This was scheduled to come out in May and then was pushed back until July and because of my current health situation and other personal issues I couldn't get my hands on it until October, but it's well worth the wait.
Brian Donlevy stars as Professor Quatermass in this second film after "The Quatermass Xperiment" made just 2 years earlier. It was retitled "Enemy From Space" for the US market.
In this outing the Professor stumbles upon aliens who are trying to invade Earth in a most unusual way. They arrive on Earth and take over humans in order to build a secret plant, where they are feeding monster hundreds of feet high which are kept in huge steel domes. These monster will be used to destroy the world and make way for the invaders.
There is plenty of suspense as Quatermass tries to get the Government to investigate, but finds that the aliens have already taken over many key positions in local and federal government levels.
He finally succeeds in getting the human workers at the plant to believe him about what is going on and that is when the fun really kicks in as the humans fight to keep the aliens at bay and then destroy them.
This is top notch science fiction entertainment that nobody who is a fan should miss. Shout used the last surviving film print for this release and it looks pretty sharp, but as usual I have read a lot of complaining from people. Don't listen to all that negative crap. This is a great presentation.
The disc had a lot of extras including an interview with director Val Guest, trailers and much more. This is easily a top release for the year and again, in my opinion, one of the best films of it's kind ever made.
The rest of the cast includes John Longdon as Lomax, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, Tom Chatto and the always beautiful Vera Day. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! A Halloween treat for sure.
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