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 (1)
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 (2)
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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This film was originally slated to be released in the United States by 20th Century Fox. However, to convince more exhibitors to install Cinemascope equipment, studio chief, Darryl F. Zanuck, pledged that all future 20th Century Fox releases would be in Cinemascope or a compatible anamorphic process. Since this Hammer production was shot in "flat" widescreen, it had to be passed over. It was picked up and released through United Artists.
Actress, cake decorator and former fiancée of Paul McCartney, a young Jane Asher plays the little girl trying her unsuspecting best to befriend a transmogrifying Victor Carroon (Richard Wordsworth). The chance encounter is reminiscent of James Whale's classic Frankenstein, wherein Little Maria and the Frankenstein monster meet.
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