As a long distance dedication to Rox, here we go back to Hammer Films for our penultimate night of movies…it’s 1956 and X the Unknown. It’s written by Hammer scribe Jimmy Sangster (who brought you, among other things, the hammer Dracula) and directed by Leslie Norman (who would go on to direct mostly television, including a slew of Saint episodes). It stars Dean Jagger (Vanishing Point), Edward Chapman (Things to Come) and a relatively young Leo McKern (“Be-at-tle”) from early in his career.
The setup is fairly simple and routine for those of us who have been around for eight years now…a creature from prehistory has decided to come up to the surface of the earth to eat radiation. And goes from place to place doing so, like a glowing buffet. But it’s old school Hammer, so what’s not to like? Enjoy.
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The film was released on DVD by Anchor Bay a while back but is out of print though still available.
