This was the third Quatermass film (all of which began as television series). One of the reasons he acted the way he did is that he'd already dealt with two other alien invasions and was getting fed up that no one listened to him.
I was 12 or 13 years old in the mid-70s, and during the school holidays I'd stay up to watch the late movie. This was one of the movies and it burned itself into my memory. Unsurprisingly, I had trouble sleeping that night.
Add me to the list. This film scared the s*"'t out of me. But I still watch it once in a while. I think the effects are fantastic for the time it was made.
The "ship" was dormant until exposed. It began absorbing energy both psionic and electromagnetic. It got it's first jolt when the drilling guy piped in that heavy duty electrical device with power supply. It got enough for a jump start when the press conference brought all those folks into close proximity. The psionic energy was just as important as the electrical power. It triggered ancient genetic programing, releasing psionic powers from the nearby humans. once it fully transformed from a solid object into a stabilized plasma/psionic energy object, it's influence spread rapidly, as each human enthralled added to the available psionic energy expanded it's reach. it was spreading, and would have taken over all of humanity. All except then ones killed by the controllable. The guy that climbed the crane saved humanity.
Nigel Kneale was most put out that the BBC launched a show for children back in 1963 using a similar scientific figure as Professor Quatermass. It got pretty blatant in the 1970s when The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass II, and Quatermass and the Pit were recycled for said show.
A point about WW2 unexploded bombs. although not as frequently as in the 1960;s when this film is set. Unexploded bombs from WW2 air raids are still being found. The last one that I heard of was in Plymouth in February this year and weighed in at 500 kg.
I first saw this movie when I was younger on the TV. I later saw the first two Quatermass movies. I then purchased the original 1958-59 TV version of QatP. I liked the ideas in this story. How the Martians had a Wild Hunt which resulted in the purging of the weaker, but how their species was doomed. They interfered with the development of the ape beings on Earth and imbued them with their own qualities because they were crafting their successors. The hysteria at the end and the amplifying effect echo the Wild Hunt. Humans retained some race memory of these insectoid creatures which influenced superstitions about the appearance of the devil: they seem like Beelzebub. The use of the crane in the end (as a way of short-circuiting the projection) is related to how cold iron can ward against the devil and evil spirits.
The Martians genetically altered the lineage of homo sapiens, gave us psychic abilities, and guided us to become like them. We also retain some racial instinct that means certain physiognomies cause us to react (un)favourably. You just know JMS has watched this movie.
Back in the 70's, I watched a huge amount of movies, in theaters and on television. I caught a Sat afternoon TV showing of Five Million Years To Earth. I had the living room to myself. No one else was watching. This scared the hell out me. As young as I was, I followed the story with little confusion. One of the scariest scenes of all time, the construction worker being hounded and terrorized by unseen other worldly forces.This is a well crafted and thought out film. Cornel Breen getting burnt to a smokey crisp gave me nightmares. The 60's had some great sci fi, including Crack In The World and Day Of The Triffids.
It is a great forerunner to Doctor Who's early years in the 60s much like Forbidden Planet is a forerunner to Star Trek. The 1958 telecast of QatP is also worth watching. A six part miniseries, it has time to fill out more story and a great ending coda to London's night of Martian horror. It is quite Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
Yes, that's Julian Glover as Breen who's in Game of Thrones as Pycelle. Also Veers in The Empire Strikes Back and Donavan aka "He chose poorly" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
He appeared as several different characters in Dr. Who over the years. Also he portrayed Sir Martin Lacey in the 1980`s English Civil War Historical drama (By the Sword Divided). He portrayed the main villain in the Bond film (For Your Eyes Only).
BTW: If you haven't already, please check out Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness with the Hobb's End connection and Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, which has an insane London scene that reminds me of this ending.
The original 3 Quatermass TV serials were made in the 1950s. Performed live, with filmed inserts. I grew up with people talking about the one filmed in the local oil refinery where my father worked. They also used a lot of local locations east of London. They are available as a 3 DVD Quatermass Collection, and on TH-cam.
