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| Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 16542
Format: Black & White, Color, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304632444
UPC: 013131026535
EAN: 9786304632444
ASIN: 6304632444
Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 1968
Release Date: October 15, 1997
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Condition: Small tear in shrinkwrap where price was located, brand new, factory sealed!
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 62
 EXCELLENT HAMMER SCI-FI THRILLER.... August 4, 2003
Mark Norvell (HOUSTON)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Workers in a London underground railway station unearth humanoid skeletons---setting off excitement among the scientific and anthropological experts. But then a stranger object is found and the military gets involved, believing it to be a bomb. It turns out to be a spacecraft. Col.Breen (Julian Glover) explains it all away as a German craft left over from WWII. Dr.Roney (James Donald) and his assistant Barbara Judd (Barbara Shelley) are skeptical due to the skeletons but the estimable physicist Prof.Quatermass (Andrew Keir) thinks there's a more otherworldly explanation. There are legends and superstitions around the railway station area of hauntings and "goblins" that are too well documented to be ignored. Then strange vibrations begin to eminate from the spacecraft and the remains of the hideous crew are discovered. Breen and his superiors go into complete denial of extraterrestrial visitation while Roney, Barbara and Quatermass bond together to explore things further. And the results are horrifying. Superior Martian lifeforms that resemble giant locusts came to earth in these ships and took back with them ape-like early human beings to mutate with in an attempt to cleanse their own race...then returned with them to earth to repopulate on our planet as Mars was no longer capable of supporting life. Thus, we are descended from this unspeakable union! What's more, this arthropodic race of Martians were evil---capable of creating such powerful telekinetic energy that could create havoc and destroy as well as control the minds of lesser beings. When the ship vibrates to life, sending telekinetic energy every which way, all hell breaks loose. This is an incredible, intelligent sci-fi/horror story with a matchless cast delivering expert performances. A truly superior Hammer film. Excellent color, claustrophobic atmosphere and modest but remarkable special effects with top-notch direction from Roy Ward Baker make this a collector's item for any sci-fi/horror/Hammer fan. Excellent DVD treatment from Anchor Bay as well. Highly recommended all around.
Classic SF, exciting and intelligent July 21, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This story has at least two lives. There was a black-and-white three-part television series called "Quatermass and the Pit" and a colour movie called "Five Million Years to Earth". Both excellent and unforgettable, but I think the first, black-and-white version is the best, both because of a period charm and because it's longer - the story is so good you don't want it to finish too soon. However, in "Five Million Years to Earth" the creature created from the spaceship somehow looks more horrible. See them both!
Best in the series, and a classic of its genre February 23, 2000
jason hyde (chicago)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't have too much to add to previous reviews, however, I would like to correct one of those reviews. Barbara Shelley, not Barbara Steele, is the actress in this film. It may seem petty, but those of us who have seen these two will understand my nitpicking over their differences. Also, the army officer, played by Julian Glover, refers to military bases on the moon being used to patrol the earth. Mars is briefly mentioned in that conversation, but it takes place before the Martian element becomes prevalent in the film. I realize this may be petty of me, but I just had to chime in with these corrections.
Howlin' wolf good July 25, 1999
Mark Grindell (Shipley,West Yorkshire)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This film is so good you have to call it literature. A spaceship undeneath London giving everybody the screaming willies and a real English hero to sort out the creppy crawlies. Go! Buy Pizza! Watch the movie! Nibble your wife's neck just at the right moment!
Intelligent Sci-Fi April 20, 1999
Bryan Sierra (Los Angeles, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
At last, this movie has been re-released to the public. I have been searching for this one to replace an old copy from my youth. This is one of the best sci-fi films that works on so many levels. It's the best of the quartermass series. This one is so good, its currently being redone by director "Alex Proyas- The Crow" and will be released in the future. So see the original first.
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