Wednesday, August 3, 2016

The Day of the Triffids (1962)


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.

This isn't really a good movie - the plot itself is hilariously silly - but it has an (unintended) dreamlike,  surreal quality to ist scenes and situations, so I'll have to admit it's one of my guilty pleasures since my childhood.

Halliwell*: "Rough and ready adaptation of a famous sci-fi novel, sometimes blunderingly effective and with moments of good trick work."

Maltin**1/2: "Variable special effects."

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