title unknown british science fiction horror film based serial written film produced directed stars eponymous professor appear supporting roles launched space aboard rocket designed professor spacecraft returns earth infected begins alien organism spores earth destroy humanity creature escapes custody hours track prevent plot headed professor launches manned rocket space shortly contact lost rocket crew green large rocket later returns earth crashing english country field assistant arrive scene emergency services opening rocket access hatch space suited outside inside sign crew members shock able words help taken hospital investigate happened rocket missing crew quickly evident altered encountered space absorb living thing comes contact hospital room absorbing right hand arm begins knowing wife hires private investigator break husband secured hospital escape successful kills private investigator long discover husband soon flees horrified wife inspector find missing hiding london docks encounters little girl leaving unharmed sheer instead heads nearby zoo animals completely creature track creature high metal inside examination tissue samples taken concludes kind alien completely taken eventually release reproduction spores entire planet assistance television crew working abbey succeeds killing creature threat eliminated quickly walks abbey preoccupied thoughts ignores ask questions marsh assistant approaches asks breaking stride replies need help start quickly leaves marsh walking london night cast jack warner inspector richard victor bbc producer police sergeant uncredited sir uncredited marsh uncredited uncredited uncredited uncredited chemist uncredited production screenplay written presents heavily compressed version events original television serial significant plot change occurs climax film television version appeals creature humanity convinces commit suicide save world film kills creature critical changes film adaptation casting interpretation liking film plot convincing audiences guest employed high degree realism directing film style akin film shot location london windsor hammer transformation effected makeup artist worked conjunction cinematographer naturally features alien appearance special effects including model fully creature seen climax provided music composed scores wrote hammer hammer marketed film united_kingdom dropping experiment title emphasise adults certificate given film general release film formed half highest grossing double bill hammer production attract attention major distributor case distributed film title unknown success led hammer producing increasing number horror films including sequels pit making synonymous genre regarded hammer development experiment serial broadcast written enormous success critics audiences alike later described film historian event television streets viewers producer immediately keen buy rights film version incorporated hammer developed niche making second features adaptations successful productions hammer contacted bbc august days transmission final episode film rights saw potential film adaptation urging bbc touted scripts number producers including met discuss scripts reluctant buy rights felt film adaptation inevitably receive certificate restricting admission persons age sixteen hammer deciding outset deliberately pursue certificate hammer offer met resistance bbc executive expressing reservations suitable material company rights sold advance bbc employee time meant scripts owned entirely bbc received extra payment sale film rights matter resentment bbc contract came renewal demanded secured control future film rights work despite remained bitter affair bbc payment recognition creation film produced american movie producer distributor hammer entered arrangement provided finance supplied american stars hammer films distributed united_states return hammer distribution arm distributed films united_kingdom company fact 20th century fox president close friend laws meant films british supporting feature american studios interests fund features recover greater proportion box office receipts writing draft screenplay written american worked previous hammer productions including company science fiction significant changes action half length original instance opening thirty minutes television version covered minutes film process played horror elements original aware film funded american added dimension script british american rocket group character assistant rewritten air_force flight surgeon demoted doctor written action hero thoughtful scientist created characters television version journalist omitted altogether role film version reduced little stricken astronaut anxious wife television version prominent member subplot involving affair left film version particularly aggravated dropping notion original absorbed bodies memories personalities fellow change leads significant difference versions television version makes appeal remain absorbed creature convinces commit suicide spore film version kills creature director defended change believing better end story felt unlikely interpretation lend talking creature submission having fallen foul earlier films hammer informal agreement submit scripts advance shooting comment draft script submitted board secretary replied warn stage accept story principle category certificate category film treatment horrific element exaggerated adult audiences particularly concerned violence scenes escapes hospital graphic depiction transformation alien creature script refined director cut pages script guest key contributions script tailor dialogue suit style star american actor cast guest reverted british character reinstated title professor guest adapted sections script response concerns