Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Cleveronix
A different way of telling a story
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
azathothpwiggins
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS answers the question, "What sort of carnivorous plants could catch and consume a human being?". Well, an organized, mobile, extremely cunning army of them! After a freak meteor shower renders most of the world population blind, the sighted few remaining must find a way to survive against the alien threat of the title. Bill Masen (Howard Keel), a merchant marine recovering from eye surgery, is saved by his bandages, and seeks others w/ whom he can unite against the vicious vegetation. Simultaneously, an alcoholic scientist (Kieron Moore) and his long-suffering, biologist wife (Janette Scott) are holed up in a lighthouse, trying to figure out a way to defeat the menace. TRIFFIDS is a well-executed sci-fi horror film, taking what could easily have been a joke, and making a fantastic, suspenseful drama out of it. The scenes aboard an airplane in flight and a ship at sea are particularly effective in getting the point across: This is a global tragedy that could result in the extinction of the human race. Highly recommended...
MartinHafer
Last night I watched an episode of the old "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". In "The Price of Doom", you had a decent story and some very good actors...and a creature that looked like it cost $3.48 to make...at the most. Because the 'monster' was so ridiculously bad, it was hard to enjoy the show. It was so bad that famed sci-fi author Harlan Ellison disavowed responsibility for this episode and he asked his name be stricken from the show!!I mention all this because "Day of the Triffids" is pretty much the same experience as watching "The Price of Doom". It had a neat script, very good acting and monsters that were so laughably bad...even by 1960s standards. As a result it seriously took me out of the experience and made the film quite silly.In this near future film, meteorites strike the Earth and inexplicably make plants, triffids, turn into malevolent flesh- eating monsters. At the same time, most of the folks on the planet go blind...so it's up to a few to figure out how to survive and fight off the incredibly ridiculous creatures!Good script, good acting, dopey monsters...nuff said about this one.
jvance-566-20403
There are times when a movie depiction of a book really works but in those cases the written version is typically mediocre. When the book is superb even the best directors have a hard time making the translation.Daphne Du Maurier's "The Birds" and Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting" received excellent treatment by Hitchcock and Wise. But though very well done they didn't quite get there. This adaptation of John Wyndham's extraordinary work was pretty far off the mark.The most glaring oddity is the telling of 2 simultaneous but completely unconnected story lines. I'm not quite sure why this was done but it's distracting. The actors all try hard but the poor special effects and uninspiring dialog don't give them much to work with.I still break this out and watch it from time to time but it's mainly to reminisce about innocent young minds and Saturday matinees. If you want a real treat, read the book.
tavm
The reason I'm now watching this British horror movie from the early '60s is because since I've been reviewing films and TV appearances of the original "Dallas" stars in chronological order for the last two months, I'm presently at 1962 with this, Howard Keel's contribution to my list that I've just mentioned. He plays an American Navy man in England with bandages in his eyes when a meteor shower blinds many of the public wandering outside the European countries which includes France and Spain as well. He eventually also finds a pre-teen English girl and a French woman who also managed to avoid the blindness of that night. Oh, and yes, there are monster plants of the title killing anyone they encounter abounding around. I'll stop there and just say that despite the pretty ridiculous premise I've just described, I found myself liking the acting and therefore somewhat caring for the characters. That also includes a married couple in a lighthouse tower who are scientists that have no contact at all with the other characters. One of whom, Janette Scott, is quite luminous in her beauty and does some great screaming when the occasion is provided. As for those plants, well, I thought when shown at night some effective chills were provided but when shown in the daytime, the cheesiness was in abundance. So when I watched this on YouTube, it was on a program called Cinema Insomnia hosted by a Mr. Lobo who did plenty of sketches that were amateurishly funny and had also some vintage commercials, and various trailers that also provided some enjoyment for me. So in summary, I enjoyed The Day of the Triffids for some scares and unintentional humor which was good enough for me.
