Scream Factory: Two Quatermass Films Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeScream Factory: Two Quatermass Films Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted June 18, 2019 04:48 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Quatermass 2 (1957). The two releases will be available for purchase on July 30.
Quatermass and the Pit
Synopsis: Hobbs End, Knightsbridge, London. While working on a new subway tunnel for the London Underground, a group of construction workers uncover a strangely shaped skull. Nearby, another discovery: a large, mysterious and impenetrable metal object. Initially mistaken for an unexploded bomb, the object and its strange power turn out to be far more horrific than anybody could have possibly imagined. Is it of this earth? Could it be the ancestral link to mankind's evolution? Or could it be an ancient link to the unleashing of the ultimate evil? There's only one man capable of unravelling the clues, and his name is Professor Bernard Quatermass (Andrew Keir), a man of science who thrives on the dark mysteries of the world ...
Written by legendary screenwriter Nigel Kneale, Quatermass And The Pit is a seminal British sci-fi classic. For its U.S. release by 20th Century Fox, the film was retitled Five Million Years To Earth.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Professor Quatermass returns in this sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment!
Quatermass 2 is the second and most talked about of the three science fiction stories written by Nigel Kneale and based on his critically acclaimed 1955 BBC series.
Professor Quatermass, played by Hollywood veteran Brian Donlevy reprising his role from The Quatermass Xperiment, is Britain's most clever scientist. Investigating a series of bizarre incidents that have been reported from a deserted area, he finds a group of soldiers and government officials that appear to be controlled by aliens from another world. When a close friend is brutally murdered by these beings, Quatermass leads a mob of local workers to a showdown with the extraterrestrials. The film was retitled Enemy From Space for its U.S. theatrical release.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Quatermass and the Pit
Synopsis: Hobbs End, Knightsbridge, London. While working on a new subway tunnel for the London Underground, a group of construction workers uncover a strangely shaped skull. Nearby, another discovery: a large, mysterious and impenetrable metal object. Initially mistaken for an unexploded bomb, the object and its strange power turn out to be far more horrific than anybody could have possibly imagined. Is it of this earth? Could it be the ancestral link to mankind's evolution? Or could it be an ancient link to the unleashing of the ultimate evil? There's only one man capable of unravelling the clues, and his name is Professor Bernard Quatermass (Andrew Keir), a man of science who thrives on the dark mysteries of the world ...
Written by legendary screenwriter Nigel Kneale, Quatermass And The Pit is a seminal British sci-fi classic. For its U.S. release by 20th Century Fox, the film was retitled Five Million Years To Earth.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW audio commentary with film historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck
- NEW audio commentary with filmmaker Constantine Nasr and author/film historian Steve Haberman
- NEW interview with actor Hugh Futcher
- NEW interview with Academy Award®-winning special effects artist Brian Johnson (Alien)
- NEW interview with clapper loader Trevor Coop
- NEW interview with focus puller Bob Jordan
- Interview with author Judith Kerr
- Interview with actor Julian Glover
- Interview with actor/writer Mark Gatiss
- Interview with filmmaker Joe Dante
- Interview with author/film historian Kim Newman
- Interview with author/Hammer Film historian Marcus Hearn
- Audio Commentary with director Roy Ward Baker and writer Nigel Kneale
- World of Hammer – Sci-Fi
- Theatrical Trailers
- TV Spots
- Alternate U.S. Credits
- Still Gallery
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Synopsis: Professor Quatermass returns in this sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment!
Quatermass 2 is the second and most talked about of the three science fiction stories written by Nigel Kneale and based on his critically acclaimed 1955 BBC series.
Professor Quatermass, played by Hollywood veteran Brian Donlevy reprising his role from The Quatermass Xperiment, is Britain's most clever scientist. Investigating a series of bizarre incidents that have been reported from a deserted area, he finds a group of soldiers and government officials that appear to be controlled by aliens from another world. When a close friend is brutally murdered by these beings, Quatermass leads a mob of local workers to a showdown with the extraterrestrials. The film was retitled Enemy From Space for its U.S. theatrical release.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER struck from a pristine archival film print
- NEW audio commentary with filmmaker/film historian Ted Newsom
- NEW audio commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman and filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr
- NEW interview with Academy Award-winning special effects artist Brian Johnson (Alien)
- NEW interview with assistant director Hugh Harlow
- Vintage interview with director Val Guest
- Audio Commentary with director Val Guest and writer Nigel Kneale
- World of Hammer – Sci-Fi
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer – ENEMY OF SPACE
- Still Gallery
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
