Quatermass 2 (1957)
1957 · Feature film · 85 min · dir. Val Guest
A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!
- Science Fiction
- Horror
Synopsis
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Val Guest
- Writer
- Nigel Kneale
- Composer
- James Bernard
- Cinematography
- Gerald Gibbs
- Studio
- Hammer Film Productions
- Released
- 1957-06-17
- Series
- Quatermass (Hammer) Collection
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Val Guest
- sci-fi
- Hammer Films
Cast & crew
Val Guest Director
Brian Donlevy
John Longden
William Franklyn
Bryan Forbes
Charles Lloyd Pack- Tom Chatto
John Van Eyssen
Sidney James
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · SOLID SEQUEL, UNIQUE CONCEPT · MichaelHousel · 2025-05-28
QUATERMASS 2 (ENEMY FROM SPACE) is a solid, Hammer sequel from Val Guest and Nigel Kneale. Brian Dunlevy reprises his Quatermass role, continuing his surly but effective slant. The new, infectious conundrum (commenced with “meteorites” and then ghastly marks on the faces of those who find them) gives the plot a palpable, sky-is-falling ambiance in the style of Robert Wise/Michael Crichton’s THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN and George A. Romero/Paul McCollough’s THE CRAZIES. Also, a strange village and a curious center that reputedly produces synthetic food create an offbeat concept one might find in an…