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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>Video Review <font size="4"><br>Quatermass 2</font> <br>by Gary Johnson</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p><font size="6" color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></font>efore discovering that the route to greatest profits was paved with blood and sex, Hammer Film Productions produced several thoughtful, sober science fiction movies, such as <i>The Quatermass Xperiment</i> (1955) and <i>X the Unknown</i> (1956). These thrillers gave few indications of the gothic inflections that would soon envelope Hammer movies (e.g., <i>Curse of Frankenstein</i> in 1957 and <i>Dracula</i> in 1958). <i>Quatermass 2</i> (aka <i>Enemy From Space</i>) is arguably the best British science fiction movie in this realistic mold. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>