The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror

What to watch after The Quatermass Xperiment

• The Abominable Snowman (1957) — Same feel: scary, tense
• Asylum (1972) — Same feel: scary, disturbing
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• First Men in the Moon (1964) — Nigel Kneale worked on both
• It Came from Outer Space (1953) — Same subject: alien life-form
• Pandorum (2009)