QUATERMASS 2 (1957)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 (Beau Geste, The Glass Key) 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. Directed by Val Guest (The Day the Earth Caught Fire) and produced by Anthony Hinds (The Curse of Frankenstein), QUATERMASS 2 was retitled Enemy From Space for its U.S. theatrical release.
Written by legendary screenwriter Nigel Kneale, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1967) stars Andrew Keir (Cleopatra), James Donald (The Great Escape), Barbara Shelley (Village of the Damned), and Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). The film is directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember) and produced by Anthony Nelson Keys (The Plague of the Zombies). For its U.S. theatrical release, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT was re-titled Five Million Years to Earth.
QUATERMASS 2 Blu-ray
Special Features:
- NEW 2K scan of 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
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT Blu-ray
Special Features:
- 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