☆ ☆ ½
X:
The Unknown (1956) – L. Norman
In the same vein as Hammer’s
contemporaneous Quatermass pictures, X: The Unknown is British sci-fi themed
horror with serious social commentary (about radioactivity) thrown in for good
measure. It starts well, with a sort of
“Val Lewton” asthetic – low budget and what you can’t see just might be more
scary in your imagination. Dean Jagger
is on hand as a scientist who is doing experiments on neutralizing atomic bombs
when the monster strikes, killing a few soldiers and leaving a huge fissure in
the earth. Then, a few more victims
before we see the horrible sludge creature that lives on radiation (even
attacking a hospital to get some).
Unfortunately, the scientific mumbo jumbo can only get you so far and
the film stumbles along to its fully expected conclusion.
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