{"id":6591,"date":"2022-09-18T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T22:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2022-12-31T01:52:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:52:04","slug":"pudding-a-movie-pear-crumble-quatermass-the-pit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6591","title":{"rendered":"MiSC: Pudding & A Movie – Pear Crumble & Quatermass & The Pit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Teresa picked another Hammer movie from her boxed set. And she served up home made pear and currant crumble, with lashings of custard, for pud\u2019. Made with home-grown pears. Lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie, Quatermass and The Pit<\/em>, is an old Hammer film (1967). Based on a character created by Nigel Kneale, professor Bernard Quatermass, who became a BBC TV success (which also lead to spin off books!), it\u2019s kind of sci-fi horror. Perfect Hammer schlock!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo really doesn\u2019t do Teresa\u2019s delish\u2019 pud any justice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago we watched Brian DonLevy as Quatermass, in the 1957 movie Quatermass II<\/a>. That was fun! Donlevy\u2019s Quatermass has more charisma than Andrew Keir, who is somewhat eclipsed by some of his co-stars, James Donald and Julian Glover in particular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an aside, Kneale also did some very interesting sounding TV plays, including 1968\u2019s Year Of The Sex Olympics<\/a>, which anticipates the rise of lowest common-denominator TV and reality shows (and the \u2018bating* culture also imagined\/lampooned in the film Idiocracy<\/em>). But – so far at any rate – Quatermass And The Pit<\/em> isn\u2019t that sort of social satire. Instead it\u2019s that fun but rather pulpy style of sci-fi horror that\u2019s conjured by all those paperbacks with garish covers from yesteryear\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* When masturbation has become a mainstream addiction\/pastime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019re in this kind of territory!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well, some time later\u2026 that was a bit slow to get going. And not, truth be told, terrific. But after a while, towards the end, things go properly<\/em> mental! I don\u2019t know that I like the film, to be honest. But it\u2019s worth seeing, even if only for the last part, with\u2026 well, see the pics below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our alien bugs our creators?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What is this Satanic sky demon apparition?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To modern eyes the effects look lamely amusing. They really struggled when depicting global apocalypse, back in those pre-CGI days. That said, there are scenes that look like WWII Blitz style devastation. And such stuff was still a very recent and vivid memory\/experience. But the whole \u2018sky demon\u2019 bit, right near the end? That\u2019s still quite powerfully weird!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hobbs End tube station has achieved cult status!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Doc Roney (James Donald) takes a crane-ride\u2026 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not, for me at any rate, amongst my favourite Hammer movies. But still worth seeing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teresa picked another Hammer movie from her boxed set. And she served up home made pear and currant crumble, with lashings of custard, for pud\u2019. Made with home-grown pears. Lovely! The movie, Quatermass and The Pit, is an old Hammer film (1967). Based on a character created by Nigel Kneale, professor Bernard Quatermass, who became … <\/p>\n

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