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The Quatermass Xperiment 78 minutes, UK (1955), PG
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An astronaut turns into a giant cactus monster in Val Guest's classic sci-fi thriller, based on the BBC TV serial by Nigel Kneale. The film that built the reputation of Hammer Films

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The Quatermass Xperiment: In the first of the Hammer Horrors, a spaceship crashes to earth in the English countryside, containing a mute, catatonic astronaut Victor Carroon (Wordsworth) - and no sign of the other two pilots except some traces of gloop. It transpires Carroon has been infected by an alien parasite, responsible for the deaths of his fellow crew...
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