DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (clip)

[TheCreationist1]

Movies need more alien Plant monsters. I'm tired of zombies and vampires. We got Triffids and Little Shop of Horrors. I say, power to the violent vegetation! Let them burst out of someone's stomach this time.

[Spacedragon1000]

The best adaption of the book yet. The original movie was ok too.

[luvlife347]

The original movie was the best.

[DarkAngel182]

Dangerous Rhubarb?

[hgryphon]

The Triffids were always a wonderful subject...

[PNETriffid]

For all your Wyndham answers go to WyndhamWeb.

[teamcrumb]

the stumps are clearly its balls . . . love how the kid gave a ball a pinch . . .

[aureliosjc]

BORING

[farshnuke]

@aureliosjc It is true that even in the book the triffid is not the main plot, rather what it causes others to act like.

[PNETriffid]

WyndhamWeb is the best Wyndham website that I'm aware of.

[pregiscregis]

these triffids are so much scarier than the remake

[Mufasathegodlion]

Yes, i remember...

I was very young, and we were watching this, perhaps.

Is there a scene where ones in the house and it kills a young boy?

I was terrified of this movie..

[sweetgeekster]

..wow yeh - The Mad Death ..and a rabid dog in a shopping centre - with a fox somewhere along the line ..all flooding back, the old lady smuggling her cat through customs starts it all ..waffle waffle :) ..

[reverendcutterx]

Great stuff, no wonder I used to suffer from terrible nightmares when I was a kid (and still do to a lesser degree).

Triffids, Sapphire and Steel, Threads, The Mad Death; TV was dark and I wonder what the hell my parents were thinking sometimes.

[lucius1176]

The Triffids were actually genetically modified plants, Wyndham was a great \/isionary. I think the Triffids could hae looked better, and I too had a different ision of them. Great book though.

[Retroplay]

This is the first time in 28 years I've seen this.

I was only 7 years old the first time I saw it and still I vividly remember those buggers.

I also seem to recollect a few sleepless nights because of those. :)

[straker2]

This image is repeated endlessly in British SF, the menace grows and lives in the ground, in the soil, even if it comes from space. I wonder if it goes back to the days when people believed in an underworld? Menace which lies beneath, rising up...I think Wyndham must've influenced Nigel Kneale, a little.

[laddiebuck12]

The English have a peculiar relation to the soil. Perhaps it's because they've lived on it in relative peace and order for so long. Perhaps also because of their lovely climate. But deep inside Englishmen there is or used to be a love of gardening, of the home garden, of well-ordered plots and well-tended orchards. You see it everywhere in their literature, and from what you say, perhaps in their SF too.

[straker2]

yeah, I must admit, modern life tends to cut us off from nature, but when you read Shakespeare, there's an awareness of the seasons, the colors of nature and the natural world that many modern people seem to lack.

[shiftyden]

Hmm, i had a realy different picture in my head about the triffids, okay, that is always the thing when you read the book .

[Darkblood101666]

this movie brings me back memories when i was 13 when i saw the movie

it feels good to see something i saw 5 years ago

[gluepot66]

five years ago christ i wish i was your age again a time when 5 years seemed like quite a long time

[ojideagu]

It was a TV series. Maybe the first episode was film length.

[DarrensArt]

Hope the remake series is going to be just as good, it'll be shown on the BBC this year I think.

[FigurinItOut]

Did that plant have testicles?

[timboslayer]

Yes, big ones. They're what's behind the Triffid ejaculation.

Chi chi chic chi chi chi!!

[sromag]

I remembered this clip so vividly from the 80s. So cool

[123perrin]

i loved this series when i was a kid. but i always thought the civilians where pretty stupid lol. in a way the triffids remind me of the Daleks, potentially conquer the world but cant climb stairs..

[tundra1030]

and there is a sequel which wasn't bad at all.

[MurderTrainAComin]

I just finished the book. To make a movie of it would be hard. It would require the most serious of treatments, to preserve the book's feeling. Anything they'd make nowadays would be too CG filled to be effective.

