The Quatermass Xperiment
The Creeping Unknown
Directed by:
Val GuestComposer:
James BernardCast:
Brian Donlevy, Margia Dean, Gordon Jackson, Lionel Jeffries, Jane Asher, Jack Warner, Thora Hird, Marianne Stone, Barlett Mullins, Maurice Kaufmann (more)Plots(1)
A spaceship returns to earth with only one man of a three man team left on board. After examining the rocket, Quatermass concludes that out in space some mysterious force entered the rocket and the lone survivor, Victor Carroon, has been infested by an alien entity. Before they can contain him, Carroon escapes. Quatermass joins forces with the police to track Carroon down as he gradually transforms into a hideous monster which searches for human victims with which to feed itself. (Park Circus)
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Beautiful sci-fi horror and everything that goes with such films from that era. Let yourself be surprised with what it is possible to cross a human being with and what the result can look like.
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At first sight, a relatively naive show – the only surviving astronaut from a space mission comes back with a mysterious infection, but he is not quarantined or monitored in any way, everyone touches him with bare hands and without gloves, and no one seems concerned about any potential threat. Beyond that, though, the film offers a somewhat realistic and uncomfortable character transformation into a space snail of sorts, which is, for the time of its release, quite a feat. Val Guest manages to coach drive the film to such heights that despite being naive at times, The Quatermass Xperiment avoids falling into stupidity. One of the most memorable Hammer films for sure.
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Beautiful and lovely surprise, this film, which I didn't expect much from, but which showed me once again that the Hammer studio simply has pearls on their list worth seeing and enjoying, because they are simply well-made and it doesn't matter what year it is. Here you have a great B-movie in front of you, which has excellent horror scenes.
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