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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.
- 304 (first edition, hardback)
- John Wyndham
- December 1951
- Michael Joseph
A movie adaptation of John Wyndham's novel about a meteor shower that blinds most of the population and unleashes deadly plants. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes and more on IMDb.
- Hitchcoc
- 2 min
- Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
- 1
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.
- Security Pictures Ltd
- George Pitcher, Philip Yordan, Bernard Glasser (uncredited)
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.
- (4.6K)
- 2009-12-28
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- 186
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...
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- Howard Keel
- Steve Sekely
- Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
A movie adaptation of John Wyndham's novel about a meteor shower that blinds most of the population and unleashes carnivorous plants. Follow the survival story of Bill Masen, one of the few sighted people, and his encounter with a young girl and a triffid.
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.
