

X: The Unknown1956
“It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!”
Directed by Leslie Norman
The premise
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.
Horror Vault's take
Deep beneath the Scottish highlands, military exercises disturb something ancient and ravenous — a force that feeds on radioactive energy and leaves its victims horribly burned. As a trail of mysterious incidents fans out across the countryside, an American scientist and a British investigator must race to understand what they are dealing with before it reaches the next source of power. A product of 1950s atomic-age dread, this Hammer production channels genuine unease from its remote, fog-shrouded setting and a threat that resists easy comprehension.
Content: Radiation Injury Imagery, Monster Attack Scenes, Mild Horror Violence
Cast

Dean Jagger
Dr. Adam Royston

Leo McKern
Inspector McGill

William Lucas
Peter Elliott

Edward Chapman
John Elliott

John Harvey
Maj. Cartwright

Michael Ripper
Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke

Anthony Newley
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb

Ian MacNaughton
Pvt. Haggis

Peter Hammond
Lt. Bannerman

Kenneth Cope
Pvt. Lansing
Michael Brooke
Willie Harding

Frazer Hines
Ian Osborn
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