I expected this to be a poor B-grade horror but it turned out to be nothing of the sort. Apart from being black and white and having some slightly poor special effects, it was great to watch. It's a 7 (this was a delightfully enjoyable surprise, sci-fi and horror fans will love it).
Quatermass and his team of scientists go to the crash site of the first space rocket containing people to rescue the astronauts. Inside, two have mysteriously vanished and the remaining live astronaut, Victor, is delirious. The police begin to investigate the deaths. But Victor is actually being consumed by a transmuting space beast - he smashes a cactus which is absorbed into him - and he escapes the hospital. The police, the scientists and ultimately the army are after the monster as is stalks it's way across London, either killing or absorbing other living things. It must be stopped before it infects the whole earth!
This old 1955 film has some poor special effects, but only some. Most are great and well done for it's time. This is not just a monster chase film - there is conflict between the police, who to kill investigate the deaths and then kill the monster, and Quatermass who thinks that the deaths are a worthy sacrifice for science and wants to the study the monster. The acting is way better than b-grade horror, in fact,this film is not in such a corny league, it is a-grade stuff.
I expected this to be a poor B-grade horror but it turned out to be nothing of the sort. Apart from being black and white and having some slightly poor special effects, it was great to watch. It's a 7 (this was a delightfully enjoyable surprise, sci-fi and horror fans will love it).
Quatermass and his team of scientists go to the crash site of the first space rocket containing people to rescue the astronauts. Inside, two have mysteriously vanished and the remaining live astronaut, Victor, is delirious. The police begin to investigate the deaths. But Victor is actually being consumed by a transmuting space beast - he smashes a cactus which is absorbed into him - and he escapes the hospital. The police, the scientists and ultimately the army are after the monster as is stalks it's way across London, either killing or absorbing other living things. It must be stopped before it infects the whole earth!
This old 1955 film has some poor special effects, but only some. Most are great and well done for it's time. This is not just a monster chase film - there is conflict between the police, who to kill investigate the deaths and then kill the monster, and Quatermass who thinks that the deaths are a worthy sacrifice for science and wants to the study the monster. The acting is way better than b-grade horror, in fact,this film is not in such a corny league, it is a-grade stuff.
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