The Day of the Triffids
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Cast
Howard Keel
as Bill Masen
Janina Faye
as Susan - Child on the Train
Nicole Maurey
as Christine Durrant
Janette Scott
as Karen Goodwin
Kieron Moore
as Tom Goodwin
Mervyn Johns
as Mr. Coker
Ewan Roberts
as Dr. Soames
Alison Leggatt
as Miss Coker
Geoffrey Matthews
as Luis de la Vega
Gilgi Hauser
as Teresa de la Vega
Reviews
talisencrw
This was solid and surprisingly very effective at getting across both the dread and horrific atmosphere of such a predicament--and would make a very good double bill with Kaufman's (70's) 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. I love my veggies, but I'll never look at a salad the same way again......
Wuchak
_**Attack of the Plant Monsters**_ After a curious meteor shower creates havoc on Earth, a merchant navy officer (Howard Keel) in England is forced to contend with mobile vegetation-based creatures; meanwhile on an island off of Cornwall a troubled scientist couple working at a lighthouse try to ...
CinemaSerf
I loved this film as a child - and almost sixty years later, it is still a very entertaining, fast-moving sci-fi tale. A meteor shower deposits loads of walking plants that render their victims blind. Before we know it, civilisation is facing chaos as there are hardly any folks left who can see - ca...
