UK, 1966
89m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono (Westrex Recording System), English
A British science fiction/horror film directed by Terence Fisher.
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.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Terence Fisher
© Planet Film Productions MCMLXVI [1966]
Planet Film production. Planet Film Productions presents
Produced by: Tom Blakeley
Production Manager: Roy Baird
Original Story and Screenplay by: Edward Andrew Mann and Alan Ramsen
Assistant Director: Don Weeks
Continuity: Kay Mander
Photographed in Eastmancolor by: Reginald H. Wyer
Camera Operator: Frank Drake
Film Editor: Thelma Connell
Music Composed and Conducted by: Malcolm Lockyer
Sound Recordist: Bob McPhee
Dubbing Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum
Electronic Effects by: Barry Gray
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows
Make-up Artiste: Bunty Phillips
Hairdresser: Stella Rivers
Special Effects Make-up Artiste: Billy Partleton [real name: W.P. Partleton]
Special Effects Created by: John St John Earl
Assisted by: Michael Albrechtson
Art Director: John St John Earl
Assistant Art Director: Fred Hole
Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England
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)
Shay Gorman (Morton)
Liam Gaffney (Bellows)
Peter Forbes-Robertson (Dr Phillips)
Roger Heathcote (Dunley)
Richard Bidlake (Carson)
Keith Bell (Halsey)
Joyce Hemson (Mrs Bellows)
Margaret Lacy [credited in opening titles but not the end titles]
Edward Ogden (helicopter pilot)
Alternative Titles
The Creepers
Insel des Schreckens – Todesmonster Greifen an – Germany
Night of the Silicates
The Night the Creatures Came
The Night the Silicates Came
S.O.S. i mostri uccidono ancora – Italy
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.12 p.6
- The Daily Cinema no.9226 (6 June 1966) p.3 – review (by P.J.D.)
- The Dark Side no.66 p.29 – review
- Electronic Sound no.124 pp.34-47 – illustrated article (Stand By for Action! by Mat Smith)
- Kine Weekly no.3062 (9 June 1966) p.18 – review (by Graham Clarke)
- Mad Movies no.1 (June 1972) p.unpaginated – credits, review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.33 no.390 (July 1966) p.109 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.237 no.10 (8 March 1967) p.665 – review (by Tony Galluzzo)
- Science Fiction Film and Television vol.2 no.1 (Spring 2009) pp.77-90 – illustrated article (Terence Fisher and British science fiction cinema by Robert Shail)
- Variety 22 March 1967 p.26 – review (by Paul)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.254
- British Gothic Cinema by Barry Forshaw p.131
- The Charm of Evil: The Life and Films of Terence Fisher by Wheeler Winston Dixon pp.361-362; 537-538 – notes; credits
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.9, 137
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.225
- The Films of Terence Fisher: Hammer Horror and Beyond by Wheeler Winston Dixon pp.296-297, 373
- The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon by Tom Weaver pp.120-143 – illustrated credits, synopsis, interview with Richard Gordon
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.117 – credits, review
- The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996 by Kevin Rockett (ed.) p.176
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.311-318
- Kine & TV Year Book 1968 p.114
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.71
- Peter Cushing: The Gentle Man of Horror and His 91 Films by Deborah Del Vecchio and Tom Johnson pp.195-200
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.224 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.241-242
- Terence Fisher by Peter Hutchings pp.10, 82, 126-133 – notes
- Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion by Paul Leggett pp.33, 136, 150-153 – notes
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.135-136
- X-Cert: The British Independent Horror Film: 1951-1970 by John Hamilton pp.154-157; 235
Other sources
- The British National Film Catalogue vol.4 (1966) – credits
