Roy Ward Baker's Quatermass and the Pit - the Hammer Film production - was released 58 years ago today.
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Roy Ward Baker's Quatermass and the Pit - the Hammer Film production - was released 58 years ago today.
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
"Quatermass: What Lies Beneath" (transmitted 07/11/79)
In a near future where society teeters on collapse, vast groups of youngsters are being harvested for protein by an alien force. With tens of thousands massed in Wembley Stadium, Professor Quatermass (John Mills) races to help... #horrorfam
In a near future where society teeters on collapse, vast groups of youngsters are being harvested for protein by an alien force. With tens of thousands massed in Wembley Stadium, Professor Quatermass (John Mills) races to help... #horrorfam
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Quatermass: What Lies Beneath" (transmitted 07/11/79)
In a near future where society teeters on collapse, vast groups of youngsters are being harvested for protein by an alien force. With tens of thousands massed in Wembley Stadium, Professor Quatermass (John Mills) races to help... #horrorfam
In a near future where society teeters on collapse, vast groups of youngsters are being harvested for protein by an alien force. With tens of thousands massed in Wembley Stadium, Professor Quatermass (John Mills) races to help... #horrorfam
To celebrate Hammer’s birthday why not enter this competition to win a big stash of Quatermass goodies.
Celebrate Hammer’s birthday with a chance to win a Quatermass bundle
Enter now to win the ultimate Quatermass Bundle.
hammerfilms.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
To celebrate Hammer’s birthday why not enter this competition to win a big stash of Quatermass goodies.
Penguin Books are always a joy. Here are my 1960 editions of 'Quatermass II' and 'Quatermass And The Pit' teleplays. Both absolute classics, but I don't need to tell anyone that. The cover designs are by Nigel Kneale's brother Bryan. The first had a plain cover.
#PenguinBooks #BookChatWeekly #scifi
#PenguinBooks #BookChatWeekly #scifi
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Penguin Books are always a joy. Here are my 1960 editions of 'Quatermass II' and 'Quatermass And The Pit' teleplays. Both absolute classics, but I don't need to tell anyone that. The cover designs are by Nigel Kneale's brother Bryan. The first had a plain cover.
#PenguinBooks #BookChatWeekly #scifi
#PenguinBooks #BookChatWeekly #scifi
To celebrate their birthday, Hammer Films are giving away a generous Quatermass bundle - both of the recent 4K collector’s edition box-sets, plus a t-shirt and a poster.
Enter now, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
hammerfilms.com/pages/celebr...
Enter now, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
hammerfilms.com/pages/celebr...
Celebrate Hammer’s birthday with a chance to win a Quatermass bundle
Enter now to win the ultimate Quatermass Bundle.
hammerfilms.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
To celebrate their birthday, Hammer Films are giving away a generous Quatermass bundle - both of the recent 4K collector’s edition box-sets, plus a t-shirt and a poster.
Enter now, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
hammerfilms.com/pages/celebr...
Enter now, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
hammerfilms.com/pages/celebr...
I’d like to take a moment to appreciate how Quatermass unconvincingly drinking coffee gets a dramatic musical sting…
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’d like to take a moment to appreciate how Quatermass unconvincingly drinking coffee gets a dramatic musical sting…
#LetterboxdFriday
Hellraiser (2022)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Navajo Joe (1966)
Not many this week, still one hanging around from last week! In November I will mostly be watching horror & Euro westerns
#FilmSky
#LastFourWatched
Hellraiser (2022)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Navajo Joe (1966)
Not many this week, still one hanging around from last week! In November I will mostly be watching horror & Euro westerns
#FilmSky
#LastFourWatched
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#LetterboxdFriday
Hellraiser (2022)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Navajo Joe (1966)
Not many this week, still one hanging around from last week! In November I will mostly be watching horror & Euro westerns
#FilmSky
#LastFourWatched
Hellraiser (2022)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Navajo Joe (1966)
Not many this week, still one hanging around from last week! In November I will mostly be watching horror & Euro westerns
#FilmSky
#LastFourWatched
"8. Quatermass Collection - Limited Edition Box Set, spanning from 1953 to 1979, also costs £225."
A set I'm sure many Brits will have casually sat on their shelves, tucked between Friends and Breaking Bad.
At least they would if such a box set ACTUALLY EXISTED. Starting to think AI wrote this.
