Quatermass And The Pit DVD
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Production Year: 1967 - Horror - Director: Roy Ward Baker - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over

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Review of Quatermass And The Pit DVD by ThePolarOne

Advantages: Atmospheric story
Disadvantages: Dated effects

Quatermass and the Pit (1967) When thinking of films, for most 'Hammer' will mean Horror. But many fondly remember one of their science fiction off shoots in the Quatermass films. Quatermass was originally a British television series in 1953, called The Quatermass Experiment. After it's success a second series was made in 1955, which coincided with the first Quatermass film based on the 1953 series. The second series was also made into a film in ...
...called Quatermass and the Pit in 1958. It is the 1967 film version of that which I am reviewing. Confusing? Perhaps, but it illustrates the shows popularity. While Quatermass is a bit of a legend amongst the British sci-fi community, it isn't a name that rolls off the tongue of your average film goer. Helped less by the fact that the lead actor was changed in nearly every version. When Andrew Keir took on the role for Quatermass and the Pit, nine ... Read review

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Review of Quatermass And The Pit DVD by MAFARRIMOND

Advantages: Iconic Classic
Disadvantages: Puppetry special effects

Quatermass and the Pit Directed by Roy Ward Baker Written by Nigel Kneale Certification: Unrated Running time: 97 mins Released 1968 Production Company: Hammer Studios Music composed by: Tristam Cary Cast:: James Donald: Dr Mathew Roney Andrew Keir: Professor Bernard Quatermass Barbara Shelley: Barbara Judd Julian Glover: Colonel Breen Introduction released by Hammer, better known for its Horror Films, Quatermass and The Pit was based on ...
...part of a trilogy, The Quatermass Experiment 1955 and Quatermass2 1957being the other two. The Setting An urban setting in 1960’s Hobbs End is a rundown town on the outskirts of the city of London, distant enough to be remote but close enough to be a threat to the populace of the city. The Storyline An Underground Tube Tunnel is being renovated and expanded. Bones are found and the work is stopped. Anthropologists, Dr Mathew Rooney and his assistant ... Read review

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Review of Quatermass And The Pit DVD by Plissken

Advantages: Scary Cheap-o horror, surprisingly intelligent.
Disadvantages: The effects aren't exactly Industrial Light & Magic

...quality science fiction pictures like Quatermass and the Pit, and they are somewhat dubious. Set in London, it begins when workers extending the underground system uncover a strange object. Suspecting it to be an unexploded bomb, the military are called in. Professor Quatermass also arrives to give his opinion. As more of the object is uncovered, neanderthal skeletons are also discovered around it. Despite its obvious extra-terrestial qualities, ...
...passing through an interior bulkhead, Quatermass begins to explore the craft's influence on the surrounding area over the centuries. When the bulkhead is eventually breached, three dead aliens, resembling giant grasshoppers are discovered. Taken away for examination, they quickly disintergrate. Meanwhile, the workman's thoughts are probed, and reveal a scratchy film showing these Martian grasshoppers jumping around, and inducing each other to mass ... Read review

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Quatermass And The Pit DVD

Main specs

Actor(s): James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover

Director(s): Roy Ward Baker

Genre: Horror

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 1967

Colour: Black & White

Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes

Franchise Name: Hammer

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Plot: Workmen unearth prehistoric skulls while carrying out excavations on the London Underground. Very soon a strange and malevolent force is unleashed.

DVD Description

Workers renovating the London Underground discover what they at first take to be an unexploded World War II bomb. On closer inspection it turns out to be a great deal more mysterious - a spaceship, millions of years old, bearing the fossilized bodies of dead aliens. Professor Quatermass (Andre Morrell), unconventional science expert, is brought in to bring to light this disturbing discovery, which turns out to have unforeseen effects on the local populace. This disc contains all 6 episodes from the BBC televison series first aired in 1957.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Release date: 11/10/2004

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: D 039233

Barcode: 7321900392334

Screenwriter: Nigel Kneale

Languages

Main Language: English

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