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November 23, 2006
November 4, 2006
Quatermass and the Final Journey
Nigel Kneale, founding father of British television science-fiction and legendary Hammer Films screenwriter, passed away last Sunday at age 84. Kneale was best known for his character, Professor Bernard Quatermass, fearless alien fighter, protecting the earth from scourges like these über-creepy Martian grasshoppers discovered in a spaceship buried below the London Underground, in the Hammer classic, Quatermass and the Pit (AKA: 5 Million Years to Earth). Rest in Peace, Mr. Kneale, and thank you for all the sleepless nights your films gave me as a kid.
[via Things Magazine]