The Quatermass Xperiment

About The Quatermass Xperiment

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) is a horror science fiction film directed by Val Guest. It runs 82 minutes and was released in September 1955.

Brian Donlevy appears as Prof. Bernard Quatermass, Richard Wordsworth as Victor Carroon, David King-Wood as Dr. Gordon Briscoe, and Jack Warner as Inspector Lomax. Written by Richard H. Landau and Val Guest.

Shelv files it under campy, transformation, alien life-form, and serious. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and ScreenPix Amazon Channel.

Alien: Romulus, The Elephant Man, and The Blob make useful companions to The Quatermass Xperiment, all filed under alien monster and space exploration. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 239 TMDB voters.