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Prehistoric skulls are unearthed during London Underground excavations and a weird and deadly force makes itself felt. Gradually Quatermass pieces together the evidence that billions of years ago Earth was colonized by a race of satanic Martians who altered the course of human evolution . Finally as the machine begins to emanate a life of its own, Quatermass has to face the menace of a new invasionTags
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Hammer's 1960s Quatermass and the Pit is quite probably among my favourite movies, so I'll keep it short.
Nigel Kneale was a genius, it can't be argued otherwise. The themes explored in the story are as thought provoking as they are relevant; the melding of science and religious belief, the concepts of ethnic cleansing and race riots, that these should be explored so explicitly in a teleplay from the 1950s is almost mind-blowing. I won't provide a synopsis. While others here have done so, I'll refrain. Better that you should just read it for yourself.
A thing of rare depth and intelligently-crafted beauty.
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Nigel Kneale was a genius, it can't be argued otherwise. The themes explored in the story are as thought provoking as they are relevant; the melding of science and religious belief, the concepts of ethnic cleansing and race riots, that these should be explored so explicitly in a teleplay from the 1950s is almost mind-blowing. I won't provide a synopsis. While others here have done so, I'll refrain. Better that you should just read it for yourself.
A thing of rare depth and intelligently-crafted beauty.
What are you waiting for?
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- Original publication date
- 1960-04
- People/Characters
- Bernard Quatermass
- Important places
- Hobbs Lane, Knightsbridge, London, England, UK
- First words
- Fade in opening music.
- Original language
- English
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- 118
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.12)
- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 4
