随着新千年的临近，人类文化濒临崩溃。城市被黑帮所统治，书籍被用来当做燃料，来自外太空的强大邪恶力量正摧毁地球上的年轻一代。地球呼唤一个英雄的出现。这是，伯纳德夸特马斯教授出现了，他是全球最伟大的科学家。本电影堪称科幻电影的鼻祖之作，著名的X-Files正是受到本影片的启发。（文：life_is_good@YDY，转载请注意礼节）Asthemillenniumdrawstoaclose,civilizationisonthevergeofcollapse.Gangsrulethestreets.Booksareburnedforfuel.Andamonstrousforcefromouterspaceisdestroyingtheworld'syouth.PlanetEarthisindireneedofahero.Entertheworld'sgreatestrocketscientist--ProfessorBernardQuatermass.Freshoutofretirement,theagingQuatermassisasbrilliantandpluckyasever.WhileLondoncrumblesunderanarchy,theprofessoruseshispowerfulintellecttomarshalassistancefromAmericanandRussianquartersandcombatwhatcouldbetheplanet'sfinalenemy.Alongtheway,hehopestobereunitedwithhismissing16-year-oldgranddaughter.Oneofsci-fi'smostoriginalcreations,inspiringfavoriteslikeTheX-Files,thisclassic1970sproductionofQUATERMASSstarsAcademyAward?winnerSirJohnMills(Ryan'sDaughter,Gandhi).

Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group is sought to examine strange meteorite showers. His investigations lead to his uncovering a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British Government. As even some of Quatermass's closest colleagues fall victim to the alien influence, he is forced to use his own unsafe rocket prototype, which recently caused a nuclear disaster at an Australian testing range, to prevent the aliens from taking over mankind.

改编自Nigel Kneale以Quatermass为主角的系列科幻小说。 Quatermass指挥的火箭运行发生意外，着陆后三名宇航员只剩一名，并且神志不清，身体发生着奇怪的变异。Quatermass必须尽快查明原因，拯救人类的命运。

"The Quatermass Experiment" was a 1967 Australian teleplay based on a novel by Nigel Kneale - "The Quatermass Experiment".

讲述三个太空人升空后与太空总署失去联络，若干时间后太空船返回地球，援救队却发现太空船内只得一个太空人的生还，原来他已被外星生物占用了肉体，更要把地球毁灭。

Cast, crew and critics discuss the BBC's 2005 remake of 'The Quatermass Experiment'.

Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for Moon colonisation his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar - meteorites crashing down?. Following them to the place where they should be landing he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth... Second in Hammer Films' trio of screen versions for Nigel Kneale's classic 1950s BBC serials, with the same director and star as 1955's "The Quatermass Experiment".

講述三個太空人升空後與太空總署失去聯絡，若干時間後太空船返回地球，援救隊卻發現太空船內只得一個太空人Carroon生還，原來他已被外星生物佔用了肉體，更要把地球毁滅。

地铁工人在挖掘过程中发现一个装有尸骨的奇怪坑洞，却不知道因此唤醒沈睡已久的远古恶灵，人类命运即将面临空前危机。

When a skull is found during building works at Knightsbridge, London, the work is halted in order that a full archaeological dig can proceed. The diggers delve deeper, finding more skulls, but also finding some form of tube-like shell made of a ceramic like material. The Ministry of Defence believe it to be an un-exploded bomb, but when they manage to dig inside the shell, dead insect-like creatures are found. The MOD continue with their story, but Professor Quatermass's theory that the insects are Martians who visited Earth over five million years ago is proved to be correct with drastic consequences.