Neil Cross created and wrote the highly acclaimed television show Luther, which airs on BBC. He was recently named one of Variety's 10 screenwriters to watch for in 2012. Cross has several feature scripts being produced by Guillermo Del Toro including the horror film Mama, which is in post-production. Del Toro also enlisted Cross for a rewrite on his upcoming giant-budget monster vs robots movie Pacific Rim to be released Summer 2013.
New info on this as of 02/29/2012: Ghost House Pictures announced today that Neil Cross (Luther, Mama) will write The Day of the Triffids, based on the 1951 sci-fi horror novel by John Wyndam and the 1962 film posted here. The new film will be produced by Ghost House Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, and Preger Entertainment, LLC. Sam Raimi (director on the Spiderman films) will be producing and possibly directing this also for Ghost House along with Rob Tapart for Mandate Pictures.
Thank you for putting such a good version on for us. I always loved this movie since i first saw it as a kid. Those metorite showers were really cool. I must admit i would have been blind too because there is no way i could not have watched those. A scary thought. It makes you really feel for the 99% who went blind. This movie has always been panned as cheezy. I disagree. I thought with all the vast destruction they had to show on a limited budget,they did quite well.
@MyRottweilers i neglected to mention also that this pal version was originally taken from a laserdisc hence the better print quality. a scene featuring a triffid attacking the airline passsengers after the pilot announces that the plane will be landing was also cut prior to being released in the US.A restored ‘scope print was screened at theTCMFilm Festival in 2010,hopefully its mere existence will ensure a proper DVD release, with archival extras that address the film’s troubled production.
freddie francis was a former cinematographer who also directed the following films for Amicus which were anthologies such as Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Torture Garden (1968) and Tales from the Crypt as well as films for Hammer throughout the 1960s and 1970s. These films included thrillers like Nightmare (1964) and Hysteria (1965), as well as more traditional monster films such as The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) and 1968 s Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Thanks for the update, comicbookal, and I did enjoy seeing Day of the Triffids once again. While my memory of the original is a few decades old I think there were a few scenes missing from your YouTube post that I saw in the theater. Was this the PAL version from Europe?
A lot of the old sci-fi films and other classics have been remade and most of them have been at least as good as the originals.
@MyRottweilers yes this is the pal version, also in addition to this Director Steve Sekely's original cut was adjudged so disastrous that an uncredited Freddie Francis was brought in to shoot a whole new subplot, featuring Keiron Moore and Janette Scott in a vine-besieged lighthouse, to thread through the old footage. The results are less satisfying than the later BBC serial adaptation, but it still has some irresistible end-of-the-world and killer-plant material.
The recent (2009) 2 part BBC updated version is not too bad with Dougray Scott as Bill Mason but I would still have to agree with MyRottweilers in mentioning that the Dvd version released here in the U.S. of the '62 version is really bad and definitely needs to have a proper remastering done again with corrected color and audio enhancements! A GREAT film that really needs to be presented in the BEST possible manner.
Additional info in relation to previous:Included in the acquisition package is the the original scifi novel by John Wyndham, which was the basis for the 1962 film. There were earlier reports that this film would be done in 3D but that remains to be seen at the moment. One of the cool things about the film is that Michael Preger was involved in the adaptation of another novel by Wyndham, Village of the Damned which was made into a film by John Carpenter.
Day of the Triffids was one of the best sci-fi films but somehow someone managed to really mess up the DVD for the American distribution. What is being sold in Region 1 looks like a bad copy of a VHS movie taped off of a tv broadcast. In searching for a good copy to view I found that the PAL version of the movie sold in Europe is the only thing available but unfortunately it won't play in the USA. I look forward to enjoying this movie here on YouTube and thank the people who put it here.
@MyRottweilers Some info for you that I think you will enjoy as follows:Mandate Pictures has won an expensive bidding war for the rights to The Day of the Triffids. Ghost House productions is in the partnership between Sam Raimi (Director of the Spider-Man films), Rob Tapert and Mandate Pictures. Raimi has wanted to direct this picture for a long time since the original film was one of his favorites as a child.
yeah, u can have all yer fancy-dan herbicides and bugicides and all that scientific stuff some college-sissyboy came up with...but when it comes to gitten rida triffids ya just kaint beat good ole fashion sea water, thats what i alwuz say anyways...works ever time and dont leave no gosh-darn residue behind for the misses to clean up after neither cause lemme tell ya triffid residue aint sumpin to fool with, by golly...
I cant wait for the remake!
TheWarlord900 5 days ago
Neil Cross created and wrote the highly acclaimed television show Luther, which airs on BBC. He was recently named one of Variety's 10 screenwriters to watch for in 2012. Cross has several feature scripts being produced by Guillermo Del Toro including the horror film Mama, which is in post-production. Del Toro also enlisted Cross for a rewrite on his upcoming giant-budget monster vs robots movie Pacific Rim to be released Summer 2013.
comicbookal 5 days ago
New info on this as of 02/29/2012: Ghost House Pictures announced today that Neil Cross (Luther, Mama) will write The Day of the Triffids, based on the 1951 sci-fi horror novel by John Wyndam and the 1962 film posted here. The new film will be produced by Ghost House Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, and Preger Entertainment, LLC. Sam Raimi (director on the Spiderman films) will be producing and possibly directing this also for Ghost House along with Rob Tapart for Mandate Pictures.
comicbookal 5 days ago
As much as I enjoy this, it departs so far from the original story.
