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Island of Terror

  • 1966
  • Approved
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
4.2K
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Peter Cushing and Carole Gray in Island of Terror (1966)
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An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

  • Director
    • Terence Fisher
  • Writers
    • Edward Mann
    • Al Ramsen
  • Stars
    • Peter Cushing
    • Edward Judd
    • Carole Gray
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    4.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Terence Fisher
    • Writers
      • Edward Mann
      • Al Ramsen
    • Stars
      • Peter Cushing
      • Edward Judd
      • Carole Gray
    • 104User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Dr. Brian Stanley
    Edward Judd
    Edward Judd
    • Dr. David West
    Carole Gray
    Carole Gray
    • Toni Merrill
    Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne
    • Dr. Reginald Landers
    Sam Kydd
    Sam Kydd
    • Constable John Harris
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Mr. Roger Campbell
    James Caffrey
    James Caffrey
    • Peter Argyle
    Liam Gaffney
    • Ian Bellows
    Roger Heathcott
    • Dunley
    Keith Bell
    Keith Bell
    • Halsey
    Margaret Lacey
    • Old Woman
    • (as Margaret Lacy)
    Shay Gorman
    • Morton
    Peter Forbes-Robertson
    • Dr. Lawrence Phillips
    • (as Peter Forbes Robertson)
    Richard Bidlake
    • Carson
    Joyce Hemson
    Joyce Hemson
    • Mrs. Bellows
    Edward Ogden
    • Helicopter Pilot
    Tony Allen
    • Villager
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Brady
    Jim Brady
    • Villager
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Terence Fisher
    • Writers
      • Edward Mann
      • Al Ramsen
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    • Trivia
      Art director John St John Earl's final film and the only time he is credited for special effects.
    • Goofs
      When the townspeople attack the silicates in the woods with dynamite, the explosions reveal the wheels propelling the creatures along.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Brian Stanley: [sarcastically] One more transfusion and I'll be a full-blooded Irishman.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was cut by a few seconds by the BBFC to remove a brief shot of blood-spurts after a hand is chopped off with an axe. The early UK and French DVDs retain this version though the German CCI DVD issue has the scene intact. The 2014 UK Odeon DVD release is fully uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Island of Terror (1970)

    User reviews104

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    6/10

    "Look over there! Silicates!!"

    A very long way after 'Quatermass', this was the second of three sci-fi quickies Terence Fisher made away from Hammer for a modest little outfit called Planet; set in Ireland, but obviously shot in bitingly cold weather in the countryside around Pinewood.

    A competent cast give earnest performances in the face of stupid-looking monsters - described by Peter Cushing as "nasty little creatures" - that leave their victims looking like Dorian Gray's portrait in the 1945 movie, accidentally created in a lab trying to find a cure for cancer.

    Edward Judd makes a truly shocking intervention at one point on behalf of Peter Cushing; and the film has a memorable sting in the tale.
    • richardchatten
    • Nov 25, 2021
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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1966 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Insel des Schreckens
    • Filming locations
      • Black Park Country Park, Black Park Road, Wexham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(car driving through woods, battle against silicates)
    • Production company
      • Planet Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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