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6.1/10
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A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
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- TriviaThe film was originally intended to have been a sequel to another Hammer success, The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), but creator Nigel Kneale vetoed the use of his character(s) by another writer - hence Prof. Bernard Quatermass swiftly became Dr. Adam Royston.
- GoofsLansing watches the stick sinking in a pool of liquid, but in a later long shot the stick in seen firmly standing in dry ground.
- Quotes
Major Cartwright: You know this Royston chap - brilliant, of course, I'm sure - but the trouble with some of these scientific types is they can't see the easy way out of anything. It's got to be complicated if it's going to work.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: X the Unknown (1979)
- SoundtracksSerenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
(uncredited)
Written by Antonín Dvorák
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And I love it because...
I love it due to the mercifully unmusical appearance of Anthony Newley - yes, *that* Anthony Newley. Appearing as L. Cpl. 'Spider' Webb, he disappears midway through the film without singing a note.
I too saw this as a youngster and had the crap scared out of me by the blob monster and the radiation induced deaths. As a former technician who used to work with isotopes and x-ray machines (non-destructive testing), it took a few years to get over my fear of working with radioactive substances.
One of the best of the early sci-fi pics - right up there with the Quartermass trilogy. Definitely worth the time and a bowl of popcorn!
I too saw this as a youngster and had the crap scared out of me by the blob monster and the radiation induced deaths. As a former technician who used to work with isotopes and x-ray machines (non-destructive testing), it took a few years to get over my fear of working with radioactive substances.
One of the best of the early sci-fi pics - right up there with the Quartermass trilogy. Definitely worth the time and a bowl of popcorn!
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- May 26, 2002
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- Budget
- $60,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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