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Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders)

Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders) (1967)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (3,312 ratings)

Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth, was the third and (until 1979's Quatermass Conclusion) last of the features. As with previous chapters in… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Nigel Kneale
Genres
Horror, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
On DVD
Oct 20, 1998

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Routine, somewhat distended development blunts impact of this British-made programmer.

  • , Time Out

    The brilliant pre-Von Daniken anthropological theme of Kneale's script still guarantees interest.

  • Renata Adler, New York Times

    All of its pseudo-scientific talk seemed to short-circuit the audience's interest -- in it and in themselves.

  • David Parkinson, Radio Times

    As well as providing a generous helping of shocks, Kneale's script gives his complex themes and theories plenty of space...

  • David Jenkins, Little White Lies

    Easy to dismiss as camp folly, but you really shouldn't.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    the film i set out to watch was called five million years to earth and i was pleasantly surprised to discover that this was actually the famous quartermass and the pit of which i've been hearing for so many years. i know, i'm silly :p the effects look dated and somewhat… More

  • Greg S


    A mystery arises when skeletons and a capsule made of almost indestructible metal are discovered in a subway excavation. Talky, sometimes intriguing horror masquerading as science fiction, with a memorably apocalyptic conclusion.

  • Cindy I


    What a great movie! Scary sci-fi with a conscience.

  • Barry L


    I loved these films and saw every one at an early age. They were so disturbing as a boy...brilliant.

  • alan j


    An intellectual and deep sci-fi offering, this movie moves at a slower pace, building plot and theory, but ends fairly abruptly and disappointedly so because of the meticulous build-up....good acting and so-so effects, this movie will make you think more than entertain you..

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