Hobb's Lane is fictitious but the film establishes the tube station as being in W10. W10 is Ladbroke Grove, which had a strong counterculture and underground scene in the late 60s and early 70s. W11 is Notting Hill
"He's only mostly dead. If he's fully dead all you can do is check for loose change". 😂 Quatermass and the Pit.. Not to be confused with Edgar Allan Poes The Pit and the Pendulum! 😅 Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies had his "Alan Parsons Project" which had lasers firing from the moon. 😆
Hi Ray, thanks for reacting to this classic British Sci-Fi film, I`m glad you found the correct version & enjoyed it. Thanks to this film, I checked out all the other Quatermass items I could find. They were all interesting but this film & the 1979 Tv Series starring Sir John Mills, were the one`s I enjoyed the most.
SWEET!!! you're the first reactor I've seen to watch Quatermass and the Pit. This movie used to scare me so much when I was little because of the things that happen in it. now that I'm an adult, it still scares me from what it represents! I don't know why, but it seems that the old sci-fi movies that scared me the most (The Blob, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth, War of the Worlds, etc.) are the ones I now love the most.
Same here. Saw it on American TV as "Five Million Years to Earth" when I was about 10 or 12 years old. Scared the crap out of me along with the other classic horror movies. That sound still makes my skin crawl. Like nails on a chalkboard.
Speaking of Sci-fi. Ray should check out "Voyage Into Space". Circa 1970. It was a made for TV movie based off of the first two episodes of what is known in the U.S. as Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. A japanese series capitalizing on the Giant Robot Vs. Giant Monster (Kaiju) trope. The effects are basically 70's Godzilla level. Guys in rubber suits mock beating up on each other while stepping on toy cars. The dubbing is hysterical. The character design for the robot is Egyptian stylistically which is fun. It became somewhat of a cult classic. So much so that decades later they made an anime "Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still" a (1992) OVA based on the same Intellectual Property. This later led to an ongoing animated series. 😂 Ironically enough all of the above was inspired by a 1967 manga also called Giant Robo.
Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite movies. One thing that always puzzles me is that they appear to record Barbara’s vision of the Martian hunt on videotape but when they show the scenes for the ministers they’re using a cine projector.
I watched this on TV as a kid in the 70's. Loved it. I watched the British TV show 10 episodes? They went into more detail. Breen mind was to hide bound by his social status, and single minded military training. He couldn't conceive an alien being. The humans that became "enslaved" to the hive mindhad that genetic trait that the Martin's included, they attacked those that were different. Yes I couldn't find a copy of this movie for over 30 years.
The Quatermass series of movies and TV shows are a part of Classic British TV . professor Quatermass was a rocket scientist. And was more of a Hammer horror style scfi. I do remember as a youngster watching the 70 80s TV show think it was played by John Miles I would have to check on that.
The Daemons borrowed from QatP, The Ambassadors of Death stole from The Quatermass Experiment, and Spearhead from Space steals from Quatermass II. The Seeds of Doom takes from The Quatermass Experiment and Who Goes There?
The ship was made to start a Colony. Some of Humanity was altered. They, the altered humans, all this time later were "cleansing" the Colony. Barbara was one of them. Even Quatermass himself. Only the Scientist was from pure human stock. That is why they were trying to destroy him. Also, it was mentioned that "grounding" the energy back into the Earth would end it all. Thanks for this reaction. This is a favorite movie of mine. Huge concepts for the time. Makes be look at those around me and wonder when the "cleansing" will start..... ha ha
ya there is the original 50's black and white tv miniseries, which I have on Bluray (its the best version IMO), then there is this 60's era movie, and finally there there was a british TV mimiseries done in the 70's "The Quartermss Experiment" - the oliginal i mensioned above, is here on TH-cam in full. I simple search and you can find it.
