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Quatermass And The Pit 97 minutes, UK (1967), 18
(3.5)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
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Quatermass And The Pit

Hammer film based on influential BBC TV series (50s precursor to 'The X-Files' and 'Dr Who'). Inventive and genuinely chilling, it sees the titular professor investigating an ancient, other-worldly horror unearthed in the London Underground

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Quatermass And The Pit: First of the film franchise spun off from the TV show, and it's also the best of the 11-year-long series (which ended with 1979's Quatermass Conclusion). Nigel Kneale's key creation really had some longevity, and it's easy to see why from this provocative and compelling vintage British horror/sci-fi film...
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