X: The Unknown
It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!
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9/21/1956Runtime
81 minsOverview
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.
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A lean, atmospheric creature feature where the real horror emerges from humanity's reckless tampering with forces underground, the monster is almost secondary to the creeping dread of inexplicable deaths spreading across the Scottish landscape. It's taut sci-fi horror that trusts mood and mystery over spectacle.
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