Hi Mr Kight, thanks for reply to this and the earlier rollerball comment (excellent movie - top20 for sure - the other one I mentioned a few months ago is less well known but as good - the Lathe of Heaven (the original - the remake is garbage - remake stars James Cain! aka Rollerball - but ya anyhting for a buck, acting is a job, so understand about the paycheck) - original Lathe of Heaven stars the equally good actor (but never "made it" per "the big time" - Bruce Davison. The Lathe of Heaven (original 1979 version) is a top 20 sci fi of all time, it was based on the novel by Ursela LeGuin (one of the Goddesses of Sci Fic - the only Goddess actually, the other Gods were male, Asimov, Bradbury, Herbert, Heinlen. I read the book in the 90's - after seeing the movie shown on PBS TV in the early 80's - and the movie follows the book perfectly. Both the book and the movie (original - NOT the remake) are excellent. Check the movie out Sir! (I still remember when i mentioned "The Bermise Harp" was and good movie - you replied to me saying you had just watched it - so I know you got taste. Its a sleeper - like "Burmese", and you will not get many views on your channel for it (BUT you WILL for Rollerball) - both equally excellent, I love both and have both on Bluray - but "Lathe of Heaven" hits me more personally, its theme is all about "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions " - i.e. Dr Hamar, who is a dick, but not at his core. The Dialog between Hamar and George Orr is apt to my philosophy of the meaning of life - Hamar wants to make life mean something and make mankind better, when Hamer asks Orr "Why do we exist, what is the meaning of life" (paraphrasing - been years since i watched the movie) - Orr says "We are we exist" - i.e. "I assume there is no meaning as to why, we just are". Orr is Humble, Hamar is Prideful - wishes to make life/existance have meaning..............and there are bad results to that Pride in the movie. anyway - Rollerball - big viewership, name recognition. Lathe of Heaven - no views no name recognition. IMO you should check out both! thanks for reply sir!
Yes, I saw this on television as a kid. It might have been on The Sir Graves Ghastly Presents show out of Detroit. I haven't seen this movie since then, I believe.
Another great reaction to another movie I saw at a Saturday matinee in 1970. And another one that always haunted me, mainly the ending scene. The version I saw was the US release titled Five Million Years to Earth, as you mentioned. I managed to find a DVD of it about 10 years ago. And YES...back in those days it was frightening.
I would strongly recommend you go back and watch the previous 2 movies (see below). And if you get a chance I'd recommend you watch the original mini-series this film was based on, it goes into WAY more story detail and the supernatural/science mash-up is much more fleshed out! There are 3 films in the Quatermass series are based on british made for TV series/mini-series. This film is number 3 in the series. There is a 4th mini-series that was subsequently edited down to movie length. These are the movies: 1. The Quatermass Xperiment (released in theU.S, as 'The Creeping Unknown') 2. Quatermass 2 (released in the U.S. as 'The Enemy From Space') 3. Quatermass and the Pit (released in the U.S. as 'Five Million Years to Earth') 4. Quatermass mini-series was edited down to movie length as 'The Quatermass Conclusion' As far as the series each movie was based on, only 2 parts of 6 of the first mini-series still exists. The second series is available in full and I believe it's on TH-cam. The 3rd is available for purchase and I believe the BBC has remastered this one into HD. The 4th series is available to purchase. There was also a 2005 remake of series one. All of these are very strong on story; each written by the great Nigel Kneale. Hope this is useful to ypu!
I really like this movie. I've watched it... I don't know how many times. I think the concept is interesting and well handled. I think the effects are pretty good for the time. The ending is really unnerving (IMO). I've also seen the BBC version, which was a two or three part production, done some years earlier. It's pretty good too, even though the production values were a bit hampered because it was a TV program. Good reaction, Ray.
