DOOMWATCH

Dull watch

Ian Berriman

RELEASED 20 JUNE 1972 | 12 | Blu-ray Director Peter Sasdy Cast Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates, Jean Trend “The pacing is mercilessly, punishingly slow” BLU-RAY DEBUT It’s been quite the annus mirabilis for fans of Doomwatch, the prescient ’70s TV series about a government department investigating ecological disasters. Swift on the heels of April’s box set release of every surviving episode, here’s a belated HD release for the movie spin-off made by British studio Tigon. Ian Bannen plays a scientist sent to a remote island to investigate the possible effects of pollution on marine life. Instead he discovers a disturbing epidemic, which is deforming the residents of Balfe and leaving them prone to violence. Early on the signs are quite promising, with the island setting, the…

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