Island of Terror

1966

1h 29m

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5.8/10

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A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.

Directors

Terence Fisher

Writers

Al Ramsen(screenplay by)

Edward Mann(screenplay by)

Stars

Peter Cushing

Edward Judd

Carole Gray

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Dr. Brian Stanley

Dr. David West

Toni Merrill

Dr. Reginald Landers

Constable John Harris

Mr. Roger Campbell

Peter Argyle

Ian Bellows

Halsey

Old Woman

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Dr. Lawrence Phillips

Morton

Carson

Helicopter Pilot

Mrs. Bellows

Dunley

Directors

Terence Fisher

Writers

Al Ramsen(screenplay by)

Edward Mann(screenplay by)

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Day of the Silicates! The island of the title is under threat from silicate creatures who were born out of experiments to cure cancer. The creatures feed off of bones, animal or human, so this tiny island community is in grave danger. It's as bonkers as it sounds, a sci-fi horror of such ridiculous notions, it can't fail to entertain genre loving fans. Terence Fisher directs and Peter Cushing stars, in what was a break from Hammer Films for the both of them. The creatures are rubbery blobs with one deadly tentacle weaving their deadly damage, they also bleed noodle soup. They move at a snails pace, which makes you wonder why the humans holed up in one Rio Bravo type situation, actually don't just out-run the damn beasties. But wait! These things can somehow climb up buildings and trees, the scientific possibility is really too nutty to comprehend! But it's so much fun, and there's Cushing (was he ever bad in anything?) holding court whilst others around him act at a level befitting the material. It's no hidden gem or anything, but if you like the likes of Day of the Triffids and The Monster That Challenged the World, then this should punch your joy joy genre buttons. 6.5/10

John Chard25 Apr, 2016