Wow, great reaction to a great movie. I saw this first in the 80s when i was a teenager and it actually scared the crap outta me lol. I love the mixture of sci fi and paranormal and religious themes. Plot wise i took away from it is, the aliens visited Earth millions of years ago and found mans ancestors of apes. They genetically altered some the apes which passed down through the generations to some humans today. With the discovery of the sentient ship, the genetic traits were awakened in the subconscious of the descendents of the genetic apes with one will, to.kill anything different from themselves. Earthing the giant alien in the end cut off that signal. I may be wrong but it still a great film. I recommend LIFEFORCE from the 80s which is similar to this film 😊😊😊
Great to see someone watch this fantastic movie after all these years. I recall seeing this movie on TV when I was younger and it did scare the hell out of me back then because it was more about the religious aspect of it that caught my attention. Of course back then it was called 5 million years to Earth for the north American audience and I don't know if it was in theaters when it first came out but I wouldn't doubt it. Another obscure but great movie IMO. I suggest checking ot the original Rollerball movie with James Cahn in 1975. It's not a horror SiFi, but it is SiFi and aspects of it are horrifying because parts of it have already come true. I also suggest watching George Lucas's very first movie he directed called THX 1138, and if you can find the directors cut even better. I consider THX to be his best movie to date.
Not 60's but I noticed Lifeforce (1985) is available to stream and worth a watch if into sci-fi "horror". Late 80's was a great time as a youngster, D&D or wargaming followed by blockbuster to rent a film be the likes of Lifeforce, Ice Pirates, Hell comes to Frogtown or Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. If it was silly, it didn't matter. I don't feel you have the same "exploration" experience on streaming services as you did browing the video rental store and I feel sorry it's been lost.
There is also the last Quatermass episode. Called Quatermass the conclusion Starring none of than John Mills It was a full part TV show in the UK It freaked me right out at the end. I thought about it for years
Too bad the film series didn't start with Number 1... I'm not familiar with BABYLON 5... would RKnights recommend I start with Season 4, episode 1 as a starting point?
@@RKnights Odd. You start at the end of QUATERMASS... So I was wondering why did you bother asking questions that stream from lack-of-knowledge of those earlier. I've got an email in my profile. Send me a note and ensure you have the first two.
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I wonder if this is how Stephen King got his idea for The Tommyknockers? I would say watch the mini-series but -- although it started out well -- it diverged into awfulness and was an awful adaptation of the novel.
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This was the third Quatermass film (all of which began as television series). One of the reasons he acted the way he did is that he'd already dealt with two other alien invasions and was getting fed up that no one listened to him.
it was a radio program first
Wow, I can’t believe Rnights actually reacted to a request I’ve made. Thanks a lot chaps
Our pleasure!
mine too!
@kerravon6545 This is a COOL movie, love the alien ship and the aliens (dead, unfortunately).
The Quartermass movies are an interesting bit of cinema
I was 12 or 13 years old in the mid-70s, and during the school holidays I'd stay up to watch the late movie. This was one of the movies and it burned itself into my memory. Unsurprisingly, I had trouble sleeping that night.
Same here (as "Five Million Years to Earth", its American release title).
@@AlanCanon2222 They used to show it in Detroit on a local station every year back in the 70's and 80's. I've seen it several times.
@@Shadowman4710 Sir Graves Ghastly? Or The Ghoul? Or both?
Add me to the list. This film scared the s*"'t out of me. But I still watch it once in a while. I think the effects are fantastic for the time it was made.
Thank God that someone is reacting to "Quatermass and the Pit". Loved it since I was a kid and over 50 years later, it's still creepy.
Hope I did not let you down :-)
@@RKnightsyour "time to go!" Had me ROFLMAO. And Breen? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The "ship" was dormant until exposed. It began absorbing energy both psionic and electromagnetic. It got it's first jolt when the drilling guy piped in that heavy duty electrical device with power supply. It got enough for a jump start when the press conference brought all those folks into close proximity. The psionic energy was just as important as the electrical power. It triggered ancient genetic programing, releasing psionic powers from the nearby humans.
once it fully transformed from a solid object into a stabilized plasma/psionic energy object, it's influence spread rapidly, as each human enthralled added to the available psionic energy expanded it's reach. it was spreading, and would have taken over all of humanity. All except then ones killed by the controllable.
