Discuss The Day of the Triffids
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Decent 'B-Movie'
posted by FergooseSTAFFMOD on January 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM
I love the source material so gave this a look. It didn't quite sufficiently build the menace or remotely explain Keel's globetrotting but it worked really well splitting the narrative between two stories. Plus the use of dust, mist and gloom to mask the shortcomings on the monster production front was quite deft.
6/10
Reply by tmdb53400018
on January 20, 2021 at 7:21 PM
I've been meaning to see this one for decades. It's always looked a bit cheesy to me, like you describe it. Looking over the plot description on the film's page, I see that I was wrong about this, but for the longest I was intrigued by the threat of a bunch of giant plant-monsters called "TRIFFIDS."
Reply by catmydogs
on January 21, 2021 at 1:31 PM
I liked this film. The novel is pretty good, too. I was struck by the similarities with this and the opening for the 1st episode of The Walking Dead.