Quatermass And The Pit (DVD)


Workers excavating at an underground station in London discover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what appears to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass.

When the interior of the "missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like creature is discovered. It is determined by Quartermass that these "locusts" are in fact Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors in order to eventually lay claim to the Earth. But when the scientists realise their power to release the latent evil in human beings may just have been lying dormant, it may already be too late...

With a story originally screened by BBC television in 1958, Quartermass and the Pit was the final entry in the original trilogy of Quartermass stories by legendary writer Nigel Kneale. The film represents the directorial debut of acclaimed director Roy Ward Baker and is one of Hammer's most polished and thought provoking films.


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Workers excavating at an underground station in London discover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what appears to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass.

When the interior of the "missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like creature is discovered. It is determined by Quartermass that these "locusts" are in fact Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors in order to eventually lay claim to the Earth. But when the scientists realise their power to release the latent evil in human beings may just have been lying dormant, it may already be too late...

With a story originally screened by BBC television in 1958, Quartermass and the Pit was the final entry in the original trilogy of Quartermass stories by legendary writer Nigel Kneale. The film represents the directorial debut of acclaimed director Roy Ward Baker and is one of Hammer's most polished and thought provoking films.

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General

Studio

Optimum

Series

The Hammer Collection

Release date

November 2006

Availability

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Movie released

1967

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Dimensions

192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

DVD

Running time

1 hour, 33 minutes

Region encoding

Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players. Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.

Audio format

Dolby Digital Mono

Video format

Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)

Languages

value

Age restriction

12 V

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LSN

XLL-1G2-8PE-7



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