stylistic changes sought bbc retained script approval option sale rights asked work suggested changes tasked scenes featuring bbc match bbc news reporting style casting irish american actor brought play title role provide interest american audiences words specialised men roles rough tough realistic nominated known appearances great glass key time appeared career decline nonsense portrayal different television version liking said picked surname phone book carefully chosen bernard creator pioneer ultimate man played mechanic creature completely closed mind responding criticisms said expecting find like television sensitive british scientist american gave absolute reality stage career suffering alcoholism weeks shoot guest aware coffee carried set laced guest found brian right problem kept sober reprised role replaced film pit inspector played appeared arrangement contracted time best known star come sequels shortly finishing appearance television role associated title character warner plays fashion running joke film involving futile attempts find time electric razor cast right sort face best known time work theatre performance frequently compared guest aware risk actor going directed hold feeling performance film critic said conveyed best performances horror science fiction films sequence riding car wife alien visible long moment went appear hammer films camp blood island curse remained known predominantly stage actor things starring person dedicated great great grandfather poet american star provided played beauty queen dean allegedly cast account association 20th century fox president according executive producer girlfriend actress wanted pictures didn want pictures america set friend recalled sweet girl couldn act american accent considered place film lines dubbed post production actors appear film appeared regularly films directed saw early role plays little girl encounters run filming hired direct film began career writing comedies porter ask policeman moving directing miss london ltd directing job hammer life went direct colour features men forest break circle guest little interest science fiction directing film reluctantly took copies television scripts holiday began reading teased ethereal attitude wife impressed read pleased offered opportunity break away directing comedy films took job approach directing film guest sought slightly wild story believable creating science fact film shot shooting special programme bbc influenced streets guest employed style making extensive use hand held camera set unusual technique time horrified technicians employed film pace add realism story guest directed actors deliver lines rapid fire overlap dialogue meticulous created shot mounted brief crew day scenes consequence members crew found guest approach mechanical principal photography began october night shoot continued october december budget low standards hammer time special effects technician recalled budget low wasn real budget wages proper effects man gets allocated certain budget movie shots emergency services rushing rocket crash site beginning movie filmed village hammer studios located scenes crashed rocket shot corn field near originally intended crash site look spectacular setting fire field bad weather paid idea guest wide angle lens shots convey feeling scene encounter little girl filmed london second unit conducted additional location shooting london montage scenes police search shot lights london going electricity diverted agreement engineers turn lights outside station engineer misunderstood briefly cut power river thames remaining location shooting windsor area rest film shot hammer housing sets hospital interior written abbey seeking permission film refused rooms place country house built scenes office art director final film hammer great use existing architecture place enhance effectiveness sets makeup special effects work makeup artist transforming creature key contribution effectiveness film agreed makeup appear ugly placed light actor makeup chair worked shadows cast nose chin makeup liquid rubber solution mixed impression sweat job easier natural high hollow temples worked closely cinematographer ensure lighting shot emphasised features created arm hand created cast hand victim enlarged exaggerated rest arm built latex rubber inside series plastic tubes fluid pumped effect arm swelling large rubber prosthetic brief scene zoo showing advanced corpses victims time time film provided special effects improved technique painting called formed company specialised effects provided number paintings enhance scale certain key shots film including crashed rocket set shot walking away abbey climax movie partly concerns raised partly account low budget kept creature largely screen film feeling audiences fill effectively special effects team deliver screen climactic scenes westminster abbey created monster rubber photographed model abbey sparks fireworks shots creature felt missing viewed cut scene said great hanging best music best effects meant far concerned absolutely eye added model monster human scream added soundtrack creature humanity final moments models rocket blasting final shot film music originally hired compose music fell ill asked conductor recommend replacement suggested worked number bbc radio productions tape score productions adaptation duly hired bernard watched film number times stopping reel notes discuss music needed involved music sessions supervised bernard final decisions music occur bernard composed music piano worked orchestration performed restricted arrangement score string percussion sections bernard recalled written film strings bbc scores think john thought better got sections letting loose orchestra score runs minutes uses rising falling