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Quatermass Xperiment (The) AKA Shock! AKA The Creeping Unknown AKA The Quatermass Experiment AKA X: The Experiment (Blu-ray 4K) (1955)
A spacecraft returns to earth with only one terrified passenger left aboard ... and a creeping monster.Director: Val Guest
Year of Copyright: 1955
Year of Production: 1954-55
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)
* The Film: 1.66:1 UK Version (82:08)
* The Film: 1.37:1 Open Matte Version (82:08)
* The Film: Premiere Programme (111:30):
- "The Eric Winstone Bandshow" (29:22)
- The Film: 1.66:1 UK Version (82:08)
(1.) Audio commentary on the UK 1.66:1 Version by film historians Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray and Wayne Kinsey (2024)
(2.) Audio commentary on the 1.37:1 Open Matte Version by film historian Stephen Bissette (2024)
(3.) Audio commentary on the 1.37:1 Open Matte Version by co-writer-director Val Guest and moderator Marcus Hearn (2003)
"The Legend of Nigel Kneale, Part One: The Creeping Unknown" 2025 documentary (42:32)
"Monstrous!: Stephen Bissette on Make-Up Artist Phil Leakey" 2025 featurette (5:53)
"The Quatermass Experiment" Super 8 Cutdown 1 (26:48)
"The Quatermass Experiment" Super 8 Cutdown 2(mute) (14:01)
German Titles: Shock! (1:10)
UK Censor Card (0:10)
"The Eric Winstone Bandshow" 1955 short film (29:22)
The Eric Winstone Bandshow Trailer (1:08)
The Eric Winstone Bandshow Censor Card (0:14)
DISC TWO (Blu-ray 4K)
* The Film: 1.85:1 US Version ("The Creeping Unknown) (79:41)
(4.) Audio commentary by film historians Constantine Nasr and Dr. Steve Haberman (2025)
"Unstoppable: Unleashing The Quatermas Xperiment" 2025 documentary (37:01)
The Creeping Unknown Trailer (2:10)
The Creeping Unknown Widescreen Trailer (2:10)
The Creeping Unknown Textless Trailer (2:10)
Alternate US Titles: Shock! (1:10)
"Festival of Fantastic Films: Val Guest Interview from FoFF 2000" 2000 Interview conducted by Stephen Gallagher and Introduced by Stephen Laws (65:15)
Val Guest 2003 Interview (7:52)
"Patient Zero: James Swanton on Richard Wordsworth" 2025 interview (19:49)
"Exhuming The Quatermass Xperiment" 2025 featurette (4:09)
Image Gallery (8:33)
DISC THREE (Blu-ray copy)
DISC FOUR (Blu-ray copy)
DISC FIVE: The 1953 TV Version (Blu-ray)
"The Quatermass Experiment: A Thriller for Television in Six Parts by Nigel Kneale":
- "Episode One: Contact Has Been Established" (31:57)
- "Episode Two: Persons Reported Missing" (34:50)
"Timeshift: The Kneale Tapes" 2003 TV episode (39:34)
"Cartier & Kneale: Quatermass in Conversation" 2005 featurette that features 1990 and 1991 interviews (11:02)
"Making Demons" 2005 featurette featuring 1991 interviews with Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine (7:08)
Quatermass and the Pit Omnibus Titles (2:11)
Photo Gallery (3:14)
BD-ROM:
- Script PDFs of the six missing episodes of the 1953 TV version of The Quatermass Experiment -
Subtitles:English HoH, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Castillian)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1/1.66:1/1.85:1
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Picture Format:2160p24 HEVC
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HDR:HDR10, Dolby Vision
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
German DTS 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 768Kbps)
Italian DTS 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 768Kbps) -
Case type:Special Case
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UPC Number:5061058620287
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Notes:The film is preceded by a new Hammer logo and starts at
Comes with:
- A double direction hard card slipcase.
- Eight mini reproduction lobby cards.
- A double sided fold out poster featuring the original US and Italian theatrical key art.
- A 180-page book "The Quatermass Papers, Volume One": "The Audience Loved it. Can You Sell it to Film?" By Sarah Morgan, "A New Peak of Grusomeness" by Andrew Pixley, "Hammer A.D. 1955" by Jon Dear, "Stratospheric" by Andy Murray, "Hammer House of Harmony" by Andrew Pixley, "A Film Version Was Only a Matter of Time" by Denis Meikle and "It Would Qualify for the 'X' Category and for No Other" by Wayne Kinsey. Also contains reproductions of the Danish and German press books, reproductions of trade ads, posters, lobby cards and the UK distribution card, information on cast & crew, limited collector's edition content, thanks and disc production credits.
- A 54-page reproduction of the House of Hammer #9 (1977) comic strip adaptation.
When ordered directly from the Hammer Films website, the first 250 came with an exclusive patch. Also, the outer shipping box containing the limited edition had special "The Quatermass Xperiment" logos and on the inside, a quote from the film). -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
The only version we're currently aware of.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Limited Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Hammer Films - No cuts - Comes with the UK 1.66:1 version, the 1.37:1 open matte version (both 82:08) and the cut US 1.85:1 version (79:41)
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Comparison added by Rick_Curzon on 12/06/25
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 12/06/25UPDATE LOG:
12/06/25: Initial entry.
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