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A.k.a.
Invasion of the Triffids
Year
1963
Runtime
93 min.
Directors
Freddie Francis, Steve Sekely
Genres
Sci-Fi, Horror
Rating *
6.1
Votes *
5,456
Checks
678
Favs
15
Dislikes
14
Favs/checks
2.2% (1:45)
Favs/dislikes
1:1
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  1. lachyas's avatar

    lachyas

    Such a poor adaptation. They somehow manage to completely miss not only the philosophical themes of the book but also pretty much every interesting event. I just don't get it, did they have the rights to the concept but not the actual story or something? The ending is an abomination. 9 years 11 months ago
  2. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    It's pretty cool that the makers of The Day of the Triffids stayed true to John Wyndham's book when they crafted the plant monsters (they look just like the original hardcover's illustration) and only sometimes do they feel like men in rubber suits (arguably, the rest of the time, they're stiff puppets). The buck stops there. The book is about the colony that sprouts up around the survivors. It's not very cinematic. The movie is about surviving the first few days of the ecological invasion, made more difficult by 99% of the population going blind during seedfall. Howard Keel is the brawny hero who will get people out of Europe if he can, almost hard to recognize because he's not being a singing douche in a Taming of the Shrew riff. We also have an action scientist on a remote island who has a big red sign with the solution on it to help him (as happens in these movies), though that story never connects to the rest. For Doctor Who fans, we have Carol Ann Ford as a French girl abandoned to her fate too soon. Notably, the schoolgirl Keel hangs out with is called Susan! The First Doctor's Susan will be left in an invasion-torn London like the one here. The Fourth Doctor will of course fight Krynoids who are Triffids mixed with the Thing. And then skip to Ninth Doctor Chris Eccleston having a role in 28 Days Later, which was inspired by the empty streets in this movie. It's a classic of the genre and keeps one's attention. The effects are dated but not bad. I take off half a star for the clumsy structure. 1 month ago
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