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From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: "The Creeping Terror" *(bad movies)*
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 16:46:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 10 16:46:48 1985
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> "The Creeping Terror" surely belongs on the list.  This is the baby
> that was shot with silent film (another story is that the soundtrack
> was lost or destroyed by accident) and so 90% of the action is explained
> by the narrator, with occasional horrid actor voiceovers and inserted
> sound effects.  The monster looks like a rug with a bunch of people
> under it, and has radiator hoses hanging from its head.  One classic
> scene has our hero inside the alien ship (full of 1950's electronic
> gear) banging a piece of metal against an old voltmeter.  The
> narrator explains:
> 
> "... he tried to stop the transmitter, but the alien alloys in the
>  ship weren't even dented by his efforts..."
> 
> Oh yes, and the landing of the alien ship is an old Army rocket
> launch shown in reverse, followed by some out of focus car headlights.
> 
> C'mon, some of you must have seen this beaut.
> 
> --Lauren--

PROTEST, PROTEST!  I am STILL trying to get this clasic on tape so I
can throw a viewing party.  Everyone I know who has seen this (not
many people, BTW) can't wait to see it again.  This is the movie that
defines "so bad it's good"!

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