Island of Terror (1966)
Genre: Horror / Scifi
Duration: 89 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Stars: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd and Carole Gray
IMDb score:
6,1 (4.723)
Releasedate: 20 June 1966
Island of Terror plot
"How could they stop the devouring death...that lived by sucking on living human bones!"
A small village on a remote island is overrun by a horde of jellyfish-like tentacled monsters. The monsters attack their prey and turn into a liquid that digests the victim to the bone.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Brian Stanley
Dr. David West
Toni Merrill
Dr. Reginald Landers
Constable John Harris
Mr. Roger Campbell
Peter Argyle
Ian Bellows
Halsey
Old Woman
Reviews & comments
coumi
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- 1462 messages
- 12350 votes
Hopelessly dated, but still fun to watch once. If only to realize how bizarre it is that people went to the cinema over fifty years ago for this kind of mediocrity. You've probably never seen more poorly designed creatures from outer space than in this film, and it's meant seriously. Otherwise, a fairly standard story, with a predictable progression and ending. Watched it because it features iconic Peter Cushing, and he too was given exactly the role you'd expect based on his status. Promising title, poor results. The sixties produced many great works, but this isn't really one of them.
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Noodless
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- 10053 messages
- 6185 votes
This work is considered dated. 
And yet, somehow, it still manages to be entertaining. The idea behind the development of the monsters called Silicates is quite absurd and ridiculous, but also quite amusing. They're a kind of very slow-moving creature, created from failed scientific experiments, resembling a combination of turtles, jellyfish, and triffids. Despite the grim fact that they feed on the bones of their victims, this film never manages to be scary or suspenseful. It all feels a bit dated, as it even feels like a 1950s film rather than a 1960s one. I didn't find the cast particularly prominent and simply did their job. Peter Cushing's role was a bit too emphatically comical in some scenes, which didn't work. 5/10
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Collins
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- 7353 messages
- 4350 votes
British horror films from the 1960s were primarily produced by Hammer, and in their shadow, by Amicus. The names Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee will ring a bell with most horror fans. Here and there, other companies popped up that ventured into the B-horror realm. Planet Film, for example, made several films with even smaller resources than the aforementioned larger film studios. And they weren't well-off financially and had to be resourceful with their resources. This was even more true for Planet Film.
Island of Terror is a Planet Film film. The presence of director Terence Fisher and actor Peter Cushing is striking. Fisher creates a wonderful tension in the first half of this low-budget film. A classic British horror film fueled by a healthy dose of suspense. The inhabitants of a remote island are startled by strange deaths. The cause of death is clearly not natural. A team of scientists, including Cushing, investigates the situation. It's quite enjoyable to follow the pair in their search for the cause.
By the time the cause is established about halfway through the film and the creatures responsible reveal themselves in full regalia, the suspenseful atmosphere has somewhat dissipated. The special effects are clearly outdated. The monsters create little sense of unease. A turtle shell with a protruding garden hose moving at an excruciatingly slow pace doesn't achieve that. They convey little to no threat.
By focusing less on the monsters and more on the crisis situation, the film doesn't really falter. Fisher's solid direction captures fear, panic, and ingenuity, and that's reasonably entertaining. The occasional sense of understatement from the characters is also amusing. Island of Terror isn't exceptional, but it's reasonably good.
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