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  1. On this week's Monster Mondays, Geoff takes a look at a sci-fi thriller that became a massive influence for decades to come… Hammer's The Quatermass Xperiment from 1955!

    Listen to the new episode at wp.me/p9Tw3k-1Nn

    #podcast #monstermondays #hammerfilms #sciencefiction #horror #quatermass #50s

  2. @Taweret Alright! Let's do for #Quatermass what we did for Critters! Except, you know, Quatermass is actually good…

    #Monsterdon

  3. I'm having a bathroom fitted, which is noisy chaos, so I've been hiding in the sitting room re-watching #Quatermass And The Pit, with headphones on. I'm sure many have already noticed this but when the missile's glowing, the roundels inside look just like the Tardis interior. #DrWho #DoctorWho

  4. Finished #Quatermass and the Pit.

    On the one hand, the first five episodes are a slow build. At its heart, it’s an archeological mystery. So the cliffhanger for the first few episodes are new discoveries.

    But for 1959 British #TV, the finale is very remarkable. With limited special effects and mostly live performances, they manage to make the scope of the growing disaster feel larger than they could possibly show.

    I can see why this had a profound effect on audiences and future film makers.

  5. In my weird desire to make a set of playmobil doctor who's one of the sticking points has always been the fifth doctor, and I just typed in "playmobil cricket outfit" and got this...

    And all I can think is one of the martians from Quatermass and the Pit survived secretly ... crawled out the back of the dig area and ran away into 1950s London to become a concert pianist.

    #Quatermass

  6. #Quatermass 2 review – Hammer turns up the heat in enjoyable alien invader sequel - theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/ wow, I remember watching this as a child; final monster sequence scared me witless....

  7. #StandingStoneSunday Here’s shot of the assembled masses on an Andy Collins walking tour of #Avebury. Andy is a top man and also expert on all things #neolithic
    This scene reminds me a little of the hippy gatherings at stone circles in the Sir John Mills #Quatermass series if any of you remember that? I’m happy to say no one was harvested during Andy’s tour.

  8. Great talk & book launch by Toby Hadoke at the BFI last night. His new book on TV’s Quatermass Experiment looking like the definitive story behind TV’s first SF classic. Nigel Kneale’s story has influenced so many other creators over the years. #tv #quatermass #books #bfi

  9. Watched both versions of Quatermass II. I definitely prefer the BBC version. The pacing of the movie is weird. The slower pace of the original meant you really learned and gathers evidence along the way. In the movie Quatermass explains a lot of things he couldn’t really know. And Hammer Quatermass does feel more like a detective than a scientist.

    Both are enjoyable watches though.

    #SciFi #Quatermass #Quatermass2 #HammerFilms #HammerHorror #BBC

  10. Quatermass II (BBC) Episode 2

    I definitely can see how Professor Quatermass is a proto Doctor figure. Wandering around investigating and bumping up against authority.

    Hell, this feels a lot like the beginning of the Invasion.

    #SciFi #DoctorWho #Quatermass #Quatermass2

  11. This month has seen the 70th anniversary of The #Quatermass Experiment and the 75th anniversary of #Sooty.

  12. #Supper: #coffee and a #sourdough Danish #pastry. Plus the latest issue of #Hellebore #zine to read. There’s even an article in there looking at TV dramas Children of the Stones, Doctor Who’s Stones of Blood, and Quatermass IV. #zines #folkHorror #folklore #horror #BritishFolklore #BritishTV #scifi #DoctorWho #70sTV #NigelKneale #Quatermass #Occult #HelleboreZine #Pagan

  13. #Blogkino: The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

    Heute sind wir mal wieder elastisch und zeigen im Blogkino eine Reihe von #Horrorfilmen #Gruselfilmen der britischen #Hammer Studios. Den Aufschlag macht "The Quatermass Xperiment ", hierzulande als "Schock" bekannt: Prof. Bernard #Quatermass arbeitet bei der britischen Raumfahrtbehörde. Als das #Raumschiff das er konstruiert hat, zur Erde zurückkehrt, befindet sich nur einer der ursprünglich drei Astronauten an Bord. Bald geht mit dem Überlebenden eine seltsame Veränderung vor. #KREISCH! #WÜRG!

    trueten.de/archives/12598-Blog

  14. Current reading: Slightly Foxed issue Winter 2020 (yes I have a bit of a backlog) and Kim Newman’s short book about Hammer’s Quatermass and the Pit movie.
    #Books #Reading #BooksAboutBooks #NonFiction #Essays #Movies #Films #Horror #HammerHorror #HammerFilms #Hammer #KimNewman #NigelKneale #Quatermass #SlightlyFoxed