The thriller that began five million years ago in another world has come to earth! A London subway excavation abruptly halts when construction workers find a cluster of prehistoric skulls and skeletons. Anthropologist Dr. Roney (James Donald), his assistant Barbara Judd (Barbara Shelly), and space expert Professor Quatermass (Andrew Keir) are driven by curiosity and dig deeper to discover a "strange" missile that is not of this earth. The eerie juxtaposition of locust, demon-like creatures and a high-tech rocket leads Roney and Quatermass may owe his intellect and latent psychic powers to the intervention of insectoid creatures from Mars. Even more unsettling...the craft itself appears to still be alive!. UK and US Theatrical Trailers, , 60 & 20 second TV Spots, , Exclusive "World of Hammer" episode entitled Sci-Fi, Audio Commentary, Director Commentary.