You can’t escape it! Nothing can destroy it!
Film Synopsis
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) follows Professor Bernard Quatermass as he investigates the crash of an experimental rocket that leaves its sole surviving astronaut disturbingly changed. As the man mutates and becomes increasingly dangerous, Quatermass races to understand the extraterrestrial contamination before it spreads uncontrollably. This British sci-fi horror blends Cold War anxiety, scientific dread, and creeping body horror in a stark tale of alien intrusion.
The Quatermass Xperiment 4K UHD, Blu-ray & DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Hammer Films BD-ALL 4K/UK 2025 | Kino BD-A/US 2023 | Kino BD-A/US 2014 | Anolis BD-B/DE 2016 | Shock BD-B/AU 2013 | MGM DVD-R-0/US 2011 | DD Video DVD-2 PAL/UK/OOP 2003 |
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| Audio Commentary by Dr. Steve Haberman and Constantine Nasr | |||||||
| Audio Commentary by Stephen R. Bissette | |||||||
| Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Val Guest, Moderated by Marcus Hearn | |||||||
| Audio Commentary by Dr. Rolf Giesen | |||||||
| Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani | |||||||
| Audio Commentary by Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray and Wayne Kinsey | |||||||
| The Legend of Nigel Kneale: The Creeping Unknown | |||||||
| A Creeping Xperiment - Versions Comparison | |||||||
| Exhuming “The Quatermass Xperiment” | |||||||
| Monstrous! - Stephen R. Bissette on Makeup Artist Phil Leakey | |||||||
| Unstoppable: Unleashing “The Quatermass Xperiment” | |||||||
| Carpenter on Quatermass - Interview with John Carpenter | |||||||
| Cartier and Kneale in Conversation | |||||||
| From Reality to Fiction - Interview with Director/Co-Writer Val Guest | |||||||
| Making Demons - Interview with Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie | |||||||
| Patient Zero - Interview with James Swanton on Actor Richard Wordsworth | |||||||
| Interview with Director/Co-Writer Val Guest, Moderated by Marcus Hearn | |||||||
| US Opening Title Sequence as “The Creeping Unknown” | |||||||
| “The Quatermass Experiment” | |||||||
| ”Quatermass and the Pit” Omnibus Titles | |||||||
| Trailers from Hell with Ernest Dickerson | |||||||
| Timeshift: “The Kneale Tapes” | |||||||
| Stills Gallery [Anolis] | |||||||
| Stills Gallery [Hammer Films] | |||||||
| TV Series Photo Gallery | |||||||
| US Theatrical Trailer | |||||||
| “The Eric Winstone Bandshow” | |||||||
| Bonus Film: Quatermass 2 | |||||||
| Bonus Film: X the Unknown | |||||||
| Super 8 Version |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Hammer Films’ 4K UHD includes a 180-page booklet, 56-page comic, a double-sided foldout poster and eight art cards.
- Kino’s 2023 “Special Edition” Blu-ray includes trailers for The Land Unknown (1957), 4D Man (1959), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) and The Last Man on Earth (1964).
- Anolis’ Blu-ray is also available in two Mediabook editions.
- Shock’s Blu-ray is also available in the “Hammer Horror: The Blu-ray Collection” and “Hammer Horror Redux: The Blu-ray Collection” box sets.
- DD Video’s DVD includes a 24-page booklet with writing by Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby. It is also available in the “Hammer Horror: The Early Classics” box set and as a “2 DVD Set” with Quatermass 2 (1957).
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Collector’s guide
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A Creeping Xperiment (6:57) -
Carpenter on Quatermass (9:17) -
From Reality to Fiction (11:30) -
Interview with Director/Co-Writer Val Guest, Moderated by Marcus Hearn (8:12) -
Trailers from Hell with Ernest Dickerson (2:25)
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Val Guest, Moderated by Marcus Hearn Kino BD |
| Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani Kino BD | |
| A Creeping Xperiment - Versions Comparison Kino BD | |
| Carpenter on Quatermass - Interview with John Carpenter Kino BD | |
| From Reality to Fiction - Interview with Director/Co-Writer Val Guest Kino BD | |
| Interview with Director/Co-Writer Val Guest, Moderated by Marcus Hearn Kino BD | |
| US Opening Title Sequence as “The Creeping Unknown” Kino BD | |
| Trailers from Hell with Ernest Dickerson Kino BD | |
| Stills Gallery [Anolis] Anolis BD | |
| US Theatrical Trailer Kino BD | |
| Super 8 Version Anolis BD |