History Film / TheCreepingTerror

%%* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:There are two Terrors on the ship.]]

%%* DeathOfAChild: Bobby.

%%* DullSurprise: "My God, what is it?"
%%* FauxlosophicNarration

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%%* ShaggyDogStory

--->'''Mike:''' Now, if you can help out by climbing ''in''... ''(the bots chortle)''

* {{Cameo}}: Most memorably obese Investor #5 as Bobby's grandpa.

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* {{Fanservice}}: The various shots of wiggling female legs disappearing down the monster's gullet. [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Servo]] speculated that the director had a vore fetish.

* KillEmAll: This film has very few survivors.

* HotScientist: The male variant. The film makes a big deal about how young and hot he is.

* {{Fanservice}}: The various shots of wiggling female legs disappearing down the monster's gullet. May also count as fetish material for some. [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Servo]] speculated that the director had a vore fetish.

-->'''Mike''': Hey, hey, there's ''bullets'' in the other end of that thing!
-->'''Mike:''' Now, if you can help out by climbing ''in''... ''(the bots chortle)''

** Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunnable creature, except the ones in cars. [[UpToEleven They just kind of sit there and scream, even though they could out speed the monster by walking away casually]]. The monster design pretty much makes it impossible to eat anyone without their willing assistance.

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:There are two Terrors on the ship.]]

* {{Corpsing}}: Doctor Bradford is laughing like crazy as the monster attempts to eat him.
* DeathOfAChild: Bobby.

* DullSurprise: "My God, what is it?"

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* TooDumbToLive: Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunnable creature, except the ones in cars. [[UpToEleven They just kind of sit there and scream, even though they could out speed the monster by walking away casually]]. The monster design pretty much makes it impossible to eat anyone without their willing assistance.

* TokenRomance: During the party, one character is stewing about her boyfriend standing her up, then a pair of guys duke it up (presumably over her) while the monster rampages. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment This subplot is suddenly introduced and vanishes just as quickly.]]

The story is about an UFO that releases a giant caterpillar-like monster who begins eating random people. It turns out that the monsters (there's a second one inside the ship) are actually robots sent to analyze human beings for aliens. Although the monsters are destroyed by the end, the spaceship still beams its collected data into space...

* SocietyMarchesOn: Of course, but it's amusing to see a car with "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_skidoo_(phrase) 23 Skidoo]]" (which was badly dated ''at the time of filming'') and other archaic jargon painted all over it. It was probably an expendable old junker, since the car is toppled and damaged while rolling over.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with Bobby. Played straight with the actual baby.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The monster design was inspired by VaginaDentata, something not obvious in the film but more explicit in the original poster. It was also [[http://www.moriareviews.com/rongulator/wp-content/uploads/Creeping-Terror-1964.jpg had a phallic neck and head]], but, again, the costume doesn't convey it in most shots.

A documentary-turned-drama, ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686027/ The Creep Behind the Camera]]'', was released in 2014 about Vic Savage and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CGfEOHiNmk&feature=emb_title his scamming]] of the town investors.

There once was a man named Vic Savage. You're probably thinking "So?" Well, he knew an {{Exploitation Film}}maker named Allan Silliphant (who would later direct ''The Stewardesses'', the most profitable 3D movie with respect to budget of all time) that was related to Stirling Silliphant (writer of ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight''). Vic bought a story from Allan, pretended he bought a story from Stirling, and pulled together some investors - supposedly by promising cameo roles. He took the money, made... a "movie," and disappeared with most of the investors' money.

The story is about an UFO that releases a giant caterpillar-like monster who begins eating random people. It turns out that [[spoiler:the monsters (there's a second one inside the ship) are actually robots sent to analyze human beings for aliens. Although the monsters are destroyed by the end, the spaceship still beams its collected data into space]]...

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The monster design was inspired by VaginaDentata, something not obvious in the film but more explicit in the original poster. It was also intended for the monster to have a more phallic neck and head, but the actual costume was unable to depict it.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The monster design was inspired by VaginaDentata, something not obvious in the film but more explicit in the original poster. The design was intended for the monster to have a more phallic neck and head, but the actual costume was unable to depict it.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The monster design was inspired by VaginaDentata, something not obvious in the film but more explicit in the original poster.

* GettingCrapTheRadar: The monster design was inspired by VaginaDentata, something not obvious in the film but more explicit in the original poster.

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