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Quatermass 2

1957 · 85 min

A tense, eerie British sci-fi mystery that builds dread through secrecy and infiltration, with a stiff-upper-lip hero facing an insidious alien threat.

Tagline
A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!
Overview
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • isolation
  • power
  • survival
  • technology
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour2
Realism5
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
science fiction, horror
Directed by
Val Guest
Written by
Val Guest, Nigel Kneale
Starring
Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn, Bryan Forbes, Charles Lloyd Pack, Tom Chatto, John Van Eyssen, Sidney James
Music
James Bernard
Cinematography
Gerald Gibbs
Runtime
85 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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