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The Trollenberg Terror

1958 · 84 min

A creaky, fog-bound chiller that builds quiet dread in a snowed-in alpine setting before unleashing rubbery tentacled menace.

Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro

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

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Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
fate
mystery
death
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Written by: Jimmy Sangster
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, Warren Mitchell, Frederick Schiller, Colin Douglas, Andrew Faulds
Music: Stanley Black
Cinematography: Monty Berman
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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