Quatermass 2 (1957)
- Directed by
- Val Guest
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, alien invasion
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 147 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A professor investigates reports of falling meteorites and finds a secret government facility that is part of an alien conspiracy. He races to stop the takeover of the British government.
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What happens
Quatermass 2 (stylized as Quatermass II, released as Enemy From Space in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions. It is directed and co-written by Val Guest, produced by Anthony Hinds, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars John Longden, Sid James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn. It is a sequel to Hammer's earlier film The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). Like its predecessor, it is based on the BBC Television serial Quatermass II written by Nigel Kneale. Donlevy reprises his role as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass, making him the only actor to play the character twice onscreen. The film's story concerns Quatermass's investigation of reports of hundreds of meteorites landing only in the Winnerden Flats area of the UK. His inquiries lead him to a huge industrial complex, strikingly similar to his own plans for a Moon colony. This top-secret facility is in fact the centre of a conspiracy involving the alien infiltration of the highest echelons of the British Government. Quatermass and his allies must now do whatever is necessary to defeat the alien threat before it is too late. The film was released in the United Kingdom on June 17, 1957. Like its predecessor, it was a commercial success, although it was largely overshadowed by the success of Hammer's own The Curse of Frankenstein. A sequel, Quatermass and the Pit, followed in 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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