I finally caught the 2005 remake of the quatermass experiment on uktv last week. This is poor treatment for such an early widescreen colour scifi film. The day of the triffids is a bbc miniseries made in 2009. Day of the triffids restoration project classic horror. A look at the the day of the triffids behindthescenes crew and production team. Its also a very hard book to make into a movie because its too easy for the triffids to look silly, rather than scary. The novel had previously been adapted in 1962 as a theatrical film. A walking, carnivorous plant called a triffid, which up until now was kept safely in paddocks and zoos, has broken free and has discovered a taste for rotting, human flesh. The day of the triffids 1963 feature video dailymotion. In this movie adaptation, the plants looks improbable at best. The day of the triffids is a 1951 postapocalyptic novel by the english science fiction author john wyndham. The day of the triffids by john wyndham when bill masen wakes one morning in hospital, ready to have the bandages over his eyes removed, its to find that the world has changed overnight and, where it was once he who was blind, now it is the majority of the population that has lost its sight after watching a mysterious comet shower. Thestory of the day of the triffids is set in motion by a mysterious meteorite shower that blinds everyone who watches. The film follows an american sailor, who has not been blinded by the comets, as he tries to reach safety.
He was a retired film executive whose name was used to meet a british legal requirement. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people. With a premise that seems like it was taken from a syfy channel original movie, john wyndhams 1951 postapocalyptic novel the day of the triffids is a singularly unique and terrifying take on the fall of human civilization and the struggle to survive in a world turned upside down. The day of the triffids after several months of negotiating the rights, a weeks workshop with actors and writer shaun prendergast, and four weeks rehearsal, the world stage premiere of john wyndhams novel, the day of the triffids opened at the new wolsey theatre in ipswich running from 8th to 30th april, 2005. Transformers producer don murphy and michael preger will breathe new life into john wyndhams classic scifi novel. Bill masen part five is the fifth episode of the 1981 miniseries the day of the triffids. Day of the triffids 1981 bbc dvd region 2 pal includes. The day of the triffids is an almost decent monsteralien invasionapocalyptic survival movie hampered by a clumsy, halfbaked script, sketchy characterization, and dated monsters. That would be forgivable if the movies creators had not felt the need to improve on the story. Rent the day of the triffids 1981 starring john duttine and emma relph on dvd and bluray. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids huge, venomous, largerooted plants able to walk, feeding on human flesh can have their day. However bill discovers she is sacrificing old and weak people to the triffids to keep them at bay. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of some triffids. The day of the triffids 1963 approved 93 min horror, scifi 27 april 1963 usa a shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it.
Loosely adapted from john wyndhams novel, day of the triffids. Bill is taken here to have his eyes attended to after being stung by a triffid. Rent the day of the triffids 1981 on dvd and bluray. Yeah but the story is about the blind as much, if not more, than the triffids. A terrible catastrophe has struck the population of earth. The day of the triffids dvd, 2005 for sale online ebay. Most of the locations named are genuine and can still be visited. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the population go blind. We choose to do write a premise for a new adaptation on the famous day of the triffids book by john. What frightens me more is the fact that in all this mess, they are the only things that are going to fatten and thrive. Nearly thirty at the beginning of the story, he developed an early interest in triffids after being once of the first people in britain to be stung by one. The day of the triffids full movie howard keel jannette scott 1962 3.
The day of the triffids 1962 full movie download full hd. It starts strong in the first act with a creative and legitimately scary premise, and continues in that vein through the middle. The day of the triffids full movie howard keel jannette scott 1962 duration. The day of the triffids returning to the silver screen in 3d sep 23, 2010. The day of the triffids is john wyndhams best known and most popular book by. Although wyndham had already published other novels using other pen name combinations drawn from his real name, this was the first novel published as john. This was a group project at uni, we had to make a short trailer for a gametv show or movie. Based on the 1951 scifi horror novel by john wyndam and the 1962 film invasion of the triffids, is set in the aftermath of a comet shower that blinds most of the worlds population. At the end of the day it isnt the triffids that have laid humanity low, its the blindness. The first attempt to film the day of the triffids was 1962s commercially successful but awkward and deeply flawed cinemascope spectacular. It stars howard keel and nicole maurey, and is loosely based on the 1951 novel of the same name by john wyndham. Day of the triffids the complete bbc tv series dvd. Having read the book, i can honestly say that the tv. The film s writer neil cross last wrote midnight delivery and inside.
When a day that you happen to know is wednesday starts off by sounding like sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere not exactly up there with it was the best of times etc. That would be forgivable if the movie s creators had not felt the need to improve on the story. Everything you need to know about the day of the triffids. Read the the day of the triffids plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at movies. Watch the day of the triffids full movie in hd visit movie 21143 a shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle. The day of the triffids is a 1962 british science fiction film in cinemascope and eastmancolor, produced by george pitcher and philip yordan, and directed by steve sekely. Bill masen, who was unable to watch the spectacular but deadly free firework display, finds himself in a nightmarish world where he believes himself to be the only sighted person left. Day of the triffids 1981 headhunters holosuite wiki. When the day of the triffids was published in 1951, john wyndham could hardly. Invasion of the triffids 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bill and jo have teamed up, because of his ongoing concerns about the harvesting of the triffids he decides to check upon the refinery, the staff are all dead, the triffids have escapedthe day of the triffids had begun. Like the 1962 howard keel film of the same name, this 6part bbc production is based on john wyndhams classic novel from the early 50s and follows the book much more closely than the film did.
The day of the triffids, published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time. The producer listed in the credits, george pitcher, had nothing to do with this film. The series was based on the original novel the day of the triffids by scifi writer john wyndham. This story is intercut with a couple stranded in a lighthouse surrounded by triffids these scenes were all added by the uncredited director freddie francis after the original cut of the movie came in way under its correct running time. The day of the triffids horror movie trailer 1962 youtube. The day of the triffids 1993 after meteors enter earths atmosphere, blinding much of the planets population in the process, plantlike creatures known as triffids emerge from the craters and. So far, the dvd releases of the day of the triffids have been wellframed 2. Bill and coker take sanctuary at an abbey, whose abbess says she wants to set up a haven for blind and sighted refugees. Day of the triffids was a television miniseries that aired on bbc1 in the united kingdom and australia from september 10th to september 15th, 1981. The bbc and warner home video have decided to release a true classic of science fiction, the 1981 british miniseries the day of the triffids. And while the idea of a story about killer plants may. Day of the triffids is a 1981 tv series adaptation of the brilliant book the day of the triffids by john wyndham. He travels to see his father, collecting two guntoting little girls on the way. Watch the day of the triffids online 1963 movie yidio.
The film s director mike newell last directed the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society and great expectations. That movie steered a legion of monster fans to john wyndhams book, where they found a much richer experience that didnt involve nonsense like having the triffids be susceptible to ordinary sea water. He evades the comets effects because he is in hospital after being temporarily blinded by a triffid. The population is then left vulnerable to attacks from the triffids. The twodisc release includes a 30min or so making of featurette on disc two which covers several aspects of the film s genesis.
Day of the triffids restoration project day of the triffids restoration project. The source material has been a scratchy print with faded colour. Information on the characters from the day of the triffids. The remaining blind are helpless and many fall prey to the triffids lethal whipping sting, but can the sighted keep this fearful plant at bay. It first aired simultaneously on bbc1 and abc television on september 14th. Stream, download, buy the day of the triffids is available to watch free on tubi tv, the roku channel free and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, amazon online.
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