The Quatermass Xperiment
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Nov 4, 2026
Bob ReyerHOST
Erased later on, come back to whatever.
Bob ReyerHOST
But the idea of that Halloween 3, the fellow who wrote the original treatment is Nigel Neill, who for Hammer over in England was doing the Quatermass science fiction horror movies for them.
Bob ReyerHOST
So this has a lot of that feel to it.
Bob ReyerHOST
A lot of his story is used here, but it was rewritten four or five times since.
CalebHOST
Eric, Isaac, and Caleb.
CalebHOST
Listen in as I discuss the 1955 film, The Quatermass Experiment.
CalebHOST
Welcome,
IsaacHOST
ladies and gentlemen, those between and unaffiliated.
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EricHOST
Technically
SeanHOST
not.
SeanHOST
I like being a boomer and I like getting, I like getting my emails from Severin films and you know, we have a steel bookcase and you know, whatever.
SeanHOST
I
RobHOST
What relevance does the iconic British science fiction classic...
RobHOST
the Quatermass Experiment have to William Wordsworth? Nigel Neill, the first Hammer
DanHOST
movie? I do know the answer to this one, Rob, I can tell you.
DanHOST
And it is a fun Wordsworth fact, I'll give you that.
DanHOST
It is that his great-grandson or great-great-grandson was in the Quatermass Experiment.
RobHOST
Playing the lead role, the doomed astronaut that comes back in a highly iconic part, is the great-grandson of Wordsworth, who in fact set up the, I think it was the Summer Wordsworth Festival, and did a one-man tour for a large part of his life.
RobHOST
If anyone's familiar with the Quatermass Experiment, this iconic British character actor is the great grandson of William Wordsworth.
RobHOST
Well done, Dan, you knew that.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
No, it's no Dracula.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
I mean, if we're talking favourites, then, bloody hell, let's go right back to, you know, the beginning of the horror era and the one for Quatermass Experiment.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
That is just so good.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
Very, very muted colors.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
And it's Richard Wordsworth in cactus mode.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
And the tagline is no terror ever like dot, dot, dot.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
The Quatermass experiment.
Philip Gwynne JonesHOST
It's really effective.
Vincent HannamHOST
The film was produced, Last Man on Earth was produced by Robert L. Lippert, who produced a number of B-movie genre films in the '50s and '60s.
Vincent HannamHOST
Other well-known credits, so Lippert was involved with Hammer Studios in England, and did s- well, did work on their Quatermass experiment from 1955, and Lippert was a main producer on The Fly from 1958 with Vincent Price.
Vincent HannamHOST
Incredible movie.
Screamin' EGUEST
Shocker.
Craig JohnsonHOST
I've also referred to the book Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, a research paper titled "The Friendly Yeti" by Professor Daniel Capper of the University of Southern Mississippi, features and commentaries on the Blu-ray of the film from Hammer Studios, and interviews and articles on the websites hammerfilms.com, everest1921.com, junkyard.blog, bloodydisgusting.com, and vanguardofhollywood.com. And when discussing The Mothman Prophecies, I have referenced the book The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel, interviews and special features on the Blu-ray from Imprint Entertainment, CineFantastique Magazine volume 34, issue 2, and interviews and articles on the websites darkhorizons.com, thelatimes.com, forteanarchives.org, themothman.fandom.com, and cinema.com.
Craig JohnsonHOST
The Abominable Snowman was the third Hammer adaptation of a BBC TV show from writer Nigel Kneale, with The Quatermass Experiment and Quatermass 2 making up the first.
Craig JohnsonHOST
We've discussed Nigel Kneale now in several episodes of this series, and listeners will remember that he was far less than happy with the Hammer adaptation of the first Quatermass story, something that he sought to resolve by writing the screenplay for the second himself, along with director Val Guest.
Craig JohnsonHOST
And much as with that film, Kneale also wrote the screenplay for The Abominable Snowman, adapting his BBC TV play The Creature, which had originally been screened in 1955.
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Craig JohnsonHOST
But there was a favorable response from the viewing public.
Craig JohnsonHOST
An audience research report from the BBC revealed that many found it exciting, spine-chilling, and admirably written.
Craig JohnsonHOST
By this time, Hammer had released The Quatermass Experiment, which was, as we've discussed, a huge success, and had realized that there was much money to be made in adapting the TV science fiction of Nigel Kneale.
Craig JohnsonHOST
They released their own variation on a Quatermass story almost with X the Unknown in 1956, and they had also already completed production on Quatermass 2.
Dennis BartokHOST
So we have a, a costume drag rave, which is happening on October 30th.
Dennis BartokHOST
We're doing a screening of Val Guest's The Quatermass Xperiment this week, uh, with, uh, the, um, Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz, which is amazing.
Dennis BartokHOST
They actually have a department to, of monster studies there.
Dennis BartokHOST
Very cool people.
Dave WhiteHOST
It makes no goddamn sense.
Dave WhiteHOST
Somebody got, let's just say, a Martin Quatermass got a little high one night and was like, oh man, this would be some real cool shit.
Dave WhiteHOST
He must
Brian WhiteHOST
have been smoking mountains of weed when he made this one, because this is the headiest shit he's ever made.
Brian WhiteHOST
Cause that's
Dave WhiteHOST
what you get.
Brian WhiteHOST
It's just, it's just a Martin Quatermass just smoking weed, playing Nintendo, watching the Knicks.
Dave WhiteHOST
They say he seems like a, like a pinball guy to me.