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The Day of the Triffids (1962)
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.
Updated May 10 2020
Cast
Howard Keel
Bill Masen
Nicole Maurey
Christine Durrant
Janette Scott
Karen Goodwin
Victor Brooks
Poiret
Mervyn Johns
Ewan Roberts
Dr. Soames
Colette Wilde
Nurse Jamieson
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Crew
Ron Goodwin
Original Music Composer
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects
Paul Rabiger
Makeup Artist
Cedric Dawe
Art Direction
John Wyndham
Novel
Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
Philip Yordan
Executive Producer
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