It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Mist Risk- with "The Crawling Eye" Tonight!

Tonight on MeTV- we kick off a month of encore presentations of movies that we used to see on Saturday afternoons back in the day- beginning with a trip  to a mountain peak surrounded by a mysterious mist that conceals a deadly menace to mankind! What could it be that ends the life of any mountaineer that climbs into it- and becomes a threat as it moves downwards towards a populated town? You won’t be able to take your eyes off -“The Crawling Eye”!

Something is seriously amiss around the Swiss mountain Trollenberg, where many of the climbers who came to scale its heights recently have met with tragic death. We meet two sisters, Anne and Sarah Pilgrim, aboard a train, sharing a compartment with Alan Brooks, a United Nations operative. As the train passes the Trollenberg, Anne suddenly faints- and, when revived, insists that she and her sister must disembark at the town by the mountain- even though they had planned to continue on to Geneva!

Brooks actually was headed to the town anyway, arranges for the women to stay at the same hotel as he, owned and operated by the town mayor, Herr Klein. At the hotel, they meet a young man, Philip Truscott, who recognizes that the two sisters are actually a famous mind reading act- with Anne being the one with the psychic powers. Could that be what brought on her sudden insistence on coming to the town? Truscott also seems unusually interested in what Brooks is doing in town.

We find that out, when Brooks travels to an observatory high upon the mountain, where he confers with an old friend, Professor Crevett, about the strange deaths of climbers recently. They seem to be similar to another situation that both men ran into a few years ago in the Andes- where locals claimed something was living in the mist-and this appears to be a reason for concern.

While two climbers head up the mountain to a base camp cabin, the sisters do their mind-reading act for the folks at the hotel- during which, Anne suddenly seems to be channeling thoughts about the two men, and again collapses. Things get more eerie when the men cannot be reached! Brooks and Truscott join a search party to look for them at the cabin, and what they find is horrifying- and things just get worse as there are more deaths, and Anne’s visions become more frequent and begin controlling her actions! Then comes the report that the misty cloud is moving down towards the village- and the townsfolk must all get to safety- if there is even a chance of that! The danger that lurks within the cloud is finally revealed- and has the strength to destroy the entire population of the village, as well as the visitors!

Though the title of the film itself is a spoiler, as we did last time, we are trying to keep from actually showing the full creatures in the fog. We hope that commenters would please be aware that there are viewers who haven’t seen some of our films, and not ruin whatever surprise they might enjoy-although we know that even the movie posters give a lot away!

We’ll reveal the original name of this film (even less of a surprise than what the monsters look like), talk about its cast, including “F-Troop” star Forrest Tucker and Janet Munro, promote a new beverage, and present a song. We also will be doing our annual review of viewers who dressed up as yours truly for the Halloween season this year- we have tried to get on as many photos as possible, but please understand we don’t have the time to show them all!

“The Crawling Eye” comes out of the mist of your TV screen tonight at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time. Once again last week, we were trending among the most Tweeted about topics on Twitter during the show- feel free to join in on the live Tweeting, using the hashtag #svengoolie . Our Chicago area viewers can soak up “The Devil’s Rain” at 11 am on our main local station CW26 at 11 am.

We would like to wish all those who celebrate the holiday a happy Hanukkah!

Speaking of holidays, the Sventa Claus Holiday Shoppe is still open for business- time grows short to receive orders, so please get those orders in now!

As we mentioned in our newsletter ( you can sign up for it yourself here on our site- just click on the banner for it)- we are so sorry we will not be able to attend the C2E2 convention at McCormick Place in Chicago next weekend. It is always a real highlight of our year, but concerns about my health have made it necessary for us to pass on appearing this year. Many of our friends will be there, so, if you attend, please say hello for me!

And tonight- say hello to the mysterious occupants of the mist on MeTV!