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TERREUR SUR LE TROLLENBERG
The Trollenberg Terror
juillet 7, 1958
Petit village des Alpes Suisses, Trollenberg est une station de haute altitude au pied d'un sommet du même nom. Hors, depuis quelques temps, un étrange nuage radioactif s'est fixé sur l'un des versants du massif, intriguant la communauté scientifique installée dans un observatoire voisin. La curiosité va se transformer soudainement en peur quand un groupe d'alpinistes va se retrouver en position désespérée dans ce nuage, qui abrite apparemment d'effrayantes créatures...
Réalisateurs
Distribution
Forrest Tucker
Alan Brooks
Jennifer Jayne
Sarah Pilgrim
Janet Munro
Anne Pilgrim
Laurence Payne
Philip Truscott
Warren Mitchell
Prof. Crevett
Frederick Schiller
Mayor Klein
Colin Douglas
Hans
Andrew Faulds
Brett
Stuart Saunders
Dewhurst
Derek Sydney
Wilde
Richard Golding
First Villager
George Herbert
Second Villager
Jeremy Longhurst
First Student Climber
Anthony Parker
Second Student Climber
Leslie Heritage
Carl
Theodore Wilhelm
Fritz
Anne Sharp
The Mother
Caroline Glazer
The Child
Garard Green
The Spotter Pilot
Jack Taylor
Voice of Beheaded Climber Jim
Equipe
Production:
Robert S. Baker (Producer)
Scenario:
Jimmy Sangster (Screenplay) — Giles Cooper (Story) — George F. Kerr (Story) — Jack Cross (Story)
Musique:
Stanley Black (Original Music Composer)
Photographie:
Monty Berman (Director of Photography)
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/10
The Crawling Eye.
The filmic adaptation of a 1956 UK TV serial of the same name, The Trollenberg Terror is a whole bunch of fun and not deserving of the stinker reputation it has in some sci-fi loving circles.
Action is set in Trollenberg, Switzerland and concerns a creature from outer space that has taken residence in a radioactive cloud atop of the Trollenberg mountain. As the bodies start to pile up and various climbers go missing on the mountain, the United Nations send a boffin to help the local scientists to hopefully solve the mystery.
The effects work has been the source of some disdain, and in truth it’s poor but not the worst from the 1950s pantheon of “B” schlockers. The back projection scenes are crude, but again in keeping with the fun aspects of the genre and era. However, Jimmy Sangster’s screenplay is tight and produces brainy conversations and strong sequences.
Horror comes by way of headless bodies turning up and that once sane people turn into maniacs as “the terror” weaves its magic. On the normal human side the narrative is given a boost by Janet Munro’s (excellent) telepathic darling, something which troubles the visitors greatly and puts her in grave danger. The psychological aspects of the story mark this out as a genre piece of worth.
Elsewhere director Quentin Lawrence does a study job with what is available to him, Forest Tucker is the hero in waiting, playing it reserved like, and Warren Mitchell proves good foil for Tucker and the Terror! It’s not a great film, but it is a good one, let down in some tech departments for sure, but strengths elsewhere make up for its flaws. 7/10
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