The guy that climbed the crane saved humanity.
Nigel Kneale was most put out that the BBC launched a show for children back in 1963 using a similar scientific figure as Professor Quatermass. It got pretty blatant in the 1970s when The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass II, and Quatermass and the Pit were recycled for said show.
A point about WW2 unexploded bombs. although not as frequently as in the 1960;s when this film is set. Unexploded bombs from WW2 air raids are still being found. The last one that I heard of was in Plymouth in February this year and weighed in at 500 kg.
still?? WWII bombs from Germany being found now? it just boggles the mind!
They were digging a New Extension for The Underground. (Subway)
Am 65, saw this on tv in the 60's ... FREAKED ME OUT !!
I first saw this movie when I was younger on the TV. I later saw the first two Quatermass movies. I then purchased the original 1958-59 TV version of QatP. I liked the ideas in this story. How the Martians had a Wild Hunt which resulted in the purging of the weaker, but how their species was doomed. They interfered with the development of the ape beings on Earth and imbued them with their own qualities because they were crafting their successors. The hysteria at the end and the amplifying effect echo the Wild Hunt. Humans retained some race memory of these insectoid creatures which influenced superstitions about the appearance of the devil: they seem like Beelzebub.
The use of the crane in the end (as a way of short-circuiting the projection) is related to how cold iron can ward against the devil and evil spirits.
The ship is like B5's Kosh's ship. It carries the racial memories of the dead Martin race. Humans are the results of the experiments on apes.
The Martians genetically altered the lineage of homo sapiens, gave us psychic abilities, and guided us to become like them. We also retain some racial instinct that means certain physiognomies cause us to react (un)favourably. You just know JMS has watched this movie.
Fun Fact!
Hobbs End (the subway station being built in this film) is a popular fictional location name. Usually for horror or supernatural fiction.
Didn't Stephen King use it in one of his Lovecraftian-esque stories?
"Hobb's 'End'" .. ( sounds like a porno title)
Back in the 70's, I watched a huge amount of movies, in theaters and on television. I caught a Sat afternoon TV showing of Five Million Years To Earth. I had the living room to myself. No one else was watching. This scared the hell out me. As young as I was, I followed the story with little confusion. One of the scariest scenes of all time, the construction worker being hounded and terrorized by unseen other worldly forces.This is a well crafted and thought out film. Cornel Breen getting burnt to a smokey crisp gave me nightmares. The 60's had some great sci fi, including Crack In The World and Day Of The Triffids.
It is a great forerunner to Doctor Who's early years in the 60s much like Forbidden Planet is a forerunner to Star Trek. The 1958 telecast of QatP is also worth watching. A six part miniseries, it has time to fill out more story and a great ending coda to London's night of Martian horror. It is quite Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
This is such an overlooked film. Unfortunate as it is quite solid and very good. I'm glad you watched this, probably the only reviewer who has.
Yes, that's Julian Glover as Breen who's in Game of Thrones as Pycelle. Also Veers in The Empire Strikes Back and Donavan aka "He chose poorly" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
I didn't realize that was him in The Last Crusade!!!
Not as well known but he also used to do an excellent recital of Beowulf continuing the oral tradition.
He appeared as several different characters in Dr. Who over the years. Also he portrayed Sir Martin Lacey in the 1980`s English Civil War Historical drama (By the Sword Divided). He portrayed the main villain in the Bond film (For Your Eyes Only).
** FUN FACT **
The main actor was also the British POW Commander in GREAT ESCAPE, and the Doctor in BRIDGE ON RIVER KWAI
BTW: If you haven't already, please check out Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness with the Hobb's End connection and Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, which has an insane London scene that reminds me of this ending.
Yes, please! To both!
