The Quatermass Xperiment
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- Thom Timerson, Trancer HunterJuly 25, 2025Alien amoeba consumes astronauts, zoo animals, and a cactus before deciding to Netflix and chill in Westminster Abbey in this "Blob" precursor from Hammer. Cool story but like a lot of 50s sci-fi and horror, it has more talking officials and less monster action. My 2025 mindset also wonders how those poor animals were really treated during production and the octopus they used for closeups of the creature at the end. Nr. 170/365 Challenge for 2025
- Mister ArnMay 21, 2025"The Quatermass Xperiment" stands out as a 1950s sci-fi flick that swaps the conventional atomic monster trope for a creature born from the perils of space exploration. The film portrays local law enforcement and the spacecraft's inventor wielding an improbably broad influence and exhibiting a surprising lack of urgency, which is quite astonishing. While the narrative is well-crafted, the passage of time has rendered its once thrilling elements into something more amusingly quaint.
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The Quatermass Xperiment was released on October 7, 1955.
The Quatermass Xperiment was directed by Val Guest.
The Quatermass Xperiment has a runtime of 82m.
The Quatermass Xperiment was produced by Anthony Hinds.
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
The key characters in The Quatermass Xperiment are Prof. Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), Victor Carroon (Richard Wordsworth), Dr. Gordon Briscoe (David King-Wood).
The Quatermass Xperiment is rated Not Rated.
The Quatermass Xperiment is a Horror, Science Fiction film.
The Quatermass Xperiment has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.