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Preceded by. Planet Plane. Followed by. The Kraken Wakes. The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people.
With Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore. 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.
- (8.9K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
- 1963-04-27
The Day of the Triffids is a 1963 British science fiction horror film in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor, produced by George Pitcher and Philip Yordan and directed by Steve Sekely and Freddie Francis. It stars Howard Keel and Nicole Maurey and is very loosely based on the 1951 novel of the same name by John Wyndham.
The Day of the Triffids: Created by Richard Mewis. With Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard, Brian Cox. With most of the world blinded and the dangerous carnivorous Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered survivors to fight this plant invasion and the madness following.
- (4.7K)
- 2009-12-28
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- 93
4.01. 108,188 ratings5,153 reviews. This book is fantastic and frightening, but entirely plausible. It doesn't just seem scientifically possible, but its characters are living people shaken out of the civilization they know into the horror of a world dominated by triffids.
- (108K)
- Paperback
Military officer Bill Masen (Howard Keel), one of the few sighted people left alive, meets with other survivors in England and tries to find a safe haven from the vicious vegetation, as scientist...
- (23)
- Sci-Fi
Summaries. 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. A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it.