The original 3 Quatermass TV serials were made in the 1950s. Performed live, with filmed inserts. I grew up with people talking about the one filmed in the local oil refinery where my father worked. They also used a lot of local locations east of London. They are available as a 3 DVD Quatermass Collection, and on TH-cam.
My stepdad also worked at Shellhaven, although some years after the movie was made.
Hobb's Lane is fictitious but the film establishes the tube station as being in W10. W10 is Ladbroke Grove, which had a strong counterculture and underground scene in the late 60s and early 70s. W11 is Notting Hill
I first saw this as a kid. My reaction was WOW! Tying in aliens, ghosts and Human evolution in one package.
"He's only mostly dead. If he's fully dead all you can do is check for loose change". 😂
Quatermass and the Pit..
Not to be confused with Edgar Allan Poes The Pit and the Pendulum! 😅
Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies had his "Alan Parsons Project" which had lasers firing from the moon. 😆
Hi Ray, thanks for reacting to this classic British Sci-Fi film, I`m glad you found the correct version & enjoyed it. Thanks to this film, I checked out all the other Quatermass items I could find. They were all interesting but this film & the 1979 Tv Series starring Sir John Mills, were the one`s I enjoyed the most.
SWEET!!! you're the first reactor I've seen to watch Quatermass and the Pit. This movie used to scare me so much when I was little because of the things that happen in it. now that I'm an adult, it still scares me from what it represents!
I don't know why, but it seems that the old sci-fi movies that scared me the most (The Blob, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth, War of the Worlds, etc.) are the ones I now love the most.
This is such a creepy movie...I remember it scared the bejesus out of me when I first saw it as a kid in the 1970s.
those were the best times. Saturday night Creature Features was the bomb!
Same here. Saw it on American TV as "Five Million Years to Earth" when I was about 10 or 12 years old. Scared the crap out of me along with the other classic horror movies. That sound still makes my skin crawl. Like nails on a chalkboard.
Speaking of Sci-fi. Ray should check out "Voyage Into Space". Circa 1970. It was a made for TV movie based off of the first two episodes of what is known in the U.S. as Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. A japanese series capitalizing on the Giant Robot Vs. Giant Monster (Kaiju) trope.
The effects are basically 70's Godzilla level. Guys in rubber suits mock beating up on each other while stepping on toy cars. The dubbing is hysterical.
The character design for the robot is Egyptian stylistically which is fun. It became somewhat of a cult classic. So much so that decades later they made an anime "Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still" a (1992) OVA based on the same Intellectual Property. This later led to an ongoing animated series. 😂
Ironically enough all of the above was inspired by a 1967 manga also called Giant Robo.
One of my favorite "creature feature" films.
I saw this on TV as a kid, I thought it was SO cool to find the spaceship....then showing those dead aliens, which looked like giant grasshoppers!
Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite movies. One thing that always puzzles me is that they appear to record Barbara’s vision of the Martian hunt on videotape but when they show the scenes for the ministers they’re using a cine projector.
I watched this on TV as a kid in the 70's. Loved it. I watched the British TV show 10 episodes? They went into more detail.
Breen mind was to hide bound by his social status, and single minded military training. He couldn't conceive an alien being.
The humans that became "enslaved" to the hive mindhad that genetic trait that the Martin's included, they attacked those that were different.
Yes I couldn't find a copy of this movie for over 30 years.
6 episodes, I think. I made an effort of buying them on Amazon when the BBC took it off iPlayer
The Quatermass series of movies and TV shows are a part of Classic British TV . professor Quatermass was a rocket scientist. And was more of a Hammer horror style scfi. I do remember as a youngster watching the 70 80s TV show think it was played by John Miles I would have to check on that.
I kept waiting for a blue telephone box because it seemed so much like Dr. Who.
It should, since the Daemons borrowed from this one
The Daemons borrowed from QatP, The Ambassadors of Death stole from The Quatermass Experiment, and Spearhead from Space steals from Quatermass II. The Seeds of Doom takes from The Quatermass Experiment and Who Goes There?
