Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792847809
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0792847806
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Running Time: 78 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-06

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Rating: - Creeping Unknown
I have waited years to see this movie again. Of course, it's not as creepy as I remembered it but I still enjoyed it. A must addition to my sci fi collection.

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Rating: - Three Astronauts Never Knew What Was In Space . . . And What It Would Do To Them
Released in 1955, "Quatermass Xperiment" is a creepy, horrifying masterpiece of science fiction. What is the Quatermass Experiment? Professor Barnard Quatermass sends three British astronauts into the far reaches of the galaxy for observations. Their rocket crash lands on earth and only one astronaut, Victor Caroon, remains on board. Empty space suits of the other two are immediately found. Escaping from the hospital, Caroon attacks and absorbs plants, animals, and humans. Each time he ... Read More

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Rating: - where's the Region 1 DVD???
As a teenager in the 1950's I discovered Hammer Films British Horror and Sci-Fi and have joyfully collected the DVD re-issues. Anchor Bay has done a wonderful job with great source material but where is this total classic?? The 2nd Quatermass film has been out for some time in America, Australia and Europe have released the first film in their DVD own formats, so why not in the U S of A???? Although a product of its time the suspense, moody black and white photography and decent make-up effects ... Read More

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Rating: - A Classic Science Fiction Film
Before a little British company called Hammer became famous for Dracula and Frankenstein, there were the adventures of Professor Bernard Quatermass. Based on the live BBC serial from 1953, The Quatermass Xperiment put Hammer on the film world map. How that happened it obvious from this tense, realistic, and gritty science fiction classic.

The film is immensely helped by an excellent cast. Brian Donlevy's Quatermass is the archetype science fiction film scientist: a scientist obsessed with ... Read More

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Rating: - A good movie to see
Only true fans of science fiction will appreciate the creeping unknown
a.k.a.The Quatermass Xperiment. I happen to be one of them. I remember
watching this fim at the age of eight and it scared me silly. Later on
I understood better and it didn't bother me.
Basicly I like the film. When you consider that this is mid 50's London
when true special effects weren't even around yet,I think the film super-
cedes itself into a wonderful smooth-flowing movie even if the ... Read More

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