The Day of the Triffids
6.1/10 from 63 votes
Gender: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Date of release: 01 Jul 1962
Description
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.Extra
| Budget | 750000 $ |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 94 minute |
| Producer | Allied Artists Pictures Security Pictures Ltd. |
| Language | English |
| Themes | london england based on novel independent film blindness alien life-form meteor alien invasion plant man eating plant giant plant |
| Actors | Alison Leggatt Kieron Moore Mervyn Johns Howard Keel Victor Brooks Ewan Roberts Janette Scott Nicole Maurey Carole Ann Ford Geoffrey Matthews Janina Faye Gilgi Hauser John Tate Arthur Gross Colette Wilde |
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