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Sands is at his best when allowing himself more license and not trying to replicate a horror formula.

The two time periods are balanced with care although the earlier one with its opulence and lush cinematography from Walter Lassally remains the most beguiling.

Ford is charismatic as ever as the whip-wielding hero, looking eternally hard-done-by but always up for more.

The film is directed with an air of dignity and the performances are deserving of eternal praise, but as a child of the movies, I was sucked helplessly into a comatose state of boredom.

Mirrors doesn't feel like an unfixed horror for an uncertain world, it comes across more as a broth for the appetites of focus groups.

Lanners has a surprising amount of unexpected turns of events up his sleeve considering the remote setting, although none of them feel unbelievable.

Quatermass And The Pit is a tale filled with creeping fear.

It is a spectacular, brilliantly realised piece of moviemaking

The musical accompaniment is powerful and one feels the viewer is in for a treat, but soon the wooden puppets become, well, very wooden and the wonderful aesthetic loses its attraction, with each movement taking too long.

How the quality of the writing and the commitment of the actors retains so high a standard is a miracle we can only be grateful for.

The film races along with an air of tumultuous enjoyment.