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X the Unknown

X the Unknown

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 21, 1956

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery

User Score

61%

Original Title

X the Unknown

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

Director

Leslie Norman

Description

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.