i can honestly say i have be a quatermass fan most of my life . ever since i saw quatermass xperiment at age eight ( show in the u. s. a the creep unknown ) and i have see and enjoy almost all available version of the series . if i say that this version be the weak of the bunch and that no slam and not at all . the acting be first rate and the adaption nearly so while the only flaw here be one that almost everyone on the site mention the production budget . if bbc 4 need a benchmark of how little money they can get away with spending to make a good sf thriller and this be the breaker . even a brief look at the metamorphosed caroon in the museum would be good than what we be suppose to have see over the television monitor ( that be fiberglass insulation be shake by off camera grip and to portray the alien fungi and right . in soft focus . that be pretty sad ) . to quote the late and great casey stengel and eventually and you have get to sell some steak along with the sizzle . i hope that when they re make quatermass 2 and they give it a slightly big budget . hell and i know _i would_ watch it .