brethynda123 6 days ago 3
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wingedsonar 1 week ago
Thank you for putting such a good version on for us. I always loved this movie since i first saw it as a kid. Those metorite showers were really cool. I must admit i would have been blind too because there is no way i could not have watched those. A scary thought. It makes you really feel for the 99% who went blind. This movie has always been panned as cheezy. I disagree. I thought with all the vast destruction they had to show on a limited budget,they did quite well.
scooglefish 1 week ago
smoking in hospital lol
dannyrose55 1 week ago
@MyRottweilers i neglected to mention also that this pal version was originally taken from a laserdisc hence the better print quality. a scene featuring a triffid attacking the airline passsengers after the pilot announces that the plane will be landing was also cut prior to being released in the US.A restored ‘scope print was screened at theTCMFilm Festival in 2010,hopefully its mere existence will ensure a proper DVD release, with archival extras that address the film’s troubled production.
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
freddie francis was a former cinematographer who also directed the following films for Amicus which were anthologies such as Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Torture Garden (1968) and Tales from the Crypt as well as films for Hammer throughout the 1960s and 1970s. These films included thrillers like Nightmare (1964) and Hysteria (1965), as well as more traditional monster films such as The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) and 1968 s Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the update, comicbookal, and I did enjoy seeing Day of the Triffids once again. While my memory of the original is a few decades old I think there were a few scenes missing from your YouTube post that I saw in the theater. Was this the PAL version from Europe?
A lot of the old sci-fi films and other classics have been remade and most of them have been at least as good as the originals.
MyRottweilers 2 weeks ago
@MyRottweilers yes this is the pal version, also in addition to this Director Steve Sekely's original cut was adjudged so disastrous that an uncredited Freddie Francis was brought in to shoot a whole new subplot, featuring Keiron Moore and Janette Scott in a vine-besieged lighthouse, to thread through the old footage. The results are less satisfying than the later BBC serial adaptation, but it still has some irresistible end-of-the-world and killer-plant material.
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
The recent (2009) 2 part BBC updated version is not too bad with Dougray Scott as Bill Mason but I would still have to agree with MyRottweilers in mentioning that the Dvd version released here in the U.S. of the '62 version is really bad and definitely needs to have a proper remastering done again with corrected color and audio enhancements! A GREAT film that really needs to be presented in the BEST possible manner.
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
Additional info in relation to previous:Included in the acquisition package is the the original scifi novel by John Wyndham, which was the basis for the 1962 film. There were earlier reports that this film would be done in 3D but that remains to be seen at the moment. One of the cool things about the film is that Michael Preger was involved in the adaptation of another novel by Wyndham, Village of the Damned which was made into a film by John Carpenter.
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
Day of the Triffids was one of the best sci-fi films but somehow someone managed to really mess up the DVD for the American distribution. What is being sold in Region 1 looks like a bad copy of a VHS movie taped off of a tv broadcast. In searching for a good copy to view I found that the PAL version of the movie sold in Europe is the only thing available but unfortunately it won't play in the USA. I look forward to enjoying this movie here on YouTube and thank the people who put it here.
MyRottweilers 2 weeks ago
@MyRottweilers Some info for you that I think you will enjoy as follows:Mandate Pictures has won an expensive bidding war for the rights to The Day of the Triffids. Ghost House productions is in the partnership between Sam Raimi (Director of the Spider-Man films), Rob Tapert and Mandate Pictures. Raimi has wanted to direct this picture for a long time since the original film was one of his favorites as a child.
comicbookal 2 weeks ago
Ditto in re "The Kraken Wakes" (a.k.a. "Out of the Deeps." As anthonyzxy says, what a great movie it'd make.
hamerdow 4 weeks ago in playlist Sci-Fi Movies
Great movie, and what a frightening scenario! :o)
STUCK2U 4 weeks ago
garrr the salty sea doggs win again garr
loloicaqi82qb4ip 1 month ago
thanks for posting the old movie ..way bettter than current rubbish
misslizzard1111 1 month ago
Bill walks quite a way here! Starts off from Moorfields Eye Hospital near Old Street and ends up at Marylebone station...
listeningtofire 1 month ago
KILL IT WITH SEA WATER!!!
ragnaroknine 1 month ago
yeah, u can have all yer fancy-dan herbicides and bugicides and all that scientific stuff some college-sissyboy came up with...but when it comes to gitten rida triffids ya just kaint beat good ole fashion sea water, thats what i alwuz say anyways...works ever time and dont leave no gosh-darn residue behind for the misses to clean up after neither cause lemme tell ya triffid residue aint sumpin to fool with, by golly...
akitaman101 1 month ago
The Kraken Wakes would make a great film.
anthonyzxy 1 month ago
Great tale from a great writer. Pity they never got round to making "The KrakenWakes"
It could be filmed now with thw advent of CGI.
MrCyclist68 1 month ago
Does anyone know the name of the stewardess at 36:26? It looks like Jennifer Jayne but I don't think it is, does anyone know?
paulmurphy42 2 months ago
Does anyone know why they used a model Tu 104 at 35:38?
paulmurphy42 2 months ago
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Whenever my inlaws pay me a visit I remember
"The Triffids are coming! The Triffids are coming!"
mocksession 2 months ago
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mocksession 2 months ago
A wonderful film. One can see how it possibly inspired 28 Days Later and The Walking Dead.
Too bad the volume went out towards the end.
Inpri 2 months ago 2
I can still remember the thrill I felt as a child whenever this film appeared on TV. Great stuff!
imanemore 3 months ago 2