Blumen des Schreckens

Originaltitel: The Day of the Triffids

1963
16
1 Std. 33 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

9226

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Trailer for this classic sci-fi thriller

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Alien Invasion Horror Sci-Fi

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAfter 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.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.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.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

9226

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Wissenswertes
Kieron Moore and Janette Scott were only added to the cast when it was discovered upon completion of filming that there was only 57 minutes of good usable footage available. The whole lighthouse sequence, directed by veteran Cinematographer Freddie Francis, was only added to help extend the movie's running time.

Patzer
Tom and Karen are on a lighthouse situated on rocks when triffids appear. Tom turns a fire hose on them spraying the with salt water which causes them to melt in which case hoe did they survive the spray from the waves crashing on the rocks. The force of water from the hose Tom and Karen later use to destroy the triffids is much greater than what the triffid would have been subjected to by sea spray; when Karen told Tom about the triffid being on a rocky ledge and they returned to look for it, they were not soaked by the sea spray, so evidently the triffid would not have been either. As seen earlier in the film , the triffids grow incredibly quickly, so would only have been there for a few minutes when Karen saw it. In the short time she was away, the triffid moved away from the danger.

Zitate
Tom Goodwin: [to Karen] Keep behind me. There's no sense in getting killed by a plant.

Alternative Versionen
In pan & scan versions of this film, there is an extra scene as Bill & Susan depart England for France. They are seen on the small motorboat and Susan asks Bill "Where are we going?". Bill answers "We're going to that meeting in Paris, if we can make it". They then hear an explosion behind them, and we see that the ship they had just left from has exploded. We then see their small boat heading out to sea past an estuary lighthouse. This scene is missing from the letterbox versions.

Verbindungen
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Day of the Triffids (1975)

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8/10

Get Those Weeds Out of the Garden

When I got my driver's license, I headed off to a nearby town to see a movie. This was it. I loved it. It has really received a bad rap. The story begins with a city full of blind people--Stricken by a meteor shower which has also brought spores to earth--the spawn of Triffids--flesh eating plants. While the plants are not sighted or masterfully created, the quest by Howard Kiel and his young counterpart, and the horror they encounter, is quite good. I found it anything but boring. It speaks to the realities of the created situation, and the acting is good. There is a nice subplot of a depressed lighthouse keeper and marine biologist and his wife/associate who seek an answer. It was quite suspenseful and well paced. Some real questions are asked and answered. It's not a masterpiece, but it holds up very well after all these years.