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A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Ian MacNaughton
- Haggis
- (as Ian McNaughton)
Norman MacOwan
- Old Tom
- (as Norman Macowan)
Neil Hallett
- Unwin
- (as Neil Hallet)
Michael Brooke
- Willie Harding
- (as Michael Brook)
Frazer Hines
- Ian Osborn
- (as Fraser Hines)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was originally intended to have been a sequel to another Hammer success, The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), but creator Nigel Kneale vetoed the use of his character(s) by another writer - hence Prof. Bernard Quatermass swiftly became Dr. Adam Royston.
- GoofsLansing watches the stick sinking in a pool of liquid, but in a later long shot the stick in seen firmly standing in dry ground.
- Quotes
Major Cartwright: You know this Royston chap - brilliant, of course, I'm sure - but the trouble with some of these scientific types is they can't see the easy way out of anything. It's got to be complicated if it's going to work.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: X the Unknown (1979)
- SoundtracksSerenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
(uncredited)
Written by Antonín Dvorák
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Excellent early Hammer science fiction
X the Unknown is an excellent sci fi movie from Hammer. It was made a year after The Quatermass Experiment.
Drilling at a remote location in the Scottish Highlands attracts a strange force from below. It turns out to be a blob like creature that feeds on radiation, which gets bigger as a result. After several people are killed by it including a young boy, a scientist finds a way to kill it and succeeds at the end.
This films stars American actor Dean Jagger and is joined by several familiar British stars: Leo McKern (The Day The Earth Caught Fire), Anthony Newly (Killers of Kilimanjaro), a young Frazer Hines (Dr Who, Emmerdale) and Hammer regular Michael Ripper (Curse of the Werewolf, The Mummy).
The movie has a very creepy score and location photography, a lot of which was shot at night.
This movie is a must if you are a fan of 1950's science fiction and Hammer.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5.
Drilling at a remote location in the Scottish Highlands attracts a strange force from below. It turns out to be a blob like creature that feeds on radiation, which gets bigger as a result. After several people are killed by it including a young boy, a scientist finds a way to kill it and succeeds at the end.
This films stars American actor Dean Jagger and is joined by several familiar British stars: Leo McKern (The Day The Earth Caught Fire), Anthony Newly (Killers of Kilimanjaro), a young Frazer Hines (Dr Who, Emmerdale) and Hammer regular Michael Ripper (Curse of the Werewolf, The Mummy).
The movie has a very creepy score and location photography, a lot of which was shot at night.
This movie is a must if you are a fan of 1950's science fiction and Hammer.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5.
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- Budget
- $60,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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