La révolte des triffides

Original title: The Day of the Triffids

1963
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1h 33m

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6.1/10

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Alien Invasion Horror Sci-Fi

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

Directors
- Steve Sekely
- Freddie Francis
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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

9.3K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Steve Sekely
- Freddie Francis
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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The Day of the Triffids

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Trivia
The book ends with the Triffids still a threat and Masen leaving for the Isle of Wight, hoping to eradicate them from the face of the Earth someday.

Goofs
Tom and Karen are on a lighthouse situated on rocks when triffids appear. Tom turns a fire hose on them spraying the with salt water which causes them to melt in which case hoe did they survive the spray from the waves crashing on the rocks. The force of water from the hose Tom and Karen later use to destroy the triffids is much greater than what the triffid would have been subjected to by sea spray; when Karen told Tom about the triffid being on a rocky ledge and they returned to look for it, they were not soaked by the sea spray, so evidently the triffid would not have been either. As seen earlier in the film , the triffids grow incredibly quickly, so would only have been there for a few minutes when Karen saw it. In the short time she was away, the triffid moved away from the danger.

Quotes
Tom Goodwin: [to Karen] Keep behind me. There's no sense in getting killed by a plant.

Alternate versions
In pan & scan versions of this film, there is an extra scene as Bill & Susan depart England for France. They are seen on the small motorboat and Susan asks Bill "Where are we going?". Bill answers "We're going to that meeting in Paris, if we can make it". They then hear an explosion behind them, and we see that the ship they had just left from has exploded. We then see their small boat heading out to sea past an estuary lighthouse. This scene is missing from the letterbox versions.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Day of the Triffids (1975)

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Featured review

7/10

Very good British made sci-fi.

A meteorite shower lights up the sky and blinds all that watches it. Most of the world population must also deal with some rather weird plant life that can uproot itself and seek human nourishment.

Howard Keel plays a sailor recovering from an eye operation, thus not being blinded by the mysterious glowing display. He finds a young girl that slept through the starry shower. Together they seek out help and a solution to this very weird problem. A couple of marine biologist, stranded in a lighthouse, get a 'hands on' encounter with the rampaging stalks of terror.

An evenly paced movie considering the slow moving menace. This makes you ponder watering your plants. Very good movie.

Also in the cast are Janina Faye, Nicole Maurey and Janette Scott.