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The Day of the Triffids

From the nightmare novel that made the world shudder!

6.1(200)19631h 33m3

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Steve Sekely

Produced in

United Kingdom

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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

Frequently asked questions

The Day of the Triffids was released on 24 April 1963.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    7/5/2016

    8/10

    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...

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    Wuchak

    9/30/2021

    5/10

    _**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…

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    CinemaSerf

    12/30/2024

    6/10

    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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