The Day Of The Triffids (DVD)

The Day Of The Triffids made in 1962 by Directors Steve Sekely (Night Of The Living Dead) and Freddie Francis (The Creeping Flesh & Torture Garden), from the book of the same name by author John Wyndham. The story..... All over the world a large meteorite shower can be seen hitting the Earth's atmosphere, a large spectacular shower that the Worlds press is reporting as being 'unprecedented shower of meteorites - a once in a lifetime spectacle that ...
...see this event. In the morning the World awakes to find that all those who saw the meteorite shower, are now blind. The population becomes a crazed, hysterical mass of violent and helpless people. Meanwhile, a hospital patient, Bill Masen who had under gone surgery on his eyes and didn't see the shower and therefore is one of the few people who can see. He leaves the Hospital and finds a little girl in the train station, wandering helplessly on ...

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...from 1963 is based on the book of the same name. After a deadly shower of meteorites causes almost all the population of the world to go blind, things get worse when a species of human-eating plant, the Triffids who seem to come from space, turn into huge monsters, and begin an assault on the whole human race. Howard Keel stars as a man recovering from an eye-operation, who thankfully didn't get hurt by the meteorites. He's barely recognisable though, ...
...to grips with not only the fact that most of the world is literally in a blind panic but he also has to deal with the horrible carnivorous plants as well! He eventually decides to basically look after himself and a little girl he saves along the way. The story also follows a sub-plot of a disillusioned couple living in a lighthouse, stranded, and surrounded by deadly Triffids! The man is an alcoholic scientist and the woman is suffering even before ...

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Based on the John Wyndham book, The Day of The Triffids is a typically British sci-fi b-movie that is just streets ahead of it's American peers. The story is simple, a seamen recovers from an eye operation, missing a brilliant light show caused by meteors hitting the Earth's atmosphere. When he awakes, the world is in ruin with the population blinded by the strange lights. But this is not the only effect - strange meat eating plants have appeared ...
...pure cheese and even though the film is not going to win any Oscars, it is entertaining. The tension builds well and the underlying story is of such quality that it lifts things tremendously. The cast is suprisingly headed by manly Howard Keel (yes, he of Seven Brides fame) but he's almost the token American as the rest of the cast are well and truly British. Janina Faye as the young girl he befriends continues the good work she did in Hammer's Dracula ...

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The Day Of The Triffids - a wonderful story by John Wyndham made into a film for the big screen has also been shown on TV. The Triffid, a plant originally bred for it's oil, became a curiosity as a carniverous plant. It was held captive in secure compounds as it had aquired the ability to move from place to place, albeit slowly. It had a long lash with a lethal sting on the end with which it attacked it's prey, soon to be man and beast. The Triffid ...
...their seeds and unknown to the people the seeds had spread far and wide. A brilliant and prolonged meteor shower had everyone watching with awe. The next day all who watched woke up blind. The remaining few became targets of the blind to be used as sighted slaves. With no keepers the Triffids were free to leave their compounds and wreaked havoc on the blind population. The story tells of man's fight against blindness and the marauding Triffids ...

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