Quatermass and the Pit

1203-poster
release date November 19 1967
studio Hammer Films/Anchor Bay
director Roy Ward Baker
writer Nigel Kneale
starring James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont
tagline Force more powerful than 1,000 H-Bombs unleashed to devastate earth! World in panic! Cities in flame

Synopsis

An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around

Official Review

Professor Bernard Quatermass is perhaps not as well-known a character to horror and sci-fi fans as, say, Indiana Jones or Van Helsing. He’s the sort of heroic scientist archetype we don’t often see, the horror genre usually preferring its scientists mad when it has any at all. But he is still a character whose influence is felt among today’s masters. John Carpenter wrote his underrated Prince of Darkness under the pseudonym “Martin Quatermass.” …Read More

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Official Score: 4 / 5