X The Unknown
by Leslie Norman
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Actor: Dean Jagger, Edward ChapmanDirector: Leslie Norman
Producer: Anthony Hinds
Writer: Jimmy Sangster
DVD: Region Code 0
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-24
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Movie Reviews of X The Unknown
Movie Review: CLASSIC SCI-FI I HAD TO OWN !
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS IS CLASSIC SCI-FI AT ITS BEST! I WAS PURSUING THIS GREAT TITLE FOR YEARS! THEN IT HIT ME: TRY AMAZON, SILLY ! UNBELIEVABLE, IT WAS OFFERED!ORDERED IT IMMEDIATELY & KEPT AMBUSHING THE POSTMAN UNTIL HE CAME UP THE DRIVE WITH IT! OH, IT WAS MORE THAN I HOPED! I SAW IT WAY BACK IN MY CHILDHOOD & IT MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ME. I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. IT IS SO CURRENT NOW WITH THE DOOM OF EXTINCTION BY MAN. THE BLACK & WHITE IS APPROPRIATE & IT ADDS MEANING. DEAN JAGGAR IS OUTSTANDING AS THE PROFESSOR & SO ARE THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WHICH ARE NOT COMPUTER GENERATED SO FLUENTLY AS TODAY. THEY GO WITH STORY CONTENT & TIE UP ALL THE STRINGS AT THE CONCLUSION. A REAL FIND, THIS: X THE UNKNOWN. TRY IT..YOU WILL LOVE IT!
Summary of X The Unknown
Hammer Studios' attempt to replicate the success of the superior Quatermass films gives us a kinder, gentler hero, the polite and soft-spoken Dr. Royston (played with almost paternal kindness by American Dean Jagger). When the populace of the area surrounding a bottomless fissure in an abandoned quarry is devastated by a rash of lethal radiation burns, Royston tries to convince authorities of the possibility of a life from deep within Earth that has surfaced to feed to a rather skeptical reception. Sure enough, the sludge from 20,000 fathoms is spotted pouring down the road like a self-contained lava flow, headed for the military's own nuclear reactor. Director Leslie Norman can't quite match that taut, wound up quality of his inspirations, The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2, but he creates an inky-black atmosphere with moody night shooting and heaps on the horror with blistery, blotchy burns that culminate in the gooey remains of a man whose flesh is found melting off his skeleton--one of the most startling moments of any Hammer picture. A young Leo McKern can be spotted as a reporter and Anthony Newley is a whining soldier. --Sean AxmakerSimilar DVD Movies
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