DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
1963

A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the population go blind. This chaos results in the escape of some Triffids: experimental plants that are capable of moving themselves around and attacking people

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TRIVIA
The triffids inspired the E.T. plants of _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ .

When the film was finished it was too short, so the entire sequence where the triffids attack the lighthouse was added.

Although credited with "additional music", composer Johnny Douglas actually supplied more music than the main composer, Ron Goodwin. According to the official music cue sheets, Douglas wrote 26 mins, Goodwin 19 minutes

Triffids are referenced in the opening number of the stage/film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show: "I really got hot when I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills." Janette Scott played the role of Karen Goodwin in the 1962 film adaptation.

The Triffids is also the name of an Australian rock group from the 1980s.

In the computer game Darwinia there is an immobile enemy unit called a triffid that looks like a flower and spits dangerous seeds.

The film 28 Days Later features several nods to The Day of the Triffids, including the protagonist awakening in a deserted hospital, finding other survivors by following tower lights, and encountering a paramilitary group in a country house whose plans include the acquisition of women with whom to repopulate the country.

The band Gorillaz have a reference to a triffid on the band's official website. Upon further inspection of band member Murdoc's trailer in the Kong Studio parking garage, you'll find a triffid as a potted plant. When you place your cursor over it, it makes a strange noise and the subtext states, "Absolutely Triffid".

The band Ash have a song titled "Day of the Triffids" on their album Trailer.


The game Kingdom of Loathing has a triffid as an enemy encounter in "The Spooky Forest."

In the Area 52 sequence of Looney Tunes Back in Action, a Triffid can be seen among the aliens housed there.

Episode 6 of the anime series Princess Resurrection (Kaibutsu Oujo) features a walking plant named a Triffid. It has many differences from those in the book, however.

In the computer game Star Control II, a Supox captain is named "Trifid".

In the Marvel comic "New Universal" #1 one of the main characters references The Day of the Trifids saying "Bright light in the sky.Everyone looks. In the morning everyone who looks is blind then, big walking plants sting all the blind people to death.The end."