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Island of Terror [1966]
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: Eastmancolor
Running Times: 89 mins
Format:
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Planet Film Productions
Executive Producer: Gerald A. Fernback, Richard Gordon
Producer: Tom Blakeley
SCRIPT
Script: Edward Andrew Mann (rn: Santos Alcocer), Alan
Ramsen
DIRECTION
Director: Terence Fisher
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Reginald H. Wyer
Camera Operator: Frank Drake
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Editor: Thelma Connell
MUSIC
Music: Malcolm Lockyer
SOUND
Sound Recording: Robert T. Macphee
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Rosemary Burrows
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Electrical Special Effects: Barry Gray
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: John Earl
Assistant Art Director: Michael Aldrechtson
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Kay Mander
LOCATIONS
Locations: Black Park Country Park, Buckinghamshire,
England, UK
CAST
Peter Cushing [Dr Stanley]
Edward Judd [Dr David West]
Carole Gray [Toni Merrill]
Eddie Byrne [Dr Landers]
Sam Kydd [Constable Harris]
Niall Macginnis [Mr Campbell]
James Caffrey [Argyle]
Liam Gaffney [Bellows]
Roger Heathcote [Dunley]
Keith Bell [Halsey]
Shay Gorman [Morton]
Peter Forbes-Robertson [Dr Phillips]
Richard Bidlake [Carson]
Joyce Hemson [Mrs Bellows]
Edward Ogden [helicopter pilot]
SUMMARY
A remote island is
overrun by tentacled monsters created when an experiment
searching for a cure for cancer goes horribly wrong. The
creatures liquefy and digest the bones from any creature
they come across and a group of locals race against time
to defeat them before they can reproduce out of control.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Thanks to Fisher's
direction and a great cast, Island of Terror is an
enjoyable - if rather far-fetched - romp. The rampaging
cancer monsters are a great invention and work well
enough for most audiences to suspend disbelief. No
classic, but lots of fun.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Planet
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: X
TIMELINE
1966
June
19: UK - theatrical release
1967
February
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
May
16: Sweden - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Creepers
Insel des Schreckens - Todesmonster Greifen an -
German title
Night of the Silicates
The Night the Creatures Came
The Night the Silicates Came
S.O.S. i mostri uccidono ancora - Italian title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Daily Cinema no.9226 [6
June 1966] p.3
review [by P.J.D.]
The Dark Side 66 p.29
review
Kinematograph Weekly
no.3062 [9 June 1966] p.18
review [by Graham Clarke]
Monthly Film Bulletin
vol.33 no.390 [July 1966] p.109
review
Motion Picture Herald
vol237 no.10 [8 March 1967] p.665
review [by Tony Galluzzo]
Variety 22 March 1967
p.26
review [by Paul]
BOOKS
The British National Film
Catalogue vol.4 [1966]
credits KEYWORDS
islands, cancer, monsters
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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