The Quatermass Xperiment (Original title)Shock!! (Alternative title)The Quatermass Experiment (Alternative title)The Creeping Unknown (Alternative title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 28 November 1955 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: Hunt in London for the survivor of a rocket ship who is being transmuted from a human being into a monster capable of reproducing itself at such a rate that in a short time the whole nation could be destroyed.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subjects: Astronauts, Aliens, Scientists
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Length: 7372 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Exclusive
Title: Retrospective: the quatermass experimentAuthor: MAXFORD, Howard Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Val Guest, director of The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, composer James Bernard and Nigel Kneale, writer of the original scripts for the TV series all discuss the finance, casting and special effects for the 1955 UK science-fiction movie.
In: StarBurst n299 May 2003 Page: 64
Title: The Quatermass XperimentAuthor: VINCENT-RUDZKI, Jan Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n8 August 2003 Page: 69
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Filmfax n61 Jun/Jul 1997 Page: 54,55
Title: The Quatermass XperimentAuthor: EKSTEDT, Richard A. Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The House that Hammer Built n1 February 1997 Pages: 26-31
Title: The Quatermass ExperimentArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Extended feature on The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, including original reviews, credits and synopsis
In: Dark Terrors n12 June 1996 Page: 30
Title: No terror like the Quatermass ExperimentArticle type: TranscriptLanguage: English
Description: From the original publicity for The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT
In: Dark Terrors n8 April 1994 Pages: 20-33
Title: QuatermassAuthor: MURPHY, Mike Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
Description: On the making of the The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, QUATERMASS II, and QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7336 23 Aug 1955 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7336 23 Aug 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n261 October 1955 Page: 150
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n261 October 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 7 Sep 1955 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 7 Sep 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 19
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: MURRAY, Andy Pages: 335 pages
Title: Into the unknown: the fantastic life of Nigel Kneale
Author: MURRAY, Andy Pages: 191 p.
Title: British science fiction television: a hitchhiker's guide
Author: COOK, John R Pages: viii, 296 p.
Title: Telefantasy
Author: JOHNSON, Catherine Pages: 181 p.
Title: Small screens, big ideas: television in the 1950s
Author: THUMIM, Janet Pages: viii, 262p.
Title: "Why can't you scientists leave things alone?" Science questioned in British films of the post-war period (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: The Quatermass experiment
Author: KNEALE, Nigel Pages: 190p
Description: First published: Penguin Books, 1959.
Title: The Quatermass experiment; a play for television in six parts
Author: KNEALE, Nigel Pages: 191, [1]p.
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 28 November 1955 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: Hunt in London for the survivor of a rocket ship who is being transmuted from a human being into a monster capable of reproducing itself at such a rate that in a short time the whole nation could be destroyed.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subjects: Astronauts, Aliens, Scientists
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Length: 7372 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Exclusive
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(11)
In: Film Review vSpec. n53 Alien v Predator Pages: 64-68Title: Retrospective: the quatermass experimentAuthor: MAXFORD, Howard Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Val Guest, director of The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, composer James Bernard and Nigel Kneale, writer of the original scripts for the TV series all discuss the finance, casting and special effects for the 1955 UK science-fiction movie.
In: StarBurst n299 May 2003 Page: 64
Title: The Quatermass XperimentAuthor: VINCENT-RUDZKI, Jan Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n8 August 2003 Page: 69
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Filmfax n61 Jun/Jul 1997 Page: 54,55
Title: The Quatermass XperimentAuthor: EKSTEDT, Richard A. Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The House that Hammer Built n1 February 1997 Pages: 26-31
Title: The Quatermass ExperimentArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Extended feature on The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, including original reviews, credits and synopsis
In: Dark Terrors n12 June 1996 Page: 30
Title: No terror like the Quatermass ExperimentArticle type: TranscriptLanguage: English
Description: From the original publicity for The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT
In: Dark Terrors n8 April 1994 Pages: 20-33
Title: QuatermassAuthor: MURPHY, Mike Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
Description: On the making of the The QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, QUATERMASS II, and QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7336 23 Aug 1955 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7336 23 Aug 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n261 October 1955 Page: 150
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n261 October 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 7 Sep 1955 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 7 Sep 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 19
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
Title: Into the unknown: the fantastic life of Nigel KnealeAuthor: MURRAY, Andy Pages: 335 pages
Title: Into the unknown: the fantastic life of Nigel Kneale
Author: MURRAY, Andy Pages: 191 p.
Title: British science fiction television: a hitchhiker's guide
Author: COOK, John R Pages: viii, 296 p.
Title: Telefantasy
Author: JOHNSON, Catherine Pages: 181 p.
Title: Small screens, big ideas: television in the 1950s
Author: THUMIM, Janet Pages: viii, 262p.
Title: "Why can't you scientists leave things alone?" Science questioned in British films of the post-war period (1945-1970)
Author: JONES, Robert A. Pages: p.
Title: The Quatermass experiment
Author: KNEALE, Nigel Pages: 190p
Description: First published: Penguin Books, 1959.
Title: The Quatermass experiment; a play for television in six parts
Author: KNEALE, Nigel Pages: 191, [1]p.