The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Val Guest |
| Producer(s) | Anthony Hinds, Robert L. Lippert (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Horror, Science Fiction |
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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) was a Horror - Science Fiction Film directed by Val Guest and produced by Anthony Hinds and Robert L. Lippert.
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THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT On Blu-ray From Kino
By Dan Day Jr. on Dec 7, 2014 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogTHE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (known as THE CREEPING UNKNOWN in the U.S.) is one of the most important science fiction/horror films ever made. It is the true beginning of Hammer Horror, and the movie's plot about a space traveler returning to earth suffering from alien contamination has been "borrowed" b... Read full article
THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT On Blu-ray From Kino
By Dan Day Jr. on Dec 7, 2014 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogTHE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (known as THE CREEPING UNKNOWN in the U.S.) is one of the most important science fiction/horror films ever made. It is the true beginning of Hammer Horror, and the movie's plot about a space traveler returning to earth suffering from alien contamination has been "borrowed" b... Read full article
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955, Val Guest)
on Sep 10, 2012 From The Stop Button“No character development, please, we’re British.” There’s nothing to recommend The Quatermass Xperiment. Walter J. Harvey’s black and white photography is fantastic, but it can’t recommend the film. Xperiment is so stupid, it appears screenwriters Richard H. Land... Read full article
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The unusually-spelled "Xperiment" in the title pointed up to British cinemagoers that this was their first X-rated SF film. The British Board of Film Censors had instituted the use of the "X" certificate in 1951 to indicate that certain films had themes that might be too strong or intense for persons under the age of 16. The film's title exploited the fact of receiving this "honor" by the spelling of the word "Xperiment".
Anthony Hinds handed the TV scripts of the story to Val Guest as the latter was about to fly to Tangier for a holiday. Implored by his wife to read them (having caught none of the 1953 BBC broadcasts), an impressed Guest felt that the story would benefit from a cinema vérité shooting style, to lend a documentary air and so strengthen credibility.
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