Customer Reviews

The Day of the Triffids

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4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(23)

 

 

Yes, I am yet another "Triffid" lover fooled into buying this DVD. The Cinemascope (2.35:1) film is cropped down to 4:3 so the title of the movie barely fits on the screen, the picture is grainy and out of focus, and the color is drastically shifted to the right! Allied Artists' idea of digitally mastering is copying an Nth generation VHS tape to a hard drive and burning a DVD! I have the widescreen PAL version of this movie on DVD and even with PAL to NTSC conversion it is 1000 times better than this miserable excuse for a DVD! Hopefully the Second Sight Films version of "Day of the Triffids" will make it to the US. Until then, don't fear the Triffids, fear this DVD!!

I was already waiting for this DVD to arrive when I read the other reviews. Otherwise I would have cancelled my order. This is a fine British sci-fi horror shocker that is well done in color and capably acted. It's one of my favorites. What this Allied Artists company has done with it is astonishingly awful....I'm just sick over their utter gall to release this neglected gem in such terrible condition. It's so faded and poorly reproduced that you can't even enjoy it....

I've bought two dvd's of Day of the Triffids (wonderful movie and follows original story reasonably close) and both have flakey video. My vhs copy bought 20 years ago is better than the one advertised above. This is a great film but needs to be remastered. I also have the pal version which is better than the one above. Just saw a new version on e-bay and I am wondering if I will get hammered again if I buy it. If these companies are going to reissue a great film how about a first generation copy taken from the master and not from an old vhs copy. Artisian and Criterdon remaster great oldies. I wish they would pick this one up too. So, I'll give this copy a D+ at best. Wonderful film. Too bad its a bad copy.

I was thrilled when I heard that one of my all time favorite films,Day Of THe Triffids was to be released on DVD.My excitment turned to disgust moments after receiving the film...the DVD is presented Panned and Scanned..if that's not bad enough,the print used in the transfer is all but unwatchable.Hopefully,someday,this classic film will get the treatment it desrves and will be released in it's CinemaScope glory..but untill then...DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!

The film itself has always been kind of silly but ive always liked it ..but the video and audio quality on this DVD are truly terrible and i had hoped after the terrible quality of the VHS that the DVD would be better but ohhhh well if you have the VHS don't bother to buy the DVD...

This is one of my favourite 50's Sci-Fi OldiesBut this the WORST DVD Transfer EVER. Bad Colour,Fuzzy Focus ,Pan & Scan

Let me say at the outset that 1962's "Day of the Triffids" (in its original form) is one of my favorite Sci-Fi Films, but this DVD presentation doesn't do it justice, and that's putting it kindly. Although the cover claims that this version is "Digitally Mastered", the color is in fact terrible, and the movie (originally shot in Cinemascope) isn't even presented letterboxed! A real disappointment!!

This is an o.k. film for the SF exploitation genre, however, all of the existing DVD transfers are either in the wrong aspect ratio or very badly mastered. There IS a decent print out there, somewhere, as I have it on letterboxed laserdisc (...My laserdisc player is alive and well, thank you--after two of my VCR's have conked out--SO THERE!!!) Wait and see. Maybe someone like THE ROAN GROUP (Roan Group, are you listening?) who specialize in restoring and remastering forgotten films will pick up the distribution.

The movie itself is an excellent example of a good movie made from a superior Science Fiction book by John Wyndham (although there was no easy end to the menace in the book and there are other key differences). The movie is well executed and tense, with a really great portrayal of a world infested with monster plants that can move and roam the countryside. With most of the population blinded by light from a comet, it is an epic disaster.

Part of the joy of DVD is that often, films are shown in better quality than fans have ever been able to see them before(like the great DVD of the movie THEM).

Sadly, this release is a major disappointment. It appears to be a bad transfer from a very, very bad print, very low resolution and lousy focus. Videotape quality at best and Full-Screen only format. Just awful - What a Shame!

Avoid this release and wait for a restored version to come out, which I am hoping will happen if enough fans want it. I can't believe there are no prints of the film better than this muddle. It's quite a let-down...

Well, many of us are finally getting to enjoy our old favorites on high quality DVD. Or are we? You certainly will not find any great quality in this poor DVD offering. The overall transfer is horrible to say the least. And they can't blame it on a lack of original source material, as the last Laser Disc edition and the current UK DVD edition are really quite nice.
Do yourself a favor and track down a nicer offering, they're around.