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Day of the Triffids
First Published: 1951
191 pages
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About The Movie
With computer-generated imagery, perhaps the time has come to remake the film
version of John Wyndham´s The Day of the Triffids. The 1963 screen
adaptation, written by Oscar-winning writer Philip Yordan and directed by
Steve Sekely, is generally considered a bungle. Reflecting its relatively
modest budget, the film´s treatment of the nightmarish story never quite
finds a convincing way to depict the terror in the idea of huge plants taking
on predatory lives of their own.
Made in England in a manner consistent with the Hammer films of the day, The
Day of the Triffids stars Howard Keel -- once the singing hero of MGM
musicals -- as the Bill Masen character, with Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott,
Mervyn Johns and Kieron Moore. The film is also known, variously, as Revolt
of the Triffids and Invasion of the Triffids, reflecting its sensational tone
and the absence of the more reflective aspects of Wyndham´s book.
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