This is a back and white sci-fi/horror film made in 1955. It was directed by Val Guest and the cast includes Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner and Richard Wordsworth.
Professor Bernard Quatermass was involved in an experimental rocket flight into space. The rocket crashed but only one out of three astronauts survived. The disappearance of the other two astronauts is the reason there are mysterious jelly on board. The surviving astronaut becomes ill and his flesh changes. Sometimes a cactus is all it would take for something to go terribly wrong. The film is moody, fun and tense with scary scenes.
This film was based on a BBC television series of the same title. This particular movie was made by Hammer Film Productions The special effects for the monster was really that gruesome as it was made up of bovine innards! During the 50's this film was so terrifying that someone died of fright at the cinema, which was then mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records. The little girl playing with her doll in a short scene where she meets the sick astronaut, is Jane Asher, who would become the girlfriend of Paul McCartney.
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