A set I'm sure many Brits will have casually sat on their shelves, tucked between Friends and Breaking Bad.
At least they would if such a box set ACTUALLY EXISTED. Starting to think AI wrote this.
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"8. Quatermass Collection - Limited Edition Box Set, spanning from 1953 to 1979, also costs £225."
A set I'm sure many Brits will have casually sat on their shelves, tucked between Friends and Breaking Bad.
At least they would if such a box set ACTUALLY EXISTED. Starting to think AI wrote this.
A set I'm sure many Brits will have casually sat on their shelves, tucked between Friends and Breaking Bad.
At least they would if such a box set ACTUALLY EXISTED. Starting to think AI wrote this.
I've had a sufficiently bad day that I'm rewatching Quatermass and the Pit.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I've had a sufficiently bad day that I'm rewatching Quatermass and the Pit.
QUATERMASS
MM DEC 1969
+ BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWLa...
@noiseresearch.bsky.social @timtony.bsky.social @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social @railwaysiding77.bsky.social
MM DEC 1969
+ BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWLa...
@noiseresearch.bsky.social @timtony.bsky.social @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social @railwaysiding77.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
QUATERMASS
MM DEC 1969
+ BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWLa...
@noiseresearch.bsky.social @timtony.bsky.social @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social @railwaysiding77.bsky.social
MM DEC 1969
+ BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWLa...
@noiseresearch.bsky.social @timtony.bsky.social @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social @railwaysiding77.bsky.social
Oh dear….
I blame @bunnydarke.bsky.social and @eofftv.bsky.social for the massive dent in my wages this month.
But bloody hell, these sets from @hammerfilms.bsky.social are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see the 4K restorations and blast the volume tonight after work.
I blame @bunnydarke.bsky.social and @eofftv.bsky.social for the massive dent in my wages this month.
But bloody hell, these sets from @hammerfilms.bsky.social are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see the 4K restorations and blast the volume tonight after work.
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Oh dear….
I blame @bunnydarke.bsky.social and @eofftv.bsky.social for the massive dent in my wages this month.
But bloody hell, these sets from @hammerfilms.bsky.social are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see the 4K restorations and blast the volume tonight after work.
I blame @bunnydarke.bsky.social and @eofftv.bsky.social for the massive dent in my wages this month.
But bloody hell, these sets from @hammerfilms.bsky.social are gorgeous. Can’t wait to see the 4K restorations and blast the volume tonight after work.
Based on recommendations I bought Object Z. I’d never even heard of it until the BFI announced it was coming out.
More Junior A for Andromeda than Quatermass Experiment but very enjoyable and quite mature for a children’s drama
More Junior A for Andromeda than Quatermass Experiment but very enjoyable and quite mature for a children’s drama
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Based on recommendations I bought Object Z. I’d never even heard of it until the BFI announced it was coming out.
More Junior A for Andromeda than Quatermass Experiment but very enjoyable and quite mature for a children’s drama
More Junior A for Andromeda than Quatermass Experiment but very enjoyable and quite mature for a children’s drama
Just look at this beauty.
It had to be alien enough to convince but mundane enough to be mistaken for an unexploded bomb early in the plot.
It had to be alien enough to convince but mundane enough to be mistaken for an unexploded bomb early in the plot.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just look at this beauty.
It had to be alien enough to convince but mundane enough to be mistaken for an unexploded bomb early in the plot.
It had to be alien enough to convince but mundane enough to be mistaken for an unexploded bomb early in the plot.
"THIS IS THE RIM OF HELL...
WHERE NO ONE LIVING CAN STAY ALIVE..."
Theatrical trailer for Hammer's "X The Unknown" (released 05/11/56).
Originally intended to be a third "Quatermass" movie... a giant natural horror emerges from the depths to unleash radioactive death... #horrorfam #horror
WHERE NO ONE LIVING CAN STAY ALIVE..."
Theatrical trailer for Hammer's "X The Unknown" (released 05/11/56).
Originally intended to be a third "Quatermass" movie... a giant natural horror emerges from the depths to unleash radioactive death... #horrorfam #horror
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"THIS IS THE RIM OF HELL...
WHERE NO ONE LIVING CAN STAY ALIVE..."
Theatrical trailer for Hammer's "X The Unknown" (released 05/11/56).
