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Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

Science Fiction · Horror · 1967

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Movie details

Quatermass and the Pit

“World in panic! Cities in flames!”

1967 Science Fiction · Horror 1h 37m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Quatermass and the Pit?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Written by

Nigel Kneale

Andrew Keir

Andrew Keir

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

James Donald

James Donald

Dr. Mathew Roney

Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

Barbara Judd

Julian Glover

Julian Glover

Colonel Breen

Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall

Captain Potter

M

Maurice Good

Sergeant Cleghorn

Duncan Lamont

Duncan Lamont

Sladden

Court is in session

Put Quatermass and the Pit on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.