Opening Titles: Experiment in Terror

[@PhilipCowan]

Surely one of the very best opening titles ever. It creates a really moody and unsettling atmosphere and right as the garage door is closing at the end of the titles, the threat begins!

[@filmnobelpreis]

And almost as we leave the garage, the threat ends, unfortunately.

[@licentia1963]

One of my favorite film openings ever...Lee Remick driving in San Francisco at night (circa 1961) in an open car to a sublime Henry Mancini score...

[@georget1717]

I purchased the movie on Amazon. I live in San Francisco and it was a treat to see the City back-in-the-day; in it's innocent glory and with an amazing Mancini score .

[@victorsilva5150]

Just watched the movie, haven't seen it for some time now, the music always takes it to the next level! Henry, your music is astounding.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

And I swear, if that opening with that fantastic car, skyline, and the wonderful seductive evil of Mancini's music doesn't make you wanna watch that full movie, Idk what would. Thank you for the upload of this!

[@youaregodspursuit]

Saw this in theater in '62 when I was 15 yrs old. This theme has lingered in the back of my mind since then. Just out of reach, thumping along and making my skin crawl once in awhile. A truly scary movie. Stumbled across this tonight. The cast, the setting and the night shots at beginning were awesome. Acting was stellar too. Thanks!

[@daveeckblad]

I cannot fathom how studied and practiced Lathrop was at getting such subtle, dark, moody lighting. It's so damn hard. Especially to film. Just wonderful!

[@nilaiahharris-jones7345]

God rest your beloved soul, Henry Mancini. Thank you for the music you had composed such as “Moon River” and “The Pink Panther”

[@phantomblott1]

I had been looking for a great movie for my wife and I to stream to watch. Something jogged my memory to this movie. In 1962, a high school buddy and I saw this when it first played in theaters. I remembered it after all these years. I even ordered the 45 record that had the intro theme song to this movie at the time, but have long lost it. I forgot just how great of a movie this was. The 1958 Ford was such a cool car, and to open the movie with Lee Rimick driving the convertible version, just an awesome movie. I rate this movie right up there with Steve McQueen's movie, Bullett, for entertainment.

[@stagehand113]

I haven't seen this movie in decades. I forgot about the great cinematography in this film.

[@CharlieCanfield]

so friggin' awesome; i've been watching and listeing to this scene and soundtrack over and over. gorgeously shot so the city looks like slinky strands of diamonds sparkling in the dark. the whole film is so deliciously spare, taut, and steely.

[@13ivanogre13]

Mancini was a genius. He gave birth to some of the best music I have ever heard.

[@chrysopylaedesign]

Wow, back in the day when the Bay Bridge Upper deck had two-way traffic. Lived my whole life in San Francisco, never knew that. Always thought the eastbound lower deck was part of the original bridge construction from the 1930's. I guess after the early 60s they retrofitted the Bay Bridge and added the eastbound lower deck; Never suspected that growing up in the 80s and 90s, driving over that bridge a million times.

[@dq405]

Welcome to Twin Peaks.

[@relhcseod]

Very much so.

[@dq405]

@@fruitiusmaximus925 -- I can tip my hat to both.

[@Micheal-Ireland]

Twin Peaks sign!! Amazing!

[@edkeaton6360]

Lee Remick was still beautiful, Blake Edwards' direction was masterful, and Henry Mancini's score was suspenseful and moody. It was Ross Martin's portrayal of 'Red Lynch' that was the standout in this amazing and well shot film for me.

[@iansoutryer3189]

Well, I'd say Lee Remick stayed beautiful until her untimely death. It was simply she wasn't that American looking, that makes her unforgettable. And Stefanie Powers wasn't yet that beautiful - in "Hart to Hart" she was at her best.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@iansoutryer3189 She was great but still beautiful all through the seventies!!

[@andyhowlett2231]

We love this film. The mood, the black & white photography, the typically LA homes along the ridge drive. Oh, the DVD is coming out again!

[@ngd138]

Love what Mike Patton did with this theme on the Fantomas record

[@BobfromSalem]

This theme was used for the Saturday night "Creatures Features" - WGN TV, Chicago, in the early 1970's !

