Product Details

• Actors: Howard Keel, Steve Sekely, Nicole Maurey, Kieron Moore
• Directors: Howard Keel
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, Special Edition, Restored, Original recording remastered, Letterboxed, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Pro-Active Entertainment Group
• DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000BZNH8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,820 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Killer man-eating plants from outer space invade Earth in this 1963 Horror film from England .

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars See Janette Scott Fight Triffids That Spit Poison And Kill, June 2, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Day of the Triffids (DVD)

My star rating is based on the Cheezy Flicks DVD release. The movie gets four+ stars IMHO!

THE MOVIE: This clever classic from the days of my youth is still exciting to watch today. Although the idea of killer plants may seem cheesy, the mass blindness and resulting hysteria add that apocalyptic taste I so love! The Triffids don't move very fast, but they do make scary noises... and that's a good thing. The action is well paced and the camera work is interesting. Ultimately, this is sort of like a zombie flick, but instead of zombies we have killer space plants.

THIS DVD: The ONLY thing this DVD has going for it is that it's widescreen. The back of the box says, "4:3 Aspect Ratio" and, "Digitally Remastered"; both statements are wrong. The color is dull and a little pink, which is really sad for a film that made such dramatic, stylistic use of color. The print is pretty clean most of the way through except at reel changes and towards the end, buts that's forgivable. What is NOT forgivable is that the last chapter of this DVD is a pixilated, skipping, jacked-up mess that is totally impossible to watch (I checked on multiple players to be sure). I returned my first DVD and the replacement had exactly the same problem, which tells me that the problem is with "Cheezy Flicks" and their poor quality DVDs. Recently, fly-by-night DVD publishers like this have been showing up on Amazon charging top dollar for discs that belong in the bargain bins. No matter how much I love this movie, this is one of those bargain bin discs. However, BOTH current DVD versions of this film have little to recommend, other than the film itself.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Love the movie, not the defective DVD, December 18, 2004

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Craig in NJ (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day of the Triffids (DVD)

On my Sony, the Cheezy Flicks DVD release I received this week strugged and failed about 4 minutes into chapter 17 as the guy in the lighthouse was in the process of hosing down some triffids. Chapter 18 wouldn't play either. I've seen a couple of similar comments posted elsewhere on the Internet about the last chapter or last few minutes.

This version also seems shortened vs. the release I've seen on TV a couple of times. I thought there was supposed to be an early scene where a gang a young tuffs was roaming the streets making trouble for people including a young woman (then our hero stepped in to save her). I couldn't find that scene in this DVD, so if someone else has please do speak up.

The back of the box says 4:3 aspect ratio. A sheet inside mentions letterbox and it played in letterbox format on my TV. Coloring seemed okay for an old flick to me, though unremarkable.

Although I'd rate the original movie 5 stars in its category, the DVD I received had a playback problem and seemed short.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than you might think..., April 29, 2004

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R. Gawlitta "Coolmoan" (Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Day of the Triffids (DVD)

I saw this film when it first came out. I loved it then and I love it now. The Widescreen version is great, though the colors have faded badly, and this "remastered" version isn't "re-imagined". The sound is fine, though, and with a little imagination, the film comes off well (I DO miss some of the colorful landscapes...the greens & reds are very washed-out, and this IS a film about plants!). A later-career performance by Howard Keel is solid, as is the performance of Nicole Maurey (her red hair comes thru!). The important scenes involving Kieron Moore and Janette Scott, filmed separately, were integrated well. There were no cast lists, but the performance of the little girl was wonderful, whomever she may be. I hate bad kid-actors. This IS a fine film; I remember the critics praising this film. I know director Sekely has made other films that I admire that I can't recall. This is definitly worth a look. John Wyndham's book is well translated to the screen. The goofy extras at the beginning are fun, though you can't forward to the film without watching them...