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Quatermass 2 Overview:

Quatermass 2 (1957) was a Science Fiction - Horror Film directed by Val Guest and produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Hinds.

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QUATERMASS 2 On Blu-ray From Shout Factory

By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 10, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

This main disc cover of this Shout Factory Blu-ray presents the movie's title as QUATERMASS II. The reverse of the disc cover sleeve displays the American release title of the film: ENEMY FROM SPACE. The actual on-screen title of the movie is QUATERMASS 2. Whatever you want to call it, this producti... Read full article

Quatermass 2 (Enemy from Space)

By Rick29 on Jun 16, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

While returning to his observatory in rural England, physicist Bernard Quatermass narrowly avoids a car accident. The other vehicle stops and a delirious man emerges...with an unusual wound on his face. His wife claims he was burned by a falling piece of stone. After assisting the couple, Quatermass... Read full article

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Quatermass 2 Facts
Brian Donlevy reprises his role as Professor Bernard Quatermass from The Quatermass Xperiment, making him the only actor to play the character on screen twice. In spite of this, he was reportedly "Quatermass" creator Nigel Kneale's least favourite actor in the role.
One of the first films (if not the very first film) ever to use the number 2 as an indicator that it was the sequel to another film. In a DVD commentary Francis Ford Coppola makes a similar claim for The Godfather: Part II. The Godfather Part II was released some 17 years after this movie.
Hammer originally wanted their sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment to be the Jimmy Sangster-penned X: The Unknown, but Nigel Kneale vetoed the use of his character(s) by another writer, forcing script revisions on that film.
The ruined town of Winnerden Flats is at Ivinghoe Beacon (along The Ridgeway), near the village of Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, and is owned and protected by the National Trust.
The Shell Haven Refinery location used in the television serial was revisited for the film, which was able to make greater use of the location.
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