 20thmaine  | 04 Jul 2025 9:37 a.m. PST |
Prompted by the new restored version of the imaginatively entitled Quatermass2, which of the three Quatermass films do you think is the best? Just the films, not the TV series that both predated and postdated them. The Quatermass Xperiment YouTube link Quatermass2 YouTube link Quatermass and the Pit YouTube link Och, away with you, I prefer the original TV series You can na' tell me what to do, for I prefer the 1980s TV series and be damned to ye! No opinion |
| Royston Papworth | 04 Jul 2025 9:45 a.m. PST |
The Pit.
I remember watching it as a kid on holiday… |
| 20thmaine | 04 Jul 2025 9:52 a.m. PST |
That is, of course, the correct answer  |
 Herkybird | 04 Jul 2025 9:55 a.m. PST |
Quatermass and the Pit is totally iconic, it gave me nightmares as a child!!! |
 miniMo | 04 Jul 2025 10:24 a.m. PST |
Umm, towards a more complete listing: TV:
The Quatermass Experiment (TV 1953)
Quatermass II (TV 1955)
Quatermass and the Pit (TV 1958–59)
Quatermass (TV 1979)
The Quatermass Experiment (TV 2005, live broadcast remake of 1953) TV, darn good Quatermass adjacent:
(written by Nigel Kneale, original Quatermass writer)
The Stone Tape (TV 1972)
YouTube link Film:
The Quatermass Experiment (1955)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979 recut of the TV series)
Radio, fie on video:
The Quatermass Memoirs (Radio 1996) |
| 20thmaine | 04 Jul 2025 10:45 a.m. PST |
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 04 Jul 2025 11:04 a.m. PST |
The Pit (released here in the US as "5 Million Years To Earth"). What great SF should be--mind opening to new perspectives and possibilities. The line that has never left me since I first saw it in the 60's: "As much as anyone now, WE are the Martians!" TVAG |
| miniMo | 04 Jul 2025 12:37 p.m. PST |
20th, well Pit is going to win. The interesting question is what comes in second.
Prepoll discussions are often a wealth of finding out additional information and suggestions on the topic at hand.
For anyone who likes anything Quatermass, trust me, you will enjoy The Stone Tape. Kneale hit it out of the park. |
| 20thmaine | 04 Jul 2025 1:07 p.m. PST |
Hey miniMo – I'm only pulling your leg. Nigel Kneale is one of the forgotten heroes of British SF/F drama -Stone Tape may be his greatest creation, it's a term that has really entered the mainstream of popular culture. And, when it next turns up on Radio4Extra, try the 2018 radio adaptation of 'The Road'. Powerful stuff – sadly I've never seen the TV version  |
| Demosthenes Of Athens | 04 Jul 2025 7:08 p.m. PST |
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) |
| Shagnasty | 05 Jul 2025 8:00 a.m. PST |
"The Pit" going away although I liked the one where the astronaut turned into a monster at Westminster Abbey. |
| The Virtual Armchair General | 05 Jul 2025 11:09 a.m. PST |
Since the point is well taken that it's really going to be what the second most popular of the films is, I'll start by saying the first, "The Creeping Unknown" (or, at least as I know it from the Stateside release). TVAG |
 John the OFM | 05 Jul 2025 6:37 p.m. PST |
I've … never heard of any of them. 🤷 |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 05 Jul 2025 6:54 p.m. PST |
The big three movies have been in my queue for some time. Thanks for listing all of the other productions so conveniently for me! |
| TimePortal | 06 Jul 2025 10:50 a.m. PST |
I also have never heard of them. |
| forrester | 07 Jul 2025 2:46 a.m. PST |
They are in some ways prototypes for Doctor Who-particularly the Third Doctor and UNIT |
| Stoppage | 07 Jul 2025 9:28 a.m. PST |
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| Col Durnford | 07 Jul 2025 1:33 p.m. PST |
For those who have not seen them, start with the Pit. It's probably the best and will give you the tone of the others. |
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