Today, we have got a true classic.  First released in 1964, The Creeping Terror is the best film ever made about a carpet eating people.

This film is famous for its use of narration.  Apparently, the original soundtrack was lost and, after attempting to dub a few scenes, director Vic Savage instead just hired radio news reader Larry Burrell to tell people what was happening in each scene.  As well, Savage himself later vanished when the film’s investors came looking for their money.  No one is really sure what happened to Vic Savage, though there is some evidence that he subsequently died of liver failure in 1975.  I like to think that Vic Savage faked his dead and that he is still alive somewhere, probably in his 90s and drinking pina coladas on a beach.

Some consider this film to be one of the worst ever made.  I love it.

Watching The Creeping Terror is an October tradition here at the Shattered Lens.  How could anyone resist a film about a killer carpet, especially one that features a random dance party?  This film was directed by an enigmatic figure named Vic Savage.  No one is really sure who he actually was.  No one is sure what happened to him after The Creeping Terror was finally released.  But what we do know is that he made a film unlike any other.

Read my review here.

Read Patrick’s review here.

And enjoy the film!