a.k.a. The Trollenberg Terror
company: Tempean Films
year: 1958
runtime: 84′
country: United Kingdom
director: Quentin Lawrence
cast: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne,
Janet Munro, Jennifer Jayne
disc company: Image Entertainment
release date: 2001
retail price: $14.99
disc details: NTSC / single layer DVD5 / region 1
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When it comes to the melding of supernatural horror with science fiction concepts, few do it any better than the British did in the 50′s and 60′s – and those who could compete with the fine output of Hammer Films in that regard were even fewer. That certainly didn’t keep other studios from trying, and the Tempean Films production reviewed here today is one of the better examples of such a film made outside those legendary walls.
Climbers are dying under mysterious circumstances on the Trollenberg, a resort mountain in the Swiss Alps, and a strange nearly static cloud on the face of the mountain seems as though it may be connected. So thinks Professor Crevett, at any rate, who calls in UN investigator and personal friend Alan Brooks to help him with the problem. Unexpectedly along for the trip are sisters Sarah and Ann Pilgrim, who are forced to stop off in Trollenberg after Ann has a fainting spell. Sarah and Ann run a mind-reading act, and Brooks finds it suspiciously familiar when Ann seems drawn to the accident-ridden Trollenberg. Meanwhile, snooping reporter Philip finds it suspicious that Brooks is visiting at all, and does what he does best.
