History YMMV / TheCreepingTerror

** The film's original writer was the brother of Stirling Silliphant, who would himself inspire another legendary bad film and ''[=MST3K=]'' subject, ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

** The titular "terror" is a space creature who [[strike:eats people]] has people climb up into its maw. It doesn't help the monster is made primarily out of ''carpeting''. Supposedly, the people operating it often suffered from heatstroke.

* SoBadItsGood

-->'''Crow''': Uh-oh, here comes the most challenging scene in this movie.

** The film's original writer was the brother of Stirling Silliphant, who would himself inspire another legendary bad film and ''[=MST3k=]'' subject, ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

-->'''Crow''': Uh-Oh, here comes the most challenging scene in this movie.

* {{Narm}}: Pretty much anytime the film tries to be serious, whether due to the [[SpecialEffectsFailure piss-poor special effects]], the [[DullSurprise stilted]][=/=][[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] acting, the [[IdiotBall idiotic decisions made by most of the characters]], the narration that can get ''[[MostAnnoyingSound really]]'' [[MostAnnoyingSound annoying after a while]], or all four. Original writer Alan Silliphant even tried to convince Vic Savage to make it a deliberately campy SoBadItsGood film, to no avail.

-->'''Mike''': Hey, hey, there's ''bullets'' in the other end of that thing!

* {{Narm}}: Pretty much anytime the film tries to be serious, whether due to the [[SpecialEffectsFailure piss-poor special effects]], the [[DullSurprise stilted]][=/=][[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] acting, the [[IdiotBall idiotic decisions made by most of the characters]], the narration that can get ''[[MostAnnoyingSound really]]'' [[MostAnnoyingSound annoying after a while]], or all four.

** The film's original writer was the brother of Stirling Silliphant, who would himself inspire another legendary bad film and ''MST3K'' subject, ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

* AssPull: Seriously, the twist at the end ''does not'' make sense. It just comes right the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] out of nowhere.

** The monsters are ''[[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]'', breaking down humans into base components for study. Just a [[{{Understatement}} smaller scale]].

* Alternatively, the monsters are [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan Death Probes]], breaking down humans into base components for study.

* {{Narm}}: Pretty much anytime the film tries to be serious, whether due to the [[SpecialEffectsFailure piss-poor special effects]], the [[DullSurprise stilted]][=/=][[Melodrama melodramatic]] acting, the [[IdiotBall idiotic decisions made by most of the characters]], the narration that can get ''[[MostAnnoyingSound really]]'' [[MostAnnoyingSound annoying after a while]], or all four.

-->'''Mike''': Hey, there's ''bullets'' in the other end of that thing!

* MoneyDearBoy: This movie's only reason for existing. Movie director Arthur Nelson (Vic Savage) was a known con-man, and funded the film by promising investors small parts in the movie. Facing several lawsuits as a result, Nelson pocketed the money and fled California.

* TroubledProduction: The original monster design was allegedly lost, the original soundtrack to the movie was lost (Or simply never recorded. A debunked rumor was that it was lost in Lake Tahoe), there were arguments between Allan Silliphant and Vic Savage over the direction of the film, and Savage himself being sued for fraud before the film's release!

* SpecialEffectFailure: The titular "terror" is a space creature who [[strike:eats people]] has people climb up into its maw.
** A monster made primarily out of ''carpeting''. Supposedly, the people operating it often suffered from heatstroke.

* SoBadIt'sGood

* TroubledProduction: The original monster design was lost, the original soundtrack to the movie was lost (Or simply never recorded. A debunked rumor was that it was lost in Lake Tahoe), there were arguments between Allan Silliphant and Vic Savage over the direction of the film, and Savage himself being sued for fraud before the film's release!

* HilariousInHindsight: The monsters are ''[[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]'', breaking down humans into base components for study. Just a [[{{Understatement}} smaller scale]].

* TroubledProduction: The original monster design was lost, the original soundtrack to the movie was lost (a debunked rumor was that it was lost in Lake Tahoe), there were arguments between Allan Silliphant and Vic Savage over the direction of the film, and Savage himself being sued for fraud before the film's release!

* WhatAnIdiot: In an attempt to stop the transmission of humanity's biological data, Martin rushes into the UFO, loaded gun in hand--[[ToDumbToLive then tries to ''pistol-whip'' the computer]]. Needless to say, this doesn't work.

* WhatAnIdiot: In an attempt to stop the transmission of humanity's biological data, Martin rushes into the UFO, loaded gun in hand--then tries to ''pistol-whip'' the computer. Needless to say, this doesn't work.