This edited version of Quatermass (1979), half the length of the mini-series, was produced to be released theatrically overseas. This meant Nigel Kneale had to write a script that would work as a three hour and twenty-four hour mini-series, and as a one hour and forty-two minute movie.
Jane Bertish's debut.
Italian censorship visa # 75461 delivered on 8 August 1980.