The Crawling Eye

The Crawling Eye

The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world!

1958 · 84 min · ★ 4.8 · Horror, Science Fiction

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

Directed by Quentin Lawrence · Written by Jimmy Sangster

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