Review of X: The Unknown (1956) by Royal B — 22 Mar 2009

After the successful Quatermass Xperiment, Hammer wanted the character to be in this movie, but Kneale wisely refused.

This isnâ??t on a par with any of the Quatermass tv shows, or movies, but itâ??s still an interesting sci fi movie, and often amusing look at how naive the writers were, when it came to writing about radiation, and how scientists supposedly handled radioactive properties, without wearing any protective gear, or house radiation in a proper environment.

But this was made in the 50s, and no one (well script writers) really understood the nature of radiation other than it was used to build a bomb.

However this is an enjoyable and an nostalgic trip to an innocent age, with a fun story of a radioactive creature stalking a sleepy village in Scotland.