# The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

> A rocket survivor’s grotesque transformation unleashes an extraterrestrial threat across postwar London, forcing a scientist and a police inspector into a desperate monster hunt.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14529

## Facts

- Runtime: 82 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Director: Val Guest
- Cast: Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, David King-Wood, Jack Warner, Margia Dean, Maurice Kaufmann, John Wynn, Harold Lang
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049646/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, visceral, classic horror night, 1950s science fiction marathon

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- [The Blob (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/4247)
- [The Crawling Eye (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/28040)
- [The Abominable Snowman (1957)](https://ember.film/movie/23871)
- [Quatermass 2 (1957)](https://ember.film/movie/15653)
- [Village of the Damned (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/6690)
- [The Day of the Triffids (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/12726)
- [Invaders from Mars (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/12318)
- [Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)](https://ember.film/movie/10913)

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