[@bill7102]

Only reason I came here. I can still hum the tune :)

[@13ivanogre13]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGOQpIOkn5WpecU Here's a long version of the opening sequence to Creature Features. Nice memories of my Mom catching me staying up too late. I still work the Graveyard shift!

[@rochellecrump-mcnulty9675]

For me it's the music. The flesh and blood of this movie. CREATURE FEATURES, ROCKS

[@Vedrajrm]

Extremely good movie

[@davefuller3311]

Another fantastic score by Mr. Henry Mancini!

[@iansoutryer3189]

Strangely, this film seems to be older than 1962, rather like 1952. A lot of its charm is due to the fact that it is a "film noir" and that it is shot in black/white, plus Henry Mancini's music score ... and the hidden star of the film: the Ford Fairlane...

[@aljustal6554]

Ross Martin had a starring role as the evil "Red" Lynch---- but I just noticed that he's not mentioned at all in the opening credits. This may have been to keep the audience in suspense about the identity of the asthmatic "bad guy" that Glenn Ford and the FBI have to go to work finding.

[@taerial879]

Available on Blu-ray and DVD. I think the (yellow) 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner is the real star of this awesome neo-Noir.

[@geebee9585]

How do you know its yellow?

[@frdjr2527]

Just watched this movie on TCM last night. Hadn't seen it in many years. I'd seen it several times on broadcast TV very edited. What a difference in HD and unedited! Lee Remick was stunning and the teen aged Stephanie Powers was convincing as Remick's kid sister. Glenn Ford is the no nonsense FBI agent John Ripley and Ross Martin is creepy as the villain Red Lynch. You had no internet or cell phones in 1961 but Red Lynch knew every move the Sherwood sisters made. Lynch even had the pay phone number of the malt shop to find and kidnap Toby. Loved the cars and the on location filming in San Francisco. If they did this movie today, it would be more graphic but no better than this film noir gem.

[@rugerkidd2076]

music was the opening to chiller theater done in a different tempo-a pittsburgh classic late nite saturday B-rated movie double feature. chilly billy cardille was your host

[@grant1088]

Lee remick was so beautiful and of course the music 2024 class act . 1:44

[@hardlines4]

Mancini was a Genius

[@grant1088]

Loved lee remick music is amazing she had a lot of guts to drive over that bridge.😮

[@alolkoydesigns]

I remember this song from "Creature Features" on WGN in the 70's

[@canman5060]

Lee Remick also appeared in The Omen with Gregory Peck.

[@hebneh]

Personally, I would be too chilly to drive around SF at night in my convertible '58 Ford with the top down.

[@josephparsons3405]

Look, I understand that this movie and theme song pre-date WGN Channel 9's 1970's Saturday night "Creature Feature" show by about 10 years, but as far as I'm concernend, being a kid who grew-up in the greater Chicago area in the 1970's, this song always belonged to "Creature Features" . : )

[@thewordlove4316]

and that title card - you know what I mean ... 🏒🚨🏒🥔👁️🍅

[@LilHaseProductions]

great song

[@dougn2350]

1:59 they wisely removed the credits for the closeup ... of that sexy Fairlane convertible.

[@stewarthannah7478]

Sheer Class

[@HigherGroundCC]

Frozen in time. congelé.

[@_Majoras]

they're showing this right now on TCM :D

[@snorten7455]

Classy intro to this movie with a moody soundtrack and the visual impact of Lee Remick

[@markb289]

1958 Ford Fairlane convertible

[@nachozabalaaguirrebengoa4016]

I'm here because of Lana! Loved it!!

[@stephenjohn4837]

The scene with the mannequins still gives me the creeps.

[@GalaxyJazzGirl]

HALLOWEEN RADTIO JUST PLAYED THIS

[@awsmness132]

Does anyone know what instrument that main riff (intro) is played on in the song? Sounds like some sort of piano ?

[@michaelschramm1064]

Sounds very distinctly like the cymbalom, a Hungarian instrument used to equally chilling effect by John Barry in “The Ipcress File” (1965).

[@dq405]

That instrument is an autoharp, a type of chorded zither. (KZbin won't allow me to post the Library Of Congress link with information about the orchestra used in this film.)