@@ianstopher9111 I would even dare say Torchwood: Children of Earth took from The Quatermass Conclusion (but I've not heard that mentioned by anyone)
These are cinema versions of the BBC dramas. They were originally broadcast live with filmed inserts of locations.
The ship was made to start a Colony. Some of Humanity was altered. They, the altered humans, all this time later were "cleansing" the Colony. Barbara was one of them. Even Quatermass himself. Only the Scientist was from pure human stock. That is why they were trying to destroy him. Also, it was mentioned that "grounding" the energy back into the Earth would end it all. Thanks for this reaction. This is a favorite movie of mine. Huge concepts for the time. Makes be look at those around me and wonder when the "cleansing" will start..... ha ha
ya there is the original 50's black and white tv miniseries, which I have on Bluray (its the best version IMO), then there is this 60's era movie, and finally there there was a british TV mimiseries done in the 70's
"The Quartermss Experiment" - the oliginal i mensioned above, is here on TH-cam in full. I simple search and you can find it.
Hi Mr Kight, thanks for reply to this and the earlier rollerball comment (excellent movie - top20 for sure - the other one I mentioned a few months ago is less well known but as good - the Lathe of Heaven (the original - the remake is garbage - remake stars James Cain! aka Rollerball - but ya anyhting for a buck, acting is a job, so understand about the paycheck) - original Lathe of Heaven stars the equally good actor (but never "made it" per "the big time" - Bruce Davison.
The Lathe of Heaven (original 1979 version) is a top 20 sci fi of all time, it was based on the novel by Ursela LeGuin (one of the Goddesses of Sci Fic - the only Goddess actually, the other Gods were male, Asimov, Bradbury, Herbert, Heinlen. I read the book in the 90's - after seeing the movie shown on PBS TV in the early 80's - and the movie follows the book perfectly. Both the book and the movie (original - NOT the remake) are excellent.
Check the movie out Sir! (I still remember when i mentioned "The Bermise Harp" was and good movie - you replied to me saying you had just watched it - so I know you got taste. Its a sleeper - like "Burmese", and you will not get many views on your channel for it (BUT you WILL for Rollerball) - both equally excellent, I love both and have both on Bluray - but "Lathe of Heaven" hits me more personally, its theme is all about "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions " - i.e. Dr Hamar, who is a dick, but not at his core. The Dialog between Hamar and George Orr is apt to my philosophy of the meaning of life - Hamar wants to make life mean something and make mankind better, when Hamer asks Orr "Why do we exist, what is the meaning of life" (paraphrasing - been years since i watched the movie) - Orr says "We are we exist" - i.e. "I assume there is no meaning as to why, we just are". Orr is Humble, Hamar is Prideful - wishes to make life/existance have meaning..............and there are bad results to that Pride in the movie.
anyway - Rollerball - big viewership, name recognition.
Lathe of Heaven - no views no name recognition.
IMO you should check out both!
thanks for reply sir!
This movie scared the shit out if me when I first saw it when I was a kid .
Yes, I saw this on television as a kid. It might have been on The Sir Graves Ghastly Presents show out of Detroit. I haven't seen this movie since then, I believe.
Another great reaction to another movie I saw at a Saturday matinee in 1970. And another one that always haunted me, mainly the ending scene. The version I saw was the US release titled Five Million Years to Earth, as you mentioned. I managed to find a DVD of it about 10 years ago. And YES...back in those days it was frightening.
I would strongly recommend you go back and watch the previous 2 movies (see below). And if you get a chance I'd recommend you watch the original mini-series this film was based on, it goes into WAY more story detail and the supernatural/science mash-up is much more fleshed out!
