The son of an irish whiskey distiller, brian donlevy was 10 months old when his family moved to wisconsin. What are the various quatermass films and the names. The white star line, maker of the titanic, made it because their arch enemy cunard a boat building company like the white star line, launched the lusitania that was huge but still very fast, quite. A film depicting an alien invasion of earth most often, the aliens are not friendly. The 18 best scifi tv shows set in space, ranked indiewire. Also, check out our complete list of scariest space movies.
Science fiction movies v 1957 1969 complete films plus the most complete filmography on you tube. The phantom from 10,000 leagues 1955 full horror movie kent taylor, cathy downs, michael whalen. Complete films, some in parts, some cross over several genres e. Enemy of the states use of gps and satellite camera technology. In england, a group of space scientists, who have developed plans for the first moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly governmentrun, complex of identical design has been built in a remote. Judged with its 50s scifi peers, this isnt a bad movie. I recall seeing it on a charlotte nc station in 1964, and then not again until an hbo run in the aforesaid 80s. When two titles are shown for a single film, the first title is that as released in the uk, the second in the us. It was a common practice in 1950s british scifi to feature an american actor in order. Donlevy reprised the quatermass character in the 1958 sequel, known in the united states as the enemy from space. An interpretation of a 1950s bbc television serial. Professor quatermass runs afoul of invading aliens who have taken over a british industrial complex, who.
Also known as enemy from space, this hammer films production has science fiction, horror, mystery and intrigue. Two futuristic contenders a draconianlouis gossett jr and a human. Equally importantly, the quatermass xperiment was with the exception of the cheesy devil girl from mars 1954 the first british film to venture into the theme of alien invasion that was running riot across the atlantic in the likes of the thing from another world 1951, it came from outer space 1953, the war of the worlds 1953 and. Enemy from space in the united states is a 1957 blackandwhite british science fiction horror film drama from hammer film productions, produced by anthony hinds, directed by val guest, that stars brian donlevy, and costars john longden, sid james, bryan forbes, vera day, and william franklyn. Enemy from space in the united states is a 1957 blackandwhite british science fiction horror film drama from hammer film productions, produced by anthony hinds, directed by val guest, that stars brian donlevy, and costars john longden, sid james, bryan forbes, vera day. These are the known, theatrically released, featurelength films produced or coproduced by hammer productions. Professor quatermass, trying to gather support for his lunar colonisation project, is intrigued. From gerry and sylvia anderson, the legendary masterminds behind thunderbirds, comes the epic scifi series, space. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s. Originally titled quatermass ii, enemy from space was the sequel to the quatermass xperiment us title. Released in the us by united artists as enemy from space, it stopped being shown on television in the 60s and fell into undeserved obscurity. The enemies from space are the main antagonists of the 1957 british horror film quatermass 2. This refers to the july 2019 scream factory bluray release. You have just entered into a vast collection, gathered from all four corners of the earth, which has steadily grown since 1982.
However, soon after i first saw this film, quatermass 2 or enemy from spaceas it was called here in the usa, was pulled from distribution for various legal reasons, and this film was for years impossible to view. We have over 189,000 titles with over 90,000 posters online and crossreferenced with s of articles on all associated topics, s of poster artists, info on all major countries. Based on the british tv serial by nigel kneale who reportedly disliked the finished product, the film stars brian donlevy, repeating the role of professor quatermass. July 30th, 2002 not yet rated 1 hr 24 min plot summary. Even today, most fans do not realize what they are seeing is only a gray shadow of the original brilliant visual feast. Quatermass 2 aka enemy from space in the united states is a 1957 blackandwhite british science fiction horror film from hammer film productions produc quatermass 2 alchetron, the. Enemy from space in the united states and canada is a 1957 blackandwhite british science fiction horror film drama from hammer film productions, produced by anthony hinds, directed by val guest, that stars brian donlevy, and costars john longden, sid james, bryan forbes, vera day, and william franklyn. Quatermass creator nigel kneale disliked donlevys portrayal, referring to donlevy as a former hollywood heavy gone to seed. To start, he uncannily predicts the ravages of enemy air raids in 1940, then maps out. At 15, donlevy ran away from home, hoping to join general pershings purge against mexicos pancho villa.
Enemy from space has been ranked 35 times, wins 49. The incredible evolution of outer space on the big screen. By that time, the enemy from space monicker had been replaced with the british quatermass ii title. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Retitling of film the quatermass experiment the quatermass xperiment the creeping unknown quatermass ii quatermass ii enemy from space quatermass and the pit quatermass and the pit five million years to earth the last, as far as i can tell, invented the concept of uplift that. Quatermass 2 is a sequel to hammers earlier film the quatermass xperiment 1955. This is a look at how outer space in film has changed over the years. This movie, quatermass ii or the enemy from the stars is the best british science fiction movie ever. After having seen quatermass 2, im starting to get convinced that those movies really are a stellar trilogy even though the individual stories arent actually.
