X the Unknown

"It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!"

May 1 1957 Approved 1h 21m
Horror, Sci-Fi

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

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Plot

British Army radiation drills at a remote Scottish base attract a subterranean, radioactive entity of unknown nature that vanishes, leaving two severely radiation-burned soldiers... and a "bottomless" crack in the earth. Others who meet the thing in the night suffer likewise, and with increasing severity; it seems to be able to "absorb" radiation from any source, growing bigger and bigger. What is it?? How do you destroy a thing that "feeds" on energy?

Written by

Jimmy Sangster

Directed by

Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey

Cast

Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
X The Unknown / Original Theatrical Trailer (1956)
Featurettes
Joe Dante on X - THE UNKNOWN
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# of Votes
3,434
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
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