{"id":21524,"date":"2017-02-19T17:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=21524"},"modified":"2017-01-13T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T23:41:02","slug":"x-the-unknown-1956-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=21524","title":{"rendered":"X the Unknown (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/images-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Often overlooked even by those who enjoy the sci-fi films of the fifties, &#8220;X The Unknown&#8221; is one of those sleepers that real afficionados will watch over and over. Starring Dean Jagger, the cast also features a very young Anthony Newly as a British Army corporal.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not much that professional critics would find either amusing or compelling about this film, but when considered in its place as a landmark movie both for the sci-fi genre and for Hammer films, it shines somewhat brighter.<\/p>\n<p>As has aready been mentioned, this film occupies a prominent role among those that feature a &#8220;blob&#8221; monster. The special effects, incidentally, are not bad for the year (1956), and the concept of a radioactive blob is perhaps even more interesting than one that merely gobbles up people.<\/p>\n<p>I understand that this was one of the early films produced by Hammer, as a step toward making more sci-fi entries. I&#8217;m glad they took the chance. This film and those that followed it enriched the genre for all fans of 1950&#8217;s and 1960&#8217;s sci-fi films.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often overlooked even by those who enjoy the sci-fi films of the fifties, &#8220;X The Unknown&#8221; is one of those sleepers that real afficionados will watch over and over. Starring Dean Jagger, the cast also features a very young Anthony Newly as a British Army corporal. 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