{"id":1974,"date":"2011-10-04T12:10:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T11:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2012-01-05T17:33:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T16:33:55","slug":"quatermass-and-the-pit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2011\/10\/04\/quatermass-and-the-pit\/","title":{"rendered":"Quatermass and the Pit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale&#8217;s seminal <I>Quatermass<\/I> series, <I>Quatermass and the Pit<\/I>, about a scientist battling terrifying alien forces discovered during excavations in London, was made by Hammer Studios in 1967. It is released on Double Play (DVD + Blu-ray) in the UK on October 10 by Studiocanal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1868\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/quatermass_review_large.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/quatermass_review_large.jpg?resize=474%2C672\" alt=\"\" title=\"Comic Strip Review by Rebecca Burgess\" width=\"474\" height=\"672\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/quatermass_review_large.jpg?resize=594%2C842 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/quatermass_review_large.jpg?resize=300%2C425 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/quatermass_review_large.jpg?w=846 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Rebecca Burgess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">For more information on Rebecca Burgess, go to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccaburgess.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">her website<\/A>.<\/div>\n<p><B>Watch the trailer:<\/B><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XTiZJFRRlwE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on Nigel Kneale&#8217;s seminal series, Hammer Studios&#8217; 1967 film <I>Quatermass and the Pit<\/I> charts a scientist&#8217;s battle against terrifying alien forces discovered during excavations in London.<br \/>\n<I><B>Comic Strip Review by Rebecca Burgess<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-cinema-releases","category-comic-strip-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-vQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2316,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/05\/09\/the-plague-of-the-zombies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1974,"position":0},"title":"The Plague of the Zombies","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"May 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years before Romero's Night of the Living Dead, Hammer Studios produced this socially conscious zombie thriller set in Cornwall.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Check it out&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Check it out","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/category\/check-it-out\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/plagueofthezombies_800-594x1159.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/plagueofthezombies_800-594x1159.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/plagueofthezombies_800-594x1159.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1029,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/04\/01\/comic-strip-review-dr-jekyll-and-sister-hyde\/","url_meta":{"origin":1974,"position":1},"title":"Comic Strip Review: Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"April 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Directed by Roy Ward Baker, this 1971 Hammer take on Robert Louis Stevenson adds a gender twist to the classic story. 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