to be shag carpet is draped over several actors shambling about at a snails pace, thus bringing the monstrous creeping terror to the screen. The classic feature film the creeping terror screens at screamfest horror film festival on october 19, 2014.
According to rumors, a more impressive looking monster was originally designed and built for the movie. Nov 15, 20 he completed three feature films in his career. This film is a very important addition to anyone who is studying the history of grindhouse films with productions that go wrong. Pretty much anytime the film tries to be serious, whether due to the pisspoor special effects, the stiltedmelodramatic acting, the idiotic decisions made by most of the characters, the narration that can get really. If you visited imdb or wikipedia and read about the creeping terror, you would likely come away with the belief that theres a storyline occurring within the film, but it would be.
The film s original writer was the brother of stirling silliphant, who would himself inspire another legendary bad film and mst3k subject, manos. The resulting film is easily the worst directorial execution of a promising, comic book style, overthetop film treatment in the annuals of hollywood. However, only a few days before shooting was to begin, the monster was stolen. Creeping terror is available on the mst3k volume 1 boxed set, both in the mst3k version and without mike and the bots. Top 10 rock performance that made coaches crazy in the voice audition 2018 duration. Just before the film s release, nelson vanished with a few lawsuits hanging over him, and he hasnt been heard from since. The term z movie or gradez movie arose in the mid1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally nona films. Apr 24, 2015 a newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling carpeter,monster,from outer space before it absorbs everyone in town. The 10 most unwatchable films featured on mst3k paste. Lays and genitals, boils and girdles, i give you the creeping terror. The story is about an ufo that releases a giant caterpillarlike monster who begins eating random people.
Nelson, a con man, pimp and drug addict who was known to audition yearold girls and completed the film only because he was threatened with jail time if he didnt. The creeping terror tv movie 1964 the creeping terror tv. In 1964, nelson set out to make a monster movie, the result of which would become the obscure and poorly made film the creeping terror, a film. I havent seen the film myself, but after watching the extensive extras on the shout.
The creep behind the camera is a modern movie and is quite good. Here is another drivein sci fi catastrophy that by comparison makes ed wood look like cecil b demille. With vic savage, shannon oneil, william thourlby, john caresio. When the monster attacks the dance party, a woman tries to escape. This week we go in the opposite direction of what this blog is all about.
Its hard to say whether the relentless, sleepinducing narration obscuring most of the dialogue apparently several reels of the film s original dialogue track were destroyed is a blessing in disguise, sparing the viewer from the almost certain agony of watching the leads i. There are the usual answers, like plan 9 from outer space and manos, hands of fate. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl. While b movies may have mediocre scripts and actors who are relatively unknown, modestly skilled, or past. The movie also employs a technique that has come to be synonymous with zmovie horror. The creeping terror tv movie 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This week were pointing out films so awful so horrible that they should remain unseen. As such, its only fitting that my first and final film columns of the era should be devoted to the epochs indisputably supreme masterwork of art in any medium, the apex of all things created since you puny humans dragged yourselves out of the planets primordial sewer.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. The result was the shag carpet monster seen in the completed film. A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that. To be honest, this is one of those rare cases where the story of how the film. Overview of the creeping terror, 1964, directed by randy starr, with vic savage, shannon oneil, william thourlby, at turner classic movies. The story behind the creeping terror just may be the single most disturbing of all the mstied movies. If you were asked, what is the worst movie ever made. Ive already mentioned this flick briefly when i covered the upcoming movie the creep behind the camera, based on the bizarre story of how the creeping terror was made. Following this payment, the then 21yearold silliphant returned three days later with the original ninepage film treatment that he had made up based only on an earlier, vague idea for the story.
The creeping terror the grindhouse cinema database. The community dance hall band from the creeping terror. Regarding our star, the creeping terror itself, rumor has it that nelson had a more elaborate design constructed for the movie, but it was stolen before filming began. This seems like a pretty strong indication that, right from the start, nobody had any delusions about tct being worthy of a theatrical release but still leaves us with the mystery of why the film apparently had to wait eleven years to. Running out of time and money, nelson had no choice but to throw together the legendary walking pile of carpets that badmovie buffs have come to know and love.
Next spring hell begin shooting reenactments of the notorious behindthescenes activities of director art j. In 1964, nelson set out to make a monster movie, the result of which would become the obscure and poorly made film the creeping terror, a film that owns a cult following and. Nintendos consoles have been known to be squeaky clean for quite some time, so it is very nice to see them branch out now and then with some more adultleaning titles. Considered by many to be one of the worst films of all time, this hilarious anticlassic riffs on its onenote premise of two gigantic piles of crudelystitched carpet swatches and rubber tubing. Apr 29, 2012 this feature is not available right now.
The creeping terror 1964 i never pay attention to imdb scores i like to watch something and get my own feel for a film or television show. If you visited imdb or wikipedia and read about the creeping terror, you would likely come away with the. It turns out that the monsters theres a second one inside the ship are actually robots sent to analyze human beings for aliens. Suitable for an horrorlow budget old movies soundtrack with a sinister sense of humour. As for the creeping terror, he considered it an example of taking mediocrity beyond the point of any reasonable kind of understanding. The creeping terror page 2 classic horror film board. Oct 19, 2014 the classic feature film the creeping terror screens at screamfest horror film festival on october 19, 2014. The creeping terror page 28 classic horror film board. A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that has emerged from. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. I usually get a kick out of watching science fiction movies made forty or more years ago, especially those where the inside of the spaceship is so spacious with an enormously large amount of headroom, the astronauts dressed like factory workers, the equipment on board looking hopelessly cumbersome gawky and ineffectual. One of the classic bad movie endurance tests of the early 1960s. In case youre interested and i cant imagine why you would be its about alien monsters that devour lots of people head first, most of them girls in miniskirts. Although the monsters are destroyed by the end, the spaceship.
The heavy darkness that coats every surface makes it so you never feel truly safe, and the adept use of lighting provides fantastic contrast. But with the creeping terror, the drama behind the production of the film is actually far worse than the finished product. Pressed for time and out of money, director vic savage and his crew hastily threw together the infamous pile of carpets monster that appears in the film. This movie has to have one of the worst monsters in cinema history, and that is really saying something. These are some of the refuse films that weve had to sit through in order to put a website of lost gems together. She gets up, dusts herself off and begins to seek an exit. Nelson was a con man, who among his many other methods of scheming, stealing and cheating, made filmmaking an art of illegitimate business. When paranormal activity became an international blockbuster it ushered in a highly profitable era of b horror films.
These are the rabid dogs of the film world, the ones we feel should be shot down where they stand so that the world is safe for film going. Aliens from outer space land in a rural town and start eating people, but half the film is made up of long, dialoguefree scenes of people driving, people fishing and, most memorably, a bunch of clumsy extras dancing. An exploration of the making of b movie scifi cult classic the creeping terror and its conman director art a. The creep behind the camera 2014the creeping terror 1964 bluray director. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. He never saw it in theaters, but says a friend told him she had watched it on tvdubbed into spanish. I cant predict what the response to the film might be in another culture, he told me. List of new ones is topped by the creeping terror, a scifi yarn which was only completed this past april. In a game like creeping terror, atmosphere is everything, and im happy to say it delivers. Rhino has lost the rights to all 4 films in volume 1, so you may want to grab one now if you really want the film. Feb 04, 2010 the community dance hall band from the creeping terror. The creep behind the camera reveals how a psychopathic narcissist conned everyone into believing he was going to create the greatest monster movie in history. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation.