The Day of the Triffids details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Alison Le, Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Alexander Knox, Janina Faye, Alison Leggatt, Ewan Roberts |
| Directors: | Ken Hannam, Freddie Francis |
| Genres: | Horror - B-Movie, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Collections: | Alien Invasion, Apocalypse Now, B Movies, Barely Scary, Book Adaptations, End of the World, Page to Screen, The Ultimate Halloween Collection |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Day of the Triffids |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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Time has not been kind...
By Robin Parker from North-west England , 22 Feb 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
The Day Of The Triffids has to be one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read, and continues to be hugely influential to this day, not just in print but on celluloid as well (see 28 Days Later).
Unfortunately, this film adaptation doesn't really do the book justice, and the main problem watching this now is just how dated it looks. To be fair, transferring the story to screen would be a tough job in any era (just how do you make plants look scary?!), but the quaint and old fashioned dramatic devices employed here don't really cut it these days.
In my view, this story is just begging to be 'reimagined' 21st century style, perhaps with somebody like Sam Raimi at the helm.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(24)Quality watch
By a customer , 14 Aug 2012Love it, mass hysteria and blood curdling screams. some of the scenes in the dark were a bit hard to view, but it was definitely worth a watch.. Quality!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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that will be the day
By juradino (811 reviews) from London , 28 Jul 2010Problem with this is that how do you make flesh eating plants to uproot themselves and look credible in the book, when they look convincing on screen. And then the plot kind of gets shaky. Watch the film and then read the book if you can. John Wyndham wrote better stories that this one I think.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Poor video quality
By WilburTheWombat (1 review) from Merry Olde England , 16 Feb 2010I don't know what the quality of the original source material was, but the image quality on this dvd is very poor - best avoided. Why not try the 1981 BBC TV series - by far the best adaptation so far.- Was this review helpful to you?
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day of the triffids
By salisburina (1 review) from Smethwick , 13 Nov 2009awful awful awful. if you want to see a film that is nothing like the book then watch this.
awful.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Veg that walks
By chenny (70 reviews) from Bristol , 15 Oct 2008It don't sing and dance and it don't talk, but this is a veg that loves to walk, sadly not straight on to your plate, thus reducing its carbon footprint.
After a Meteor shower has blinded most of the worlds population, a plant in Kew gardens develops a fondness for exercise and the taste for human flesh.
This is a story which shouldn't work, especially as the 60's Hollywood B film treatment tampers heavily with the original book, but still the magic of its authors pen shines through and it scares the pants out of the whole family, especially if that family happens to be called Titchmarsh.- Was this review helpful to you?
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