In Popular Culture
- Under the title The Crawling Eye, the film was the first of many movies to be mocked on the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was also briefly mentioned at the end of the final episode of the show.
- An episode of Freakazoid spoofs the opening credits of the film, as well as key elements of the plot (though with victims being turned into clowns instead of being killed). The film is mentioned in Stephen King's 1986 horror novel It as having been watched by one of its protagonists, and the Crawling Eye itself later appears as a manifestation of the novel's title monster.
- A song called "Crawling Eye" is featured on American horror punk band The Misfits' 1999 album, Famous Monsters. The song's lyrics directly reference the plot of the film.
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