This film isn't particularly well-done, written or acted (Howard Keel is the only "name" actor in the entire cast), but it's still a favorite of mine because it is so hokey! A meteorite shower somehow blinds everyone who watched it's spectacular glory. Keel's character Bill, however, didn't see it due to his eyes being bandaged up. He finally unbandages his eyes and discovers a blind world. People are helpless. However, the meteor shower also brought the seed of the triffid to earth and they are beginning to grow. Unfortunately for earthlings, triffids kill people. Now add to the panic from the blindness the panic caused by the triffids and you have *real* panic everywhere. Of course, some people become animals, acting out depravity, and a little of that is shown safely within 1962 film guidelines. There are a few people who can see other than Keel but not many. Will someone come up with a way to stop the triffids before they kill all life on earth? Rent it and see.
Review of The Day of the Triffids
