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X the Unknown is a 1956 British sci-fi horror film about a prehistoric creature that emerges from a crack in the ground and feeds on radioactive sources. The film was directed by Leslie Norman and starred Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern.
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village in this Hammer Films production. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
- (3.3K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey
- 1957-05
Jun 11, 2022 · X the Unknown 1956 colorized (Dean Jagger) Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorize a remote Scottish village.
- 79 min
- 9K
- George Fergus
A radioactive ooze terrorizes a remote Scottish village in this Hammer Film Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures collaboration. Watch the movie clips, read the synopsis, cast and crew, and more on Turner Classic Movies.
- Leslie Norman, Chris Sutton
- Dean Jagger
X the Unknown. An atomic researcher (Dean Jagger) in Scotland links radiation burns to throbbing mud from the center of the Earth. ...a particularly British kind of horror; with an invisible...
- (6)
- Sci-Fi
- Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village. Dr. Royston, a plutonium scientist, tries to stop the creature with his experiments and the Army's help.
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X the Unknown is a 1956 British science fiction horror film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Dean Jagger and Edward Chapman. It was made by the Hammer Film Productions company and written by Jimmy Sangster. The film is significant in that "it firmly established Hammer's transition from B-movie thrillers to out-and-out horror/science fiction" and, with The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and ...
