Quatermass 2

"A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!"

Sep 1 1957 Approved 1h 25m
Horror, Sci-Fi

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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Plot

Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for Moon colonisation his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar - meteorites crashing down?. Following them to the place where they should be landing he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth... Second in Hammer Films' trio of screen versions for Nigel Kneale's classic 1950s BBC serials, with the same director and star as 1955's "The Quatermass Experiment".

Written by

Nigel Kneale, Val Guest

Directed by

Val Guest

Cast

Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Quatermass 2 / Original Theatrical Trailer (1957)
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