Island of Terror (1966)

Director:

Terence Fisher

Writers:

Edward Mann (writer)
Al Ramsen (writer)

Release Date:

February 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

How could they stop the devouring death...that lived by sucking on living human bones!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Creature | Island | Reference To Napoleon | Medical Research

Cast

Peter Cushing	...	Dr. Brian Stanley
Edward Judd	...	Dr. David West
Carole Gray	...	Toni Merrill
Eddie Byrne	...	Dr. Reginald Landers
Sam Kydd	...	Constable John Harris
Niall MacGinnis	...	Roger Campbell
James Caffrey	...	Peter Argyle
Liam Gaffney	...	Ian Bellows
Roger Heathcote	...	Dunley
Keith Bell	...	Halsey
Shay Gorman	...	Morton
Peter Forbes-Robertson	...	Dr. Lawrence Phillips
Richard Bidlake	...	Carson
Joyce Hemson	...	Mrs. Bellows
Edward Ogden	...	Helicopter Pilot

Also Known As:

Night of the Silicates
The Creepers
The Night the Creatures Came
The Night the Silicates Came

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | UK:X (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #21295)

Filming Locations:

Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Planet Film Productions

Trivia:

In the French version (post-synchronized) Edward Judd is dubbed by Jean-Claude Michel / Visa d'exploitation en France : #38125

Goofs:

Continuity: Dr. Stanley leave the axe at the mansion's entrance, and it falls to the floor. When Dr. West and Dr. Stanley later go back to the mansion, the axe is now neatly propped up against the wall.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Peter Argyle: Is that all, then, Ian?
Ian Bellows: I think so. And how long will it take to fill the order, then, this time, eh?
Peter Argyle: Oh, probably three to four weeks.
Ian Bellows: Y'know, they ought to give us better service, and a boat coming once a week is not enough! You'd think at least they'd get our telephones installed.
Peter Argyle: Y'know, they promised 'em this year.
Ian Bellows: Aye, and last!

the same appeal as the daleks

I read another review of this film here that wonders if the special effects came from Doctor Who. Well, like that program's big enemy, the Daleks, the monsters in this exciting, scary, silly, fantastic film are SO EASY to imitate. Just as kids would run around playgrounds, arms outstretched, yelling "exterminate!" I remember being at lunch in elementary school sucking our straws at the bottom of our milks, imitating the sound of the evil bone-sucking creatures, and screaming in "agony" as our bones dissolved. Every Friday night, when a show called "Friday Fright Night" aired, in the 80s, this was the one movie we always PRAYED would be on...Brilliant