Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Guionista:

Nigel Kneale (original story and screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 febrero 1968 (USA)

Género:

Ciencia-Ficción | Horror

Frase comercial:

All Earth Stands Helpless! Spawned in the depths of outer space -- a monster so horrible, so vicious, so incredible -- even when you see it you won't believe it could be! (U.S. poster)

Plot:

An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Plot Keywords:

London | Martian | Subway | Church | Sequel

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Still scary even today...

Reparto

James Donald	...	Dr. Mathew Roney
Andrew Keir	...	Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Barbara Shelley	...	Barbara Judd
Julian Glover	...	Colonel Breen
Duncan Lamont	...	Sladden
Bryan Marshall	...	Captain Potter
Peter Copley	...	Howell
Edwin Richfield	...	Minister
Grant Taylor	...	Police Sergeant Ellis
Maurice Good	...	Sergeant Cleghorn
Robert Morris	...	Jerry Watson
Sheila Steafel	...	Journalist
Hugh Futcher	...	Sapper West
Hugh Morton	...	Elderly Journalist
Thomas Heathcote	...	Vicar

También conocida como:

Five Million Years to Earth (USA)
The Mind Benders
¿Qué sucedió entonces? (Spain) [es]

Duración:

97 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Italy:T | UK:15 | UK:12 (re-rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #21860) | West Germany:16 | Australia:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

London, England, UK

Compañía:

Associated British-Pathé

Trivialidades:

Julian Glover was chosen by Roy Ward Baker to play Colonel Breen.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: A minute or so before the end credits roll, as Quatermass is walking away from the devastation, a crew member's hand swings into the right-hand side of the frame and back out again.

Citas:

Professor Bernard Quatermass: I never had a career. Only work.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "The World of Hammer: Sci-Fi (#1.7)" (1994)

Still scary even today...

I first saw this film when I was about 7. Although we lived in the Central region I saw this on HTV. My memory of it is there for fuzzy. I have seen it again on DVD since.

And this film is great. Unlike many Hammer films story and performance is key here. The story as often been imitated but never topped.

Its a very intelligent horror film which is something we don't get very often anymore. Or at all.

I also recently saw the original BBC TV show and that too is well worth picking up. Its just as good if not better.

This is definitely worth a watch. British cinema at its finest...