Quatermass Xperiment [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Quatermass Xperiment [VHS]
Movie Review: Excellent first Quatermass Shocker !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The ultimate in man into space-man returns-man mutates into alien movie,and although not as good as the second and third Quatermass stories,it still holds the attention some 46yrs later,and being also considering that Hollywood seem over-run with re-makes I believe this would make a good one for a change. Although Donlevy's performance is a little stiff,Margia Deans is dire,and her voice on this edition has been dubbed,probably to make her seem less automaton like,but I believe it is Richard Wordsworth's performance that truelly delivers the goods,truelly a classic of it's day,shame a DVD hasn't been announced of the movie,come along MGM how about it?Movie Review: Initial entry in the greatest science fiction series ever
Summary: 4 Stars
There's simply no equal to the Quatermass films in the effects-driven "science fiction" foisted on today's public. These films, adapted from much longer BBC television "miniseries", rely on intelligent plot development and attention to detail that is notably lacking in anything done in the genre lately. In this film, the first of the series, Quatermass's experimental rocket crashes to Earth after having been out of contact. Three people went up - but there's only one person aboard now. The others.....? Ah, that would be telling!
Originally titled "The Quatermass Xperiment", the movie played on its "X" rating from the (remarkably timid) British film review board and helped open the door for Hammer Films' later bloody epics. There's nothing here that you couldn't see on television today, but the horrific *implications* of the plot are what give you the shivers. Special effects are crude by today's standards - a remake would surely improve on that aspect of the film, but the writing more than makes up that.
Brian Donlevy really makes a poor Quatermass, but he's all we have. He seems to confuse bullying and shouting with projecting authority and confidence, and you end up somewhat surprised no one decks him. (Andrew Keir's interpretation in "Quatermass and the Pit" is a lot more palatable.)
But that said - see this one. One of the true greats of the genre.
Movie Review: a.k.a. THE CREEPING UNKNOWN
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw the movie in broad daylight on an Admiral portable 19 inch B+W TV -with commercials- and, indeed, as a kid of ten I was troubled. DO N O T let little kids watch this! This one and the sequel, QUATERMAS II a.k.a. ENEMY FROM SPACE are the epitome of the genres (1) Man Transformed... [others in the category z.b. THE FLY (58) and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN]; (2) Alien Takeover...[others in the category z.b. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS or VILLAGE of the DAMNED] I wholeheartedly agree with the first reviewer that the transformation of the poor astro'naught' is tragic to behold, even if the final, tentacled incarnation {the thing absorbs a ZOO! }leaves something to the imagination...Movie Review: Frightening 50's British sci-fi
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this movie when it was released and it scared the hell out of me at the age of 10. Richard Wordsworth's silent terror still scares me. The bleak black and white scenes and loud, shrill string music add to the grim story of a returning astronaut slowly being dissolved and transformed into an alien which entered his spaceship. The complete alien at the end is disappointing but up to that point it's a frightening story of a slow, terrible death.