Comments on: Movies Seen Recently: Frankenstein Created Woman, Five Million Years to Earth, Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold https://nathanshumate.com/movies-seen-recently-frankenstein-created-woman-five-million-years-to-earth-joseph-smith-plates-of-gold/ I make things, and I make things up. Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Naaman Brown https://nathanshumate.com/movies-seen-recently-frankenstein-created-woman-five-million-years-to-earth-joseph-smith-plates-of-gold/#comment-794 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:10:49 +0000 http://nathanshumate.com/?p=2192#comment-794 I believe I saw this on a military base theater under its US title, then realized it was based on the BBC TV serial I read about in “Famous Monsters of Filmland”. And, yes, this movie gave off a Lovecraftian vibe better than some movies allegedly based on Lovecraft stories.

Screenwriter Nigel Kneale made scientist Bernard Quatermass an iconic figure in three classic BBC TV serials 1953-1958.
I think the way the films were released in the US hurt the chances of developing a Quatermass fandom in the US.
The Hammer Films included:
The Quatermass Xperiment 1955 (US title: The Creeping Unknown)
Quatermass 2 1957 (US title: Enemy From Space)
Quatermass and the Pit 1967 (US title: Five Million Years to Earth)

Side note: Hammer had Jimmy Sangster write a follow up to Xperiment called X the Unknown 1956. Kneale objected so the scientist hero was re-named Royston (Quatermass was a rocket scientist, Royston was a nuclear engineer.)

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