There are 3 films in the Quatermass series are based on british made for TV series/mini-series. This film is number 3 in the series. There is a 4th mini-series that was subsequently edited down to movie length. These are the movies:
1. The Quatermass Xperiment (released in theU.S, as 'The Creeping Unknown')
2. Quatermass 2 (released in the U.S. as 'The Enemy From Space')
3. Quatermass and the Pit (released in the U.S. as 'Five Million Years to Earth')
4. Quatermass mini-series was edited down to movie length as 'The Quatermass Conclusion'
As far as the series each movie was based on, only 2 parts of 6 of the first mini-series still exists. The second series is available in full and I believe it's on TH-cam. The 3rd is available for purchase and I believe the BBC has remastered this one into HD. The 4th series is available to purchase. There was also a 2005 remake of series one. All of these are very strong on story; each written by the great Nigel Kneale. Hope this is useful to ypu!
I really like this movie. I've watched it... I don't know how many times. I think the concept is interesting and well handled. I think the effects are pretty good for the time. The ending is really unnerving (IMO).
I've also seen the BBC version, which was a two or three part production, done some years earlier. It's pretty good too, even though the production values were a bit hampered because it was a TV program.
Good reaction, Ray.
Wow, great reaction to a great movie. I saw this first in the 80s when i was a teenager and it actually scared the crap outta me lol.
I love the mixture of sci fi and paranormal and religious themes. Plot wise i took away from it is, the aliens visited Earth millions of years ago and found mans ancestors of apes. They genetically altered some the apes which passed down through the generations to some humans today. With the discovery of the sentient ship, the genetic traits were awakened in the subconscious of the descendents of the genetic apes with one will, to.kill anything different from themselves. Earthing the giant alien in the end cut off that signal. I may be wrong but it still a great film.
I recommend LIFEFORCE from the 80s which is similar to this film 😊😊😊
I remember watching this on the TV as a kid and it scared me rigid
Great to see someone watch this fantastic movie after all these years. I recall seeing this movie on TV when I was younger and it did scare the hell out of me back then because it was more about the religious aspect of it that caught my attention. Of course back then it was called 5 million years to Earth for the north American audience and I don't know if it was in theaters when it first came out but I wouldn't doubt it. Another obscure but great movie IMO. I suggest checking ot the original Rollerball movie with James Cahn in 1975. It's not a horror SiFi, but it is SiFi and aspects of it are horrifying because parts of it have already come true. I also suggest watching George Lucas's very first movie he directed called THX 1138, and if you can find the directors cut even better. I consider THX to be his best movie to date.
Not 60's but I noticed Lifeforce (1985) is available to stream and worth a watch if into sci-fi "horror". Late 80's was a great time as a youngster, D&D or wargaming followed by blockbuster to rent a film be the likes of Lifeforce, Ice Pirates, Hell comes to Frogtown or Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. If it was silly, it didn't matter. I don't feel you have the same "exploration" experience on streaming services as you did browing the video rental store and I feel sorry it's been lost.
the original 1950's TV series this is a remake of is well worth a watch. there is also a 1970's Quatermass TV series worth looking at
I have it and it's creepy AF for a 50s BBC series.
@@YolandaAnneBrown95726 it was a big hit in its day with 11 million watching the last episode
There is also the last Quatermass episode.
Called Quatermass the conclusion
Starring none of than John Mills
It was a full part TV show in the UK
It freaked me right out at the end. I thought about it for years
Good classic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Government departments working together is why it's so hard to suspend disbelief in a lot of sci-fi.
Too bad the film series didn't start with Number 1... I'm not familiar with BABYLON 5... would RKnights recommend I start with Season 4, episode 1 as a starting point?
We would not recommend that. Start from the beginning, you will not be disappointed
@@RKnights Odd. You start at the end of QUATERMASS... So I was wondering why did you bother asking questions that stream from lack-of-knowledge of those earlier. I've got an email in my profile. Send me a note and ensure you have the first two.
With all do respect : American version çalled " 5 million years to earth"
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Mate is English slang for a friend or buddy?
I wonder if this is how Stephen King got his idea for The Tommyknockers?
I would say watch the mini-series but -- although it started out well -- it diverged into awfulness and was an awful adaptation of the novel.