Originally intended to be a third "Quatermass" movie... a giant natural horror emerges from the depths to unleash radioactive death... #horrorfam #horror
WHERE NO ONE LIVING CAN STAY ALIVE..."
Theatrical trailer for Hammer's "X The Unknown" (released 05/11/56).
Originally intended to be a third "Quatermass" movie... a giant natural horror emerges from the depths to unleash radioactive death... #horrorfam #horror
Tonight's film. Another Hammer classic. Quatermass and the Pit
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tonight's film. Another Hammer classic. Quatermass and the Pit
My copy of The Quatermass Experiment arrived yesterday, and so far it's a great and fascinating read. So much that I never knew about Kneale, the series, etc. Definitely worth getting hold of.
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My copy of The Quatermass Experiment arrived yesterday, and so far it's a great and fascinating read. So much that I never knew about Kneale, the series, etc. Definitely worth getting hold of.
Quatermass followup!
Unboxing! Nerd stuff! Thanks @markslater.bsky.social !
#bookcollector #quatermass #scifi #readingisfundamental #unboxing #nerd
Unboxing! Nerd stuff! Thanks @markslater.bsky.social !
#bookcollector #quatermass #scifi #readingisfundamental #unboxing #nerd
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Quatermass followup!
Unboxing! Nerd stuff! Thanks @markslater.bsky.social !
#bookcollector #quatermass #scifi #readingisfundamental #unboxing #nerd
Unboxing! Nerd stuff! Thanks @markslater.bsky.social !
#bookcollector #quatermass #scifi #readingisfundamental #unboxing #nerd
Went the day well, the magnet & the Quatermass eXperiment - i want the thora hird parts to be the same character processing the trauma of fighting off a naxi invasion
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Went the day well, the magnet & the Quatermass eXperiment - i want the thora hird parts to be the same character processing the trauma of fighting off a naxi invasion
In the latest episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin and I cover the superb QUATERMASS 2 from 1957 ☄️ Giant blob monsters! Alien possession! Nobel self sacrifice! This one's got it all.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In the latest episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin and I cover the superb QUATERMASS 2 from 1957 ☄️ Giant blob monsters! Alien possession! Nobel self sacrifice! This one's got it all.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Watching QUATERMASS, I've only just realised that Kneale would have known #SimonMacorkindale from the BABY episode of BEASTS, and @andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social 's book shows that Macorkindale's character was written as a twat, so did Kneale intend Kapp to be a hysterical twat too?
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Watching QUATERMASS, I've only just realised that Kneale would have known #SimonMacorkindale from the BABY episode of BEASTS, and @andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social 's book shows that Macorkindale's character was written as a twat, so did Kneale intend Kapp to be a hysterical twat too?
If you're stuck for a film this Halloween, Hammer's YouTube channel will be live streaming their 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 this evening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
Quatermass 2 Halloween 4K Screening + Nigel Kneale Documentary
YouTube video by Hammer
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you're stuck for a film this Halloween, Hammer's YouTube channel will be live streaming their 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 this evening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
Youtube 🎲 The Quatermass Xperiment 🎲
#BMovieManiacs
#BMovieManiacs
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Youtube 🎲 The Quatermass Xperiment 🎲
#BMovieManiacs
#BMovieManiacs
#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #FilmSky
A Q2 rewatch, courtesy of Hammer's 4k stream (very nice), Abbott & Costello not meeting Frankenstein, Hammer's seminal Cushing/Lee pairing and three consecutive watches of Jacques Tourneur's classic M.R. James inspired horror...
A Q2 rewatch, courtesy of Hammer's 4k stream (very nice), Abbott & Costello not meeting Frankenstein, Hammer's seminal Cushing/Lee pairing and three consecutive watches of Jacques Tourneur's classic M.R. James inspired horror...
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #FilmSky
A Q2 rewatch, courtesy of Hammer's 4k stream (very nice), Abbott & Costello not meeting Frankenstein, Hammer's seminal Cushing/Lee pairing and three consecutive watches of Jacques Tourneur's classic M.R. James inspired horror...
A Q2 rewatch, courtesy of Hammer's 4k stream (very nice), Abbott & Costello not meeting Frankenstein, Hammer's seminal Cushing/Lee pairing and three consecutive watches of Jacques Tourneur's classic M.R. James inspired horror...