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  • Actors: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
  • Directors: Roy Ward Baker
  • Format: Colour, Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Nov 2006
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000HEVTKY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,263 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
Workers renovating the London Underground discover what they at first take to be an unexploded World War II bomb. On closer inspection it turns out to be a great deal more mysterious - a spaceship, millions of years old, bearing the fossilized bodies of dead aliens. Professor Quatermass (Andre Morrell), unconventional science expert, is brought in to bring to light this disturbing discovery, which turns out to have unforeseen effects on the local populace. This disc contains all 6 episodes from the BBC televison series first aired in 1957.

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff!, 27 May 2007
Quatermass finds himself on the scene of an archaeological dig in a London tube station, where a rather unexpected object is found. He soon realises it's a relic from an old colonisation attempt several million years earlier. The invaders are long dead, but a compelling memory still lurks in Hob's Lane...

I first saw this film two decades ago, when I managed to record it off the TV, and soon wore out the video by watching it so often. It's a great example of its genre, and still superb today. The scientists are scientific, the army officer annoying, the plot marvellously constructed, and the effects a strange combination of the superb and the slightly ropey - exactly what you want from a classic sci-fi/Hammer adventure of the sixties. There's not a single scene or pseudo-fact out of place, and no extraneously irrelevant love interest getting in the way either. Even the film loop behind the end-titles is unsettling; to this day I can't decide what sort of ending the film has; "good" has triumphed, but at what cost?

All in all, a great film, and well worth watching. Five stars.

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars We Are the Martians!, 14 Jul 2007
By David Longhorn "Pilot of the Past" (Tyneside, UK) - See all my reviews
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Erich von Daniken, eat your heart out. Nigel Kneale was way ahead of you. In the Fifties he wrote three superb serials (not series), which Hammer filmed. Quatermass and the Pit is the third and best - arguably the best British science fiction movie, so far. Andrew Keir makes a good Quatermass, sharing the credits with James Donald as Dr Roney. As always with old horror/sf, the effects are a bit ropey, but the strength and intelligence of the story carries the viewer along. I agree with those who say the ending is weak and the original TV version was stronger overall. But it was three hours long! Given the constraints of time and budget, this is pretty damn good. It's one of the few genuinely convincing alien invasion movies, presenting it as a fait accompli and leaving it to us to decide exactly what that much-used and abused term 'humanity' really means. It's also an object lesson in storytelling. I still stand (or possibly sit) amazed at how deftly Kneale interweaves Martians, evolution, Cold War militarism and a ghost story. Young trendy media types, please note. (But of course, you won't.)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, 22 Sep 2007
It makes a change to watch a film free of cgi or cliched phrases such 'we've got to get the hell out of here' etc
I love this film and watch it about once a year. The scene in Hobb's lane, when the policeman is telling Quatermass and his assistant about the strange noises and figures, is just excellent, and so spooky.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quatermass & the Pit review by HGM
I first saw this film in the 1970s, at university, and found that some of the dialogue stuck in my memory. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. Hilary G. May

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant film
!!!WARNING-MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!
During excavations of Hob's Lane underground station, a mysterious object is discovered. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic sci-fi at a give away price
Having been scared half to death by this in the 70s when it was on late on New Years Eve (and scared completely some time later by the Stone Tapes) this is something that really... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mist of Time

2.0 out of 5 stars Movie degenerates badly as it progresses
Some pleasing elements to this sci-fi movie but as a movie it isn't that great. The story itself and the poor screenplay is the main culprit. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lou Knee

5.0 out of 5 stars If you do not have this movie, hop to it!
This is a story about Martian hybrids that came to colonize earth five million years ago. One of their ships went off course and ended up in the mud. Read more
Published 11 months ago by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars For my money the best film ever produced by Hammer Studio
Known in the Colonies as "Five Million Years to Earth," this science fiction/horror classic is arguably the best film ever produced by Hammer Studios. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lawrance M. Bernabo

5.0 out of 5 stars Go on...just enjoy it !!!
This is an absolute gem of a film which scores by playing and elaborating on the ordinary and everyday, just like 'The Exorcist'. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Dr. D. W. Frame

4.0 out of 5 stars A vintage slice of British cinema
This film has a bit of a cult following and it's easy to see why. A dig on London Underground system at 'Hobbs End' tube station uncovers strange skeletal remains and then an even... Read more
Published 18 months ago by LXIX

4.0 out of 5 stars Very creepy
I hadn't seen this for a very long time, so to watch it again on a big widescreen TV was a real treat. This is a film that has aged well. Read more
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