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Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Sameeha Pugh It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Leofwine_draca THE CREEPING TERROR is undoubtedly one of the worst movies ever made and one of the worst monster flicks in existence. It's a tiny-budgeted indie feature, shot in black and white, with every aspect of the movie disappointing from the acting to the writing. The story is as simple as townsfolk being killed by a bizarre creature while the sheriff department slowly investigates and eventually catches up with said creature at the climax. The film is badly edited and shoddy, making poor use of stock sound effects and library music throughout, compared to someone like George Romero who used them perfectly in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. As for the monster, it's been well-described as a pile of carpets, and I can't really embellish on that. It's only good for being laughed at.

Red-Barracuda Along with The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), Monster a-Go Go (1965) and Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966), The Creeping Terror is among the all-time anti-classics of 1960's horror schlock. It's one of those films whose reputation goes before it and it doesn't exactly disappoint (if that is the right term). Yes, this one really does feature an alien monster which seems to largely consist of a carpet and some tubing. It goes around a hick community picking off a selection of (very) inert victims. This ultra-slow monster doesn't so much as creep about as appear very clearly in broad daylight in full view from several metres away, yet the half-wits who populate the local area not only do not have enough sense to walk away, they almost seem, if anything, to actively dive into the creature's gob. To be fair, all the scenes with the carpet-tube monster constitute the highlights of the movie, as despite its ropey appearance it does elicit a certain fun factor. Otherwise, the film has a selection of characters trying to understand and contend with this alien invasion. Much of these scenes have been overdubbed with narration, as seemingly several sound reels were lost and this proved to be the most economical solution. It's just that kind of film. Despite the hilarious presence of the creeping terror itself, I have to say that the single funniest moment doesn't directly involve it, it was the uproarious blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when we see the effects of inertia on the young couple when they slam their car into the monster late on in the film. That bit of comedy gold is worth a rewind or two. In the final analysis, this very silly film is very bad indeed on certain levels, yet it is also rather entertaining and memorable on several other levels. It's worth watching I would say.

Dalton Jones The director borrowed about $20,000 to make this movie. During filming in Florida someone stole the monster and the dialog tapes. Thus the narration and cheap monster. The movie was so bad, the investors wanted their money back. But no. The director went into hiding for about 30 years. Hilarious. I especially got a kick at how slow the monster had to move. The victims literally had to wait to be eaten. Some were so impatient that they even crawled on in. Bad luck and low budget had a big influence on this movie. But, that being said, if you are used to less than great movies and like to watch with the volume down. You may enjoy this. I would suggest following it with the naked monster.

Anders Twetman I have heard somewhere that an important rule in film making is "show, don't tell" but the people who made this seems to have gotten it backwards because this i a clear case of tell, don't show, so much so that the narrator is even telling us the dialog of the characters. I barely consider this to be a film, its is more akin to an audio book, with some moving pictures in the background. What makes it even worse is that the narrator explains more or less all the things that could be inferred from the action or said in dialog, but does not explain some things that are less than self evident.Other than that, the movie is slow paced, poorly executed and rather silly, just like many other monster movies from the 60's. Normally, a movie like that would at least end up in the so-bad-it's-funny category but the overuse of narration makes this thing thoroughly frustrating to watch.