[warmecanic]

What is it dad?... zum

Oh bloody hell that bloody plant tried to kill me!

[pierke1977]

i was only 7 when i saw the series and for years i was scared from flowers . thx for putting this up

[SallytheGom]

reet series, trippy as fuck. but you'd think that the actual blind population would lead the others and things wouldn't be as chaotic as the story depicts. but then again, it IS a story, and a very, very good one at that.5 stars.

[Liolar43]

I've only been watching a little..I hope it doesn't eat the kid! "Tenses."

[bluegrasslass]

I remember watching this on TV (yes, I'm THAT old). The knocking sound they made was what got me - it was weird.

[Keith2855]

It's not that old.(1981)

[EquusPL]

I read the book about five years ago and this clip looks just like Wyndham's novel! This series is great!

[zzpog]

I'm too young to remember seeing this on the TV but I've seen the film and I doubt it would be as good as that!!!

The film was excellent!!!

[borgduck]

Tell me you're joking..

[zzpog]

No I'm not joking I loved the film!!!

[borgduck]

Then watch this BBC version & read the book!!!

[zzpog]

I've tried reading the book but it was so dull I couldn't concentrate on it!!

[Tonyblack261]

The book is one of my all time favourites - this was a good adaptation.

[seancoppinger]

Loved this on bbc. Where can I find othert episodes

[drwhome50]

Try pinkwigteam on youtube

[ceefax101]

the film was absolutely awful, but this is probably one of the best things the BBC produced. It still scares today, not the triffids, just the idea...so much so that i freind i lent the DVD to went out and bought a generator and loads of survival stuff in case there ever is a distopia. He even bought the same landrover Bill uses towards the end of this :-)

[fitzroy1944]

The Film was a golden film i loved it

[kyleashley]

My fave UK SF adaptations, SO docco scary well acted...real close to book.

[avuncular]

The original Triffids was scary when I was a kid, but I doubt it would scare anyone nowadays. They did make an interesting clicking noise when they moved, though.

This "more recent" BBC series looks awesome. I checked IMDB and they don't link to any DVD or videotape version of it.

[melodycass]

lol i have read the books and i wont go near a brush at night

[SuperClunge]

The DVD is on Amazon for £7.

[diamondh17786]

Has anyone got a clip of the original Triffid film from the 60's? My dad's still having nightmares over it,lol

[haredog62]

I'm a big Wyndham fan and this looks very good. Did British television do ant other adaptations of his work?

[brujaria]

They did three series' based on his "Chocky" novel, which I have not seen. That said, I think it's fairly obvious that Speilburg blatantly pillaged "Chocky" (a story about a young boy and his friendship with an extra terrestrial) for "E.T.".

[ImYourLastResort]

um.

Yes you can tell you haven't seen Chocky. It has no resemblence to the movie "ET."  Completely different.

[blackflower75]

Hi haredog62 ...bbc4 on freeview just showed a film they did of one of his books were a scientist gets knocked unconcious and wakes up in a parralel universe...sorry cant remember its title...someone could be kind and post it though ....they are showing this show again also as part of a sci-fi season and I'm sure there was a documentry about Wyndam....

[haredog62]

Thank you very much.

[nothingbutmeat]

Thanks for uploading. I've never seen this show though I've read the book and seen the film. The book is brilliant of course and the film is ok except for the cheesy ending. I think I must get this on DVD now...

[rainbowbeach]

Excellent! Is this on DVD yet?

[brujaria]

It's been on DVD in your neck of the global woods for about a year or so.

[andysmoke]

this scared the crap out of me when i was little! *shivers*

[nervouspete]

Excellent clip. Hmm, think I'll have to buy the DVD now. I was hovering, but you've convinced me! Cheers!

[brujaria]

Glad I could help! IMHO, it's well worth the purchase. If you've seen "28 Days Later", this is where they got some of their inspiration.

[blackflower75]

This is soo cool , I remember it from the early 80's on the bbc...very "threads " type drama, it would be so cool if someone posted a video of when all the people go blind in the hospital ...cool show : P

[kobold86]

This series looks pretty good, and accurate to the book too.