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The polite and soft-spoken Dr. Royston, played with almost paternal kindness by
Dean Jagger, is a kind and gentle hero. When the populace of the area surrounding
a bottomless fissure in an abandoned quarry is devastated by a rash of lethal
radiation burns, Royston tries to convince authorities of the possibility of
a life from deep within Earth that has surfaced to feed to a rather skeptical
reception. Sure enough, the sludge from 20,000 fathoms is spotted pouring down
the road like a self-contained lava flow, headed for the military's own nuclear
reactor. In this well-thought-out sci-fi production set in Scotland director
Leslie Norman creates an inky-black atmosphere with moody night shooting and
heaps on the horror with blistery. Effective chiller written by Jimmy Sangster.
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