[@canman5060]

Lee Remick was my crush in those day as a 5 year old boy !

[@dougn2350]

She was awesome in Long Hot Summer

[@chrischeshire6528]

Stefanie Powers, Natalie Wood and Jill St John all were in the same class when they were 7 years old and Natalie, Jill St John were married to Robert Wagner and Stefanie was married to him in Hart to Hart.

[@grant1088]

Wow Natalie Wood and Jill St John in same class and married same man Robert Wagner life can take strange turns and to think he could of killed her haunting thanks for good information I love the stars back then ❤ 2:45

[@chrischeshire6528]

@@grant1088 and in school Stefanie was known as "Taffy". Susan Finstag's book "Natalie Wood" is a great read, all about her life, marriage, fear of the ocean and children.

[@MrZzlegend]

Why is Ross Martin's name not listed on the credits? After all he was one of the main actors.

[@paolonatalini4184]

I got the vynil

[@pepelepeau]

TARANTINO BEFORE TARANTINO

[@dokaduka]

[@laurebrillat8690]

#TwinPeaks @2:10 😌😵‍💫

[@andrews527]

Shame we can't see the whole film.

[@le0pard13]

KZbin may have changed something. The film clip is not displaying full frame, at least on the Safari browser. Looking at this on Chrome or IE, it doesn't seem to have that issue, though. If you click on Full Screen icon, you will see the sequence as intended. HTH

[@IStehSHIT]

David just search for it on the web and you'll find it

[@KatieCatWalker]

David Andrews he was smart in doing so. Keeping his name away till the end worked well in his favor and it brought his name more so to the forefront.

[@iansoutryer3189]

The opening sequence reminds me of "Twin Peaks", strangely it even says so at 2:11! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ponVm4CXi9SHr5I

[@ujohn]

Ross Martin won a best supporting actor here, yet his name doesn't seem to appear on these opening credits.

[@ujohn]

According to co-star Stephanie Powers, Martin himself suggested that his billing in Experiment in Terror be held until the film's end, lest audiences who fondly remembered him as Andamo in TV's Mr. Lucky, might not accept him in a villainous role if they knew beforehand it was him.

[@amfm889]

Ross Martin was a Golden Globe nominee, but didn't win.

[@tomskc]

Because he is the only one credited over the closing shot, Red Lynch played by Ross Martin --- The End.

[@royalordinance]

Someone let me know the street names! lookin different today!

[@propil101]

Lynch are you?

[@edwardwilson7858]

Why, oh why didn't they give this classic late film noir a better title, instead of the terrible bad sci-fi moniker they gave it? Even "The Petrified Bank Clerk" would have been preferable. But even wearing a bandana and in black and white, Remick still looks gorgeous.

[@makeupandmystery]

Lana Del Rey 13 Beaches

[@andrews527]

What bridge is this?

[@le0pard13]

It's the Bay Bridge, I believe.

[@stevenbetz2041]

David Andrews The Bay Bridge, which is the bridge that connects San Francisco to Oakland. It looks remarkably different now (no two way traffic on the same level).

[@brookehanley3659]

+le0pard13 Beautiful Bridge. Not the Golden Gate?

[@13ivanogre13]

@@stevenbetz2041 Trust me, it still exists. I can hear it right now.

[@dougn2350]

Western end of the Bay Bridge.

[@langelodidio-goaldo1105]

Bella pellicola, ma niente di che, seppur con un certa tensione la sceneggiatura è discreta e non mi ha convinto appieno, quindi bella e bella per me come valutazione è 7.

[@beechnut8779]

Experiment in Terror is pretty tame compared to "terror" in movies these days - the music is scarier than the movie!

[@gladystoukie]

Dangerous for a young attractive woman to drive in an open air car now

[@mrlopez-pz7pu]

No it's not. And you have your head waaaay up nostalgia's ass if you think it was safer "back then".

[@ShroomKeppie]

I just don't like Mancini's arrangement of his own song. Much prefer Al Caiola's.

[@rosarossi7573]

Lana del Rey brought me here :)

[@taerial879]

Lee Remick and her awesome Ford Fairlane-500...