Island of Terror (1966)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: Eastmancolor
Running Times: 89 mins
Format:
Ratio:
Sound: mono

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)

PLOT 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.

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.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Planet

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X

1966
June
19: UK - theatrical release

1967
February
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

May
16: Sweden - theatrical release

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

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

islands, cancer, monsters

Last Updated: 1 March, 2009