

The Day of the Triffids
From the nightmare novel that made the world shudder!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $750K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- london, england
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- marine biologist
- giant plant
- plant
- meteor
- alien life-form
- alien invasion
- blindness
- man eating plant
- botanical garden
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR27 Apr 1963
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical24 Apr 1963
- Physical15DVD30 Jun 2003
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1623 Aug 1963
ItalyIT
- PhysicalTDVD29 Aug 2012
JapanJP
- Theatrical4 Sept 1963
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The Day of the Triffids was released on 24 April 1963.
Audience reviews
3- T8/10
talisencrw
7/5/2016
This was solid and surprisingly very effective at getting across both the dread and horrific atmosphere of such a predicament--and would make a very good double bill with Kaufman's (70's) 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. I love my veggies, but I'll never look at a salad the same way again...
- W5/10
Wuchak
9/30/2021
_**Attack of the Plant Monsters**_ After a curious meteor shower creates havoc on Earth, a merchant navy officer (Howard Keel) in England is forced to contend with mobile vegetation-based creatures; meanwhile on an island off of Cornwall a troubled scientist couple working at a lighthouse try to solve the problem (Janette Scott & Kieron Moore). "The Day of the Triffids” (1963) is a British creature feature t…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
12/30/2024
I loved this film as a child - and almost sixty years later, it is still a very entertaining, fast-moving sci-fi tale. A meteor shower deposits loads of walking plants that render their victims blind. Before we know it, civilisation is facing chaos as there are hardly any folks left who can see - cars and planes are crashing; people are starving - you name it, it's going wrong. A few can still see, and Howard Keel ("…
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