The Quatermass Xperiment

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The Quatermass Xperiment

1955,

1h 18m,

Sci-Fi

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500+ Ratings

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20 Reviews

67%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

A British rocket scientist (Brian Donlevy) hunts an astronaut monstrously enveloped by an alien fungus.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jun 4, 2025

4/5

It all looks a bit rough and ready sometimes, but it is performed with resounding theatrical panache.

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

May 14, 2008

4/5

A number of decent performances and a gritty realistic view of London makes this little sci-fi spin-off still worth a look.

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Paul Mount

Starburst

Jul 8, 2025

5/5

The lead characters are a little stodgy and Donlevy is about as far away from the modern idea of a film hero as it’s possible to get, but this is still a gritty, surprisingly creepy and graphic story.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 6, 2025

5/5

…Hammer's The Quatermass Xperiment records a lightning-bolt moment in British and worldwide sci-fi culture, the launching point for Kneale, Dr Who, and many more key ideas…a brain-boggler for audiences at the time, a horror previously unimagined…

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Mar 27, 2024

3/4

Richard Wordsworth’s haunting performance as Victor Carroon, who is essentially mute for the whole film, conveys a world of trauma and transformation and horror with his gaunt face, swollen eyes, and rigid movements

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jan 1, 2024

3/4

A hit on both sides of the Atlantic, putting Hammer Films on the map and paving the way for the studio’s run as a premier producer of horror films.

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Leia R

Jul 14, 2018

Classic Quatermass sci-fi/horror flick. Sure, the monster is quite litterally a load of tripe, but it is still creepy and effective. Well worth catching.

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Jan 29, 2018

Scared me for months as a 5 year old...

Harry W

Dec 17, 2017

The Quatermass Xperiment is a solid, but very flawed sci-fi horror flick. As a horror film, it succeeds. The atmosphere is creepy, the film is so well shot in interesting documentary-like fashion and the score is particularly menacing. A couple of scenes are quite horrific for its time. But it fails as a science fiction tale as the tone is odd, the story is somewhat standard and the dialogue is frequently quite silly.

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Val Guest

Director

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Jack Warner

Insp. Lomax

Margia Dean

Mrs. Judith Carroon

Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

David King-Wood

Dr. Gordon Briscoe

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Synopsis

A British rocket scientist (Brian Donlevy) hunts an astronaut monstrously enveloped by an alien fungus.

Director: Val Guest
Producer: Anthony Hinds
Screenwriter: Nigel Kneale, Richard H. Landau, Val Guest
Production Co: Exclusive Films
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2017
Runtime: 1h 18m

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