X: The Unknown backdrop

X: The Unknown 1956

It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company Hammer Film Productions
Release Date 21 September 1956
81 mins