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Amazon.com's Price: $19.97 as of 03/19/2010 10:08 EDT
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883629676647
Format: NTSC
Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release Date: December 05, 2008
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Considered by many critics to be the finest in the series, Hammer's second Quatermass feature (adapted from the television serial by Nigel Kneale) is a subversive alien invasion story. Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) stumbles onto a top-secret government base near a rural location that has been inundated by a steady stream of meteors. His investigations, which are met with distrust by suspicious townspeople and outright hostility by the base guards, uncover a conspiracy originating in the highest reaches of government. With few he can trust and fewer he can convince of his suspicions, Quatermass decides to meet the menace head-on. Director Val Guest, who cowrote the screenplay with Kneale, loads his film with fascinating detail (the whiz of the falling meteors--actually space pods--recalls the buzz bombs of the London blitz, and the antipathy of the high-strung locals adds a curious element of class conflict), but really brings the picture to life with its stark black-and-white look and overpowering mood of paranoia. The base, the very picture of industrial modernity in the midst of rural nothingness, is given a creepy emptiness as Quatermass wanders through, dwarfed in the giant maze of pipes and towers centered by enormous spherical containers and huge domes. You'll likely never forget the image of a government investigator covered in a smoking black substance, stumbling down the steps of the stark white container. --Sean Axmaker
Description:
Space expert Professor Quatermass returns in this sci-fi thriller through the depths of the unknown! During a routine drive to his observatory, Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) stumbles upon a mysterious government facility surrounded by guards and mines. Curious of this unusual site, Quatermass begins to investigate and discovers a remarkably large number of meteors in the area. As his investigation comes to a turning point, Quatermass comes to a horrific conclusion: alien invaders. The ensuing danger couple mean the end of human civilization! In an attempt to save the country and ultimatley the world from intruders, Quatermass must face the terrible dangers ahead and the disasters that follow them.
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i think this 1's better than 1st via a tad. good story of alien pods makin norm. humans into their zombieslaves whenever they can be close 2 them by bad luck or e z carelessness, in addition to a few very lg. mud blobs @ the end but unfortunate as usual, i.e. scifi films-if they'd show/use more of the monsters they already have, it'd make much better a film. donlevy-quatermass finally seems more like a hero in this/his pic especially since he had nothing 2 do w/ these monstas this time round.
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I was so glad when on a whim one day I noticed that old Hammer horror titles previously released by Anchor Bay Entertainment appeared to be getting a re-release. Boy, was I wrong about that! Don't be fooled. DVD-R's are no substitute for a real factory manufactured product. The pictures appear murky, bleeding and washed out even though its obviously a direct burn from a genuine Anchor Bay DVD. The sound drops in and out. I played each disc on 3 different players manufactured by 3 different companies. ... Read More
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LAST SAW THIS MOVIE AS A KID 45 YEARS AGO OR SO AND THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL.FOR LAST FEW YEARS WOULD SEE IT FOR SALE FROM TIME TO TIME AT VERY HIGH PRICES.I AM VERY GLAD I DID NOT PAY MUCH FOR IT . AS AN ADULT IT LOST SOME OF ITS COOL.BUT AT THE PRICE IT IS STILL A GOOD OLD SIFI FLIC FOR A COLLECTION.
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I first saw this movie on public television while sick at home. My mind, high on cough syrup, was hooked by the movie which I watched while in a dark room, sipping orange juice and trying to get some rest. The feeling that something was going wrong, the slow build up, as fact after fact screamed to Quatermass that he had to act and act now! The chilling part of the movie was really how realistic the people were - the villagers who don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, the police and government ... Read More
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The movie itself is great, but please be aware that this is NOT the original Anchor Bay edition of this dvd. I ordered this dvd, thinking that this rare dvd had finally been re-released by Anchor Bay, only to find out it's only a DVD-R copy of the original. Amazon needs to be much clearer in their description of this dvd & let buyers know that it is not a factory pressed DVD. I'm not sure how the licensing for such a DVD-R was worked out with Amazon & Anchor Bay (presumably it was or it would not be for sale ... Read More
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EAN: 0883629676647
Format: NTSC
Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release Date: December 05, 2008
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment