随着新千年的临近，人类文化濒临崩溃。城市被黑帮所统治，书籍被用来当做燃料，来自外太空的强大邪恶力量正摧毁地球上的年轻一代。地球呼唤一个英雄的出现。这是，伯纳德夸特马斯教授出现了，他是全球最伟大的科学家。本电影堪称科幻电影的鼻祖之作，著名的X-Files正是受到本影片的启发。（文：life_is_good@YDY，转载请注意礼节）
As the millennium draws to a close, civilization is on the verge of collapse. Gangs rule the streets. Books are burned for fuel. And a monstrous force from outer space is destroying the world's youth. Planet Earth is in dire need of a hero. Enter the world's greatest rocket scientist--Professor Bernard Quatermass. Fresh out of retirement, the aging Quatermass is as brilliant and plucky as ever. While London crumbles under anarchy, the professor uses his powerful intellect to marshal assistance from American and Russian quarters and combat what could be the planet's final enemy. Along the way, he hopes to be reunited with his missing 16-year-old granddaughter. One of sci-fi's most original creations, inspiring favorites like The X-Files, this classic 1970s production of QUATERMASS stars Academy Award?winner Sir John Mills (Ryan's Daughter, Gandhi).

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　　历史上最受争议的短篇电视连续剧之一，当导演佛朗哥.泽菲雷里公开宣布他在本片中是把耶稣当作一般人、而不是宗教偶像来描写时，电视剧遭到了有关方面的仔细检查并引起争议。宗教激进分子们甚至在电视剧于1977年4月3日在电视台首播之前就开始表示强烈的抗议，尽管很多赞助商表示不 再支持这部电视剧，但NBC还是决定如期播放它，结果取得了出人意料的效果，使得本片成为有史以来最成功的电视剧之一

Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants.

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.