History Film / TheCreepingTerror

* DullSurprise

* SpringtimeForHitler: Vic Savage's reason for making the film - and it worked.

* {{Cameo}}: Most memorably obese investor #5 as Jimmy's grandpa.

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 "InTheHeatOfTheNight" Silliphant. 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," [[SpringtimeForHitler and disappeared with most of the investors' money.]]

* DyingLikeAnimals: To quote [[{{MST3K}} Mike]], "Only after the monster ''dies'' do people think of ''running.''"

* {{Cameo}}: most memorably obese investor #5 as Jimmy's grandpa.
* CarFu: The second monster is defeated by ramming it with a truck! Armies of the world, take note. When guns are useless, grab a Ford!

* DyingLikeAnimals: '''[[{{MST3K}} Mike]]''': "Only after the monster ''dies'' do people think of ''running.''"

* {{Fanservice}}: The various shots of wiggling female legs disappearing down the monster's gullet. May also count as FetishFuel for some. Servo speculated that the director had a Vore fetish.
** FanDisservice: And for others, it's ruined by the fact that, well, they're getting eaten (and it doesn't apply to the male victims).
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The drunk at the party is seen still drinking at the bar while everyone is slowly trying to leave and/or crawl into the monster's mouth.

* TooDumbToLive: Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunable creature. Except the ones in cars. [[UpToEleven They just kind of sit there and scream, even though they could outspeed the monster by at least 1000%]]. The monster design pretty much makes it impossible to eat anyone without their willing assistance.

* TooDumbToLive: Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunable creature. Except the ones in cars. [[UpToEleven They just kind of sit there and scream, even though they could outspeed the monster by at least 1000%]].

* {{Fanservice}}: The various shots of wiggling female legs disappearing down the monster's gullet. May also count as FetishFuel for some.

* TooDumbToLive: Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunable creature. Except the ones in cars. They just kind of sit there and scream.

* DyingLikeAnimals: "Only after the creature is dead does anyone think of ''running.''"

* TooDumbToLive: Almost all of the victims tend to stand in place and scream rather than flee the easily outrunable creature.

* BigEater: How many people can one monster eat during one rampage? Just at the dance, it ate three women and one man, not counting however many victims it grabbed the day before. Guess you can't eat just one.

* TheNarrator: Who seems to only talk when the characters should be. With good reason - the crew dropped the sound equipment in a lake, so they didn't have much choice.

* ScienceIsBad: [[JerkAss Dr Bradford]] is clearly wrong for taking any kind of non-military action. Not that the military are any better.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with Bobby. Played straight with the actual baby.
* KillEmAll: This film has very few survivors.

* TheNarrator: Who seems to only talk when the characters should be. With good reason - the crew dropped the sound equipment in a lake, so they didn't have much choice.

This "movie" would later be remembered as being particularly bad even for ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

Stirling Silliphant was also vaguely involved in the creation of another ''MST3K'' classic, ''[[ManosTheHandsOfFate "Manos" The Hands of Fate]]''.

* ClothingDamage: A blink-and-you-miss-it moment. When the monster attacks the dance party, a woman tries to escape, only for a guy to come after her and pull her away ''tearing her dress top off''. Apparently, the picture was too grainy to cut or alter, but the fact that ''Tom'' spots it means that they DID know it was there.

* PregnancyTropes: all averted. There's just suddenly a baby.
-->'''Crow (as mom)''': Oh, did I suddenly have a baby while I was waving goodbye?

* TooDumbToLive
--> '''Mike''': Did anyone in the '50s ever think of ''running?''

!!The ''[=MST3K=]'' treatment provides examples of:
* AuthorAppeal: Mike and the bots surmise, from the decided fixation on women's legs as the monster devours them, that the director has a thing for vore.
* CreditsGag: The crappy stock music from the movie plays over the end credits, and it continues to run through to the end well after the credits themselves have ended.
* DoesNotLikeMen: The coffeehouse poet persona Gypsy takes on during the pretentiousness experiment overflows with hilariously misandristic jabs.
* FootFocus: Dr. Forrester rests a bare foot right up in the camera while doing laundry, flossing his toes with one of his socks.
* HiddenDepths: Turns out Mike is really into stereo systems. The bots are... not so impressed with his setup.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THbKEXBk8X0 Mike listening to the film's stock music on his stereo system.]]
* PaperPeople: Forrester renders Frank cardboard-thin by running him through a laundry wringer.
* {{Satire}}: Mike and the bots spend an entire segment sending up ''LoveAmericanStyle''.

[[TheStinger "My God! What is it?!"]]

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 "InTheHeatOfTheNight" Silliphant. 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.