note bernard biographer argues bernard use strings create sense menace score usually cited film employ technique remarking effectiveness score film critic said prime importance contribution soundtrack case supplied wrote score bernard went hammer prolific composer scoring hammer films cues released compilation titled reception cinema release expected received certificate restricting admission persons age sixteen twelfth film receive certificate introduction studios nervous new certificate hammer noticed success similarly les chose exploit dropping experiment title film unknown quantity tagline exclusive films sell picture cinema managers urging film subsequent releases film reverted title experiment august london pavilion supporting feature band performed extremely west end run taking week box office timed coincide broadcast television sequel film went general release united_kingdom november double bill french film successful double bill release parts watch committees local councils demanded certain scenes mainly close shots victims removed allowing film exhibited jurisdictions united_states attempted interest distributing film felt competition production came beneath sea release time unknown renamed film shock unable secure sale retitled time unknown eventually acquired distribution rights march fee unknown packaged double bill gothic horror movie called starring minutes mainly material cut film opened theatres june successful offered fund sequel according report variety published november year old boy died cinema illinois showing double bill subsequently recorded incident known case audience member dying watching horror film critical response times newspaper gave film generally favourable assessment critic wrote director certainly knows business comes providing brand thrills particular film standard american scientist responsible experiment little treatment british institutions clearly man knows representing comfort hand things positive reviews came news world found added benefit bluff earnest science fiction undoubtedly love minute reviewer praised narrative style combines horrific factual today cinema called best essays science fiction date film historian notes degree national pride positive reviews instance said best horror film seen war british similarly new statesman found film better war worlds called couple cheers british films come quick positive note pseudo science filmed film minutes sick making horror content film mentioned reviews daily_telegraph said film gives impression originated strip horror comic remains coherent reviewer daily_mirror found film real thriller kids sunday_times found film exciting distinctly unimpressed critic wrote bad far small pleasure example innocent science fiction films signed american subject turned good film lacking bit imagination sadly english film release united_states variety praised film extravagant piece science fiction despite obvious horror angles production incident suspense according critics found breath fresh air earnest hero scientists american science fiction films character war worlds trade reviews mixed harrison reports felt story course fantastic horrific ingredients enjoy scary impressed strong point eerie atmosphere fails build suspense essential kind film direction heavy critics film historians reviewed years release said cinema time experiment pioneering film stiff convincing film saved finest performances view echoed screen best alien possession movies wrote monster actor managed create memorable sympathetic monster watching skies found buildup slightly long careful said intelligent directed thriller showcases ideas scary exciting people cared making entertainment adults best alien invasion films writing describes high points horror cinema horror fiction writer praised film favourite horror movies non fiction book film director later collaborated film halloween iii season witch claimed enormous enormous impact continues time favourite science fiction movies legacy success came time hammer deal expired company produced feature film year women men independent cinemas provided market hammer films struggling face competition television faced closure gave hammer needed box office hit film bring company attention major film distributor case point onward hammer increasingly able deal directly major distributors longer needed like ultimately end exclusive films hammer distribution company wound late 1950s hammer quickly sought good fortune sequel staff member pitched story monster emerging earth core company asked permission use character refused wanting lose control creation film went ahead unknown certificate title featuring newly created scientist character mould played eventually return cinema screens pit written based originally written presented rival british film companies tried cash science fiction films including satellite sky gamma people fire hammer film adapted television drama market research carried company showed horror aspect film science fiction appealed audiences films hammer horror films unknown curse enormous success cemented hammer reputation horror company synonymous genre later said film credit hammer series horror films video releases released region dvd contained number extra features including commentary director hammer historian interview original trailer production booklet written region demand dvd sourced high definition master released mgm film previously released vhs cassette laserdisc media film adapted page comic strip published parts march april june issues magazine volume issue published drawn script cover issue featured painting lewis professor books dvd liner notes dvd commentaries interviews newspaper articles online
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