Quatermass and the Pit Movie Review

Starring: Andrew Kier, Barbara Shelley, James Donald, Julian Glover

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"Set in 1960's London. An extension being dug for a subway uncovers what seems at first to be an unexploded WW2 German bomb. The Army is brought in to defuse it but find that it isn't a bomb but what appears to be a sort of small spaceship. All attempts to examine it draw a blank until an accident triggers a change in the ship and a number of rapidly decomposing bodies of what look like locust appear. Strange things start happening and this leads to the climax of the story. This is one of the better movies from the Hammer Studios in England. The story (by Nigel Kneale) is intelligent and paced very well. Largely based on the 1950's TV show of the same name."
Ian Jones, Resident Quatermass (UK) Scholar

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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 80%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%

Invasion from human defender POV? - subtle invasion (body snatching, mind control, look-alikes)
War and Invasion Yes
Horror film? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 40's-50's
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - telekinesis - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%

Setting
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - fearful
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Subtitles? - No
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X - exotic spaceships - exotic aliens - exotic alien landscape

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