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One of my all time favorites.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

If anyone out there used to read the English comic "Valiant", but in the series "The Steel Claw" there was a story where aliens resembling the ones in this film landed in England with the intention of using the rural community where they had landed as a beachhead for an invasion; fortunately they are defeated by the series' hero Crandell, a "James Bond" parody who (a) possessed a prosthetic hand (the "Steel Claw" of the title) and (b) could become invisible more or less at will! It was a parody three times over; of this movie, of the ABC-TV series "The Invisible Man", and of the James Bond phenomenon of the period (the Sixties).

I have a weakness for this kind of 1950s B-film so I'm biased, but I find it to be among my favorite guilty pleasures.Having heads torn off by an invisible malevolent force was pretty bold stuff in that era, and showing fairly graphic shots of the separated portions would have been shocking. Forest Tucker and Janet Munro display some fine acting chops in helping to pull off some of the mundane dialog and implausible plot.Technically, the film lacks a lot. The matte work appears to be unnecessarily poor. Some of the scenes show stumbles that could have easily been re-shot. The special effects of the creatures aren't bad and in that era may have been considered quite impressive, but today they look pretty hokey.In the end, I'll watch it just to see Janet Munro, on whom I developed a crush during "The Horsemasters" Disney series. She died far too young and was a loss to the industry.

This was among the first old sci-fi film in a string of old sci-fi films that I watched in the last month or so. I do not really remember where I came upon it. I do remember that I was searching for another old film and ended up finding this one instead. And I have to tell you, I am glad that I watched it.The plot of this film is based around a mysterious cloud that never moves from a certain spot on the Trollenberg mountain and the connection between a mind-reading act from London and United Nations troubleshooter. As it turns out, this connection leads to the realization of what this mysterious cloud is and what dark secrets are harbored within it.This was quite an enjoyable film, and being a science fiction film from the 1950s, it was put together really well. The dialogue and story was on point and I really felt like I was in suspense during the whole film. One of my favorite aspects of the film is the how a woman from the mind reading act somehow knows part of everything that is going on.The monster, or in this case monsters, in this film is not particularly scary. They were probably very frightening when the movie first came out, but it isn't, at least me, now.Overall, I give this film a seven out of ten, for a very believable story and relatable dialogue. I do believe that this film has the makings of a remake in its future.

More than one poster here has drawn a comparison between "Eye" and "X-Files," and I heartily agree. I am not saying Chris Carter was familiar with "Eye," but the similarities are there. An investigator into the paranormal for the U.N. gets a cal from an old buddy to check out a disturbing situation atop Trollenberg Mountain. These two investigated a similar case in Peru or somewhere like that several years earlier. Turns out the disturbance is aliens from outer space, as it was in the Peru case. The aliens move about in a radioactive cloud and kill people in gruesome fashion. Some of those they kill become their undead slaves. The same day the U.N. investigator arrives, a pair of sisters show up who perform a mentalist act. The catch is, one of the sisters is indeed telepathic, and is receiving messages from the aliens. We mercifully don't get a good look at the aliens until halfway through, as they are ludicrous looking puppets that wouldn't scare a 4 year old. But before they are revealed, the suspense is built nicely and the film is quite unsettling. Forrest Tucker plays the investigator and the very pretty Janet Munro of "Darby O'Gill" fame is the telepath. As low budget and backlot stagey as "Eye" is, it is worth a look. Avoid the MST3K version, unless all you are after is a laugh.