The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Beware the triffids... they grow... know... walk... talk... stalk... and kill!
Starring Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott
Directed by Freddie Francis,Steve Sekely
A shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the World's population go completely blind. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of Triffids: farmed plants harvested for their oils, which are capable of moving themselves around and are carnivorous. In this film version, however, the Triffids are not indigenous plants. Instead they are space aliens whose spores have arrived in this and an earlier meteor shower. Derided by the original novel's author, John Wyndham, for straying so far away from the source material.
Runtime: 93 min.
Rating: 6.3
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Horror,Science Fiction,Thriller
Keywords: london, england,based on novel or book,plant,giant plant,alien life-form,meteor,alien invasion,blindness,man eating plant
Cast
Bill Masen
Christine Durrant
Karen Goodwin
Tom Goodwin
Mr. Coker
Dr. Soames
Miss Coker
Luis de la Vega
Susan - Child on the Train
Teresa de la Vega
Captain - SS Midland
Bettina
Flight 356 Radioman
Poiret
Nurse Jamieson
Greenhouse Watchman