Quatermass
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Movie Reviews of Quatermass
Movie Review: yawn
Summary: 1 Stars
As a fan of British television & science fiction, I have heard about Quatermass for years, but did not have the chance to see it until I found this set. I was really looking forward to it, but what an incredible disappointment.
This is among the most boring, leaden paced pieces of junk I've ever seen. I could find nothing to recommend here. The script moves at a snail's pace, and the characters themselves seem only mildly interested in what is happening to them.
To be fair, this is a recreation of the original character from the 50s, done in the 70s. Such recreations rarely work well, as Hollywood has repeatedly proven in recent years.
I also consider the marketing of this as a box set a real rip off. The entire four part mini-series is all on disc one. Disc two has the theatrical version, which is just the exact same production, with about a third of the scenes edited out. Why would anyone need or want two copies of the same story. (Even the edited version is still painfully slow and unengaging.) There is also a fair documentary on Stonehenge (tangentally related to the plot). This is the only worthwhile part of the set, but it is just a watch once and never again program.
I honestly can not imagine where the praise for Quatermass comes from. What I saw on these discs was an utterly worthless waste of time and money. For hard-core fans only.
Movie Review: Only for the diehard archivist
Summary: 1 Stars
This was a ghastly, tedious, nihilistic embarrassment. Leaden pace, spotty bad acting, questionable character motivations in many parts. And you have to ask yourself why on earth the (annoying) Planet People would have followed that non-charismatic complete butthead of a leader. Certainly the nadir for the Quatermass series. Perhaps the director does not speak science fiction, but some language alien to it.Movie Review: False Advertising
Summary: 1 Stars
Buyer beware. The flash page intices you with the prospect of receiving The Quatermass Experiment (The Creeping Unknown), 1956 - in addition to the 1979 TV version, Quatermass. Forget about it. Shameful false advertising. Amazon: take down the false advertising. Have you no shame.