Enemy mine is a story projecting an hypothesized future in which mankind has ventured into space. Anchor bay has finally come forward with its dvd of a hammer science fiction film whose reputation has skyrocketed in recent years quatermass 2, the sequel to the quatermass xperiment. Val guest 11 december 1911 10 may 2006 was an english film director and screenwriter. Hammer at this point needed all the help it could get, and donlevy was at least a name american audiences would know if not flock to.
The latter was the second film featuring nigel kneales professor quatermass, and dealt with meteorite landings, the alien takeover of a rural british community. Quatermass and his group flee into a truck and crash through the gate, looking back in time to see the slime. Nonetheless, the film version was a success and donlevy returned for the sequel, quatermass 2 enemy from space in the us, in 1957, also based on a bbc television serial. Call it an implicit preachment, but the film s final view of his cure emerges as an indication of hope that others may be able to kick the monkey off their backs. Quatermass 2 original theatrical trailer 1957 youtube. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. If you like to get search results as rss after search, click on icon at bottom. Five million yearsto earth quatermass and the pit 1967 film. To top it all off, we love that this movie doesnt make space the enemy.
Beginning as a writer and later director of comedy films, he is best known for his work for hammer, for whom he directed 14 films, and science fiction films. Rare movie collector thank you for visiting our website. Best scifi movies 100 mind bending science fiction films time out. Then the film was released from its legal limbo in the mid eighties and i purchased a video copy as soon as it came out. The movie moves quickly, and although the portly quatermass makes some pretty miraculous escapes, by this point in the story your suspension of disbelief should be stretched enough to allow for them. Andrew keir took over for the 1967 quatermass and the pit, called five million years to earth for transatlantic audiences. Quatermass 2 is a 1957 blackandwhite british science fiction horror film drama from hammer. Enemy from space, movie posters, promos and more, quatermass 2. This time, the good professor must contend with a meteor shower which turns out to be a secret. Mars in a television studio, complete with astronauts pretending to land on. Shorter works and television productions are listed separately. In this film an alien spaceship is unearthed during construction work in a london subway.
His tenure below the border was brief, and within a few months he was enrolled in military school. Space is a scary place, as weve seen in countless movies and tv shows but the thrills that come with these stories prove that while the. Enemy from space the enemies from space are microscopic organisms that arrive on earth via hundreds of meteorites, where they take over the bodies of british politicians to survive in earths atmosphere. Is there any genre of film as infinitely creative as scifi. Enemy from space richmond hill a surpringly taut and chilling second entry in hammers film versions with vivid locations and sadly quite believable situations. This outer spaceopera buddy movie deals about earthlings and aliens facing a fierce fight. For a film that i was introduced to around 1965 on television and disappeared.
A dedicated scientist is pitted against an unknown enemy from space when an armed meteor is sent to. Here is our list of the best space movies in the universe. For british audiences, they came from beyond space must have seemed like nothing less than a complete swipe of the plot of quatermass 2 1957 known in the states as enemy from space. Enemy from space 1957 welcome to the lamp movie poster data base the only crossreferenced movie poster research database on the internet.
The first film was the quatermass xperiment 1956, known in the u. The other two are the creeping unknown and enemy from space. I think i prefer the overseas titles for the quatermass films. A nuclear waste dump on the lunar surface unexpectedly detonates, blasting the moon out of earths orbit and taking the inhabitants of moonbase alpha on an unbelievable voyage of discovery and adventure. It wasnt until 1979 that screenwriter nigel kneale managed to get a fourth quatermass story on film. Quatermass 2 released in the united states as enemy from space, the 1957 film from director val guest and written by guest and nigel kneale, is a remake of quatermass ii, a bbc television serial from 1955 written by kneale. The aliens, however, manage to detonate the rocket in space, and some guards, led by marsh, kill brand. Hammer made a film version the quatermass xperiment 1955, known as the creeping unknown in the us, starring brian donlevy and then followed it with quatermass 2 here, known as the enemy from space.
Enemy of the state suggests that ubiquitous surveillance is just the. Back at the site, the other domes collapse and the mountains of slime attack the humans. Quatermass ii, quatermass 2, or enemy from space five stars, and a superb transfer with bonus material. In the united states, the film was released under the title enemy from space. Thus quatermass 2 enemy from space went into release in june, 1957, praised for its moody, lowkey, black and white photography. From alien invasions to epic space battles, get ready for some truly otherworldly encounters.
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