Story Line
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.
“Beware the triffids... they grow... know... walk... talk... stalk... and kill!”
Top Cast
Howard Keel
Bill Masen
Janina Faye
Susan - Child on the Train
Nicole Maurey
Christine Durrant
Janette Scott
Karen Goodwin
Mervyn Johns
Mr. Coker
Kieron Moore
Tom Goodwin
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Rating
6.1/ 10
Release Date
1963-04-24
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Science FictionHorror
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User Reviews (3)
talisencrw
8/10
•7/5/2016This 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 ...
Wuchak
5/10
•9/30/2021_**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 trouble...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•12/30/2024I 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 a...