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The Crawling Eye

Oh you had to have seen this one coming. Not only was The Crawling Eye the very first movie that was lampooned on MST3K, but it is also one of my all time favorite movies. No crap, I love this movie to death. The Crawling Eye, also known as The Trollenberg Terror, is far from your basic 50’s alien invasion movie. The very first scene of the movie has a climber getting murdered, his head being torn clean off! From there it progresses through the usual steps. The audience gets a hint of things from time to time. There is a subplot with a psychic girl, whom the aliens fear by the way. In the end though, the military bombs the monsters to death with napalm as they are besieging a scientific facility on the mountain. It’s pretty cool stuff honestly.

The Crawling Eyes are kept hiding for most the movie. Which is pretty wise and only adds to the tense atmosphere of the film. They sometimes act against people…mainly they strike from out of the fog that they travel in. A radioactive fog I might add you. But most of the time, the aliens use human puppets to do their dirty work. They end up killing a climber and through some sort of means, bring him back to life and use him a Trojan Horse to get cozy among the humans. He acts normal…sorta, but he is in fact dead. In fact his blood is frozen in his body. It’s actually pretty neat when you think of it! Really the only bad thing to say about the whole film is the effects at the end. The Crawling Eyes, when they are attacking the building, are brought to life by puppets. Certainly not the quality of miniatures that Toho was using at the time. But it is far from cheap, it is still done with care to the final product. It is just very dated by today’s standards. But the close up scenes of the eye just waddling right towards the camera are downright creepy. The smoke billows around them. And with their eye is just twitching around against that wet skin that just is dripping slime....it's a cool effect

So…your probably asking yourself…which artist friend of mind inspired this guy’s inclusion. And the answer is none. No one with any artistic abilities gave me this idea. In fact, he is not even here on DA. And also to the fact, the man can’t even draw a stick figure. Even has trouble picking out two complementary colors lol. But I still love him cause he has given me a lot. A strict moral conscious and work ethic probably are the most important gifts he has bestowed upon me. The person that inspired The Crawling Eye was none other than my dad.

My father, when I was a child, would just sit down and watch monster and Godzilla movies with me all the time. I remember going to video story with my brother and just picking out the movie with the coolest looking cover. Come on, who didn’t want to rent Graveyard Shift with it’s bloody miner skull haha. I grew up watching those movies with my family; and honestly it is some of the best memories I have. I don’t think I could ever forget any of those moments. So I wanted to do something just for him this time. I might not be as successful as my younger brother…or have the family….or have the looks….but darn-it I am pretty snazy with a pencil and paper He won’t ever see this, but I just want to say thank you to him for all he has taught and given me. This one is for you dad. It’s goofy just like me.

Come back tomorrow when I upload the final character of this giant illustration piece. There is actually two people for this last guy’s inclusion. Enjoy though and have a safe weekend everyone!

Btw, is going to be doing another giant kaiju world’s collide piece and The Crawling Eye is going to be in it! *squeeeeee*

Description
The Crawling Eye

Oh you had to have seen this one coming. Not only was The Crawling Eye the very first movie that was lampooned on MST3K, but it is also one of my all time favorite movies. No crap, I love this movie to death. The Crawling Eye, also known as The Trollenberg Terror, is far from your basic 50’s alien invasion movie. The very first scene of the movie has a climber getting murdered, his head being torn clean off! From there it progresses through the usual steps. The audience gets a hint of things from time to time. There is a subplot with a psychic girl, whom the aliens fear by the way. In the end though, the military bombs the monsters to death with napalm as they are besieging a scientific facility on the mountain. It’s pretty cool stuff honestly.

The Crawling Eyes are kept hiding for most the movie. Which is pretty wise and only adds to the tense atmosphere of the film. They sometimes act against people…mainly they strike from out of the fog that they travel in. A radioactive fog I might add you. But most of the time, the aliens use human puppets to do their dirty work. They end up killing a climber and through some sort of means, bring him back to life and use him a Trojan Horse to get cozy among the humans. He acts normal…sorta, but he is in fact dead. In fact his blood is frozen in his body. It’s actually pretty neat when you think of it! Really the only bad thing to say about the whole film is the effects at the end. The Crawling Eyes, when they are attacking the building, are brought to life by puppets. Certainly not the quality of miniatures that Toho was using at the time. But it is far from cheap, it is still done with care to the final product. It is just very dated by today’s standards. But the close up scenes of the eye just waddling right towards the camera are downright creepy. The smoke billows around them. And with their eye is just twitching around against that wet skin that just is dripping slime....it's a cool effect

So…your probably asking yourself…which artist friend of mind inspired this guy’s inclusion. And the answer is none. No one with any artistic abilities gave me this idea. In fact, he is not even here on DA. And also to the fact, the man can’t even draw a stick figure. Even has trouble picking out two complementary colors lol. But I still love him cause he has given me a lot. A strict moral conscious and work ethic probably are the most important gifts he has bestowed upon me. The person that inspired The Crawling Eye was none other than my dad.

My father, when I was a child, would just sit down and watch monster and Godzilla movies with me all the time. I remember going to video story with my brother and just picking out the movie with the coolest looking cover. Come on, who didn’t want to rent Graveyard Shift with it’s bloody miner skull haha. I grew up watching those movies with my family; and honestly it is some of the best memories I have. I don’t think I could ever forget any of those moments. So I wanted to do something just for him this time. I might not be as successful as my younger brother…or have the family….or have the looks….but darn-it I am pretty snazy with a pencil and paper He won’t ever see this, but I just want to say thank you to him for all he has taught and given me. This one is for you dad. It’s goofy just like me.

Come back tomorrow when I upload the final character of this giant illustration piece. There is actually two people for this last guy’s inclusion. Enjoy though and have a safe weekend everyone!

Btw, is going to be doing another giant kaiju world’s collide piece and The Crawling Eye is going to be in it! *squeeeeee*