Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1 Contact Has Been Established.- 2 'Hob'.- 3 Ringstone Round.- Notes.- Credits.

Promotional Information

It's great to see a Quatermass film getting the BFI Film Classics treatment in this timely addition to the series' - Sight & Sound 'Kim Newman is one of Britain's finest genre commentators, and his writing here is illuminating ...a shrewd and penetrating introduction to Quatermass for the uninitiated, and a must-have for those who think they already know everything there is to know about Quatermass and his infernal pit.' - Cinema Retro 'A must-have page-turner... A book you will want to pick up and read every time you watch the classic film it is named after.' - Fortean Times

About the Author

Kim Newman is a novelist, film critic and broadcaster. He is editor of The BFI Companion to Horror and Science Fiction/Horror: A Sight and Sound Reader, and author of the BFI TV Classic on Doctor Who and the BFI Film Classic on Cat People.

Reviews

It's great to see a Quatermass film getting the BFI Film Classics treatment in this timely addition to the series.
*Sight & Sound*

Kim Newman is one of Britain's finest genre commentators, and his writing here is illuminating ...a shrewd and penetrating introduction to Quatermass for the uninitiated, and a must-have for those who think they already know everything there is to know about Quatermass and his infernal pit.
*Cinema Retro*

A must-have page-turner... A book you will want to pick up and read every time you watch the classic film it is named after.
*Fortean Times*