I have to agree. The face of the cadaver @ 0:22:10, for example, reminded me of Leo G. Carroll's character (in "Earth vs. The Tarantula") after he caught acromegaly!
When I was a kid in the early 60s I'd sneak downstairs in the wee hours of the morning to watch a bit of TV with my dad (he was a nightowl) - and he'd let me stay up for an hour or so to watch along with him. I remembered this was one of the movies we watched one night - I remember the throwing dynamite scene and the axe cutting off the arm scenes...that was all. I was like two or three years old at the time. I'm 57 now and just found this again after a tip from someone on fbook! Wow...suddenly I'm a kid again on the sofa in our old farmhouse. Surreal to see this again after more than five decades! Thanks to the uploader!
I'm 57 too. I remember this on TV in the late 1960s at night. I saw it on TV when I was 3 with my older cousins. Needless to say, it scared the hell out of us all. We kept hearing that sound coming from the laundry room in the hallway behind the garage.
@@chrism.4544 It's funny how cheap horror flicks back then had such an indelible impact. I probably watched dozens with my dad back then...but this was the only one that really stuck in mind. Maybe the original The Thing - but this was the only lost one I couldn't recall the title of.
@@SilentKnight43 What these movies lacked in high-tech special effects, they made up for with imaginative writing, suitably moody music, and flawlessly straight-faced acting.
The first time I saw this was in 1972 when I was 9 on our old magnavox B&W TV. I was terrified but loved the movie. Good actors and monsters were pretty good too.
We had a black and white Philco TV. Then, around 1971 (I was 9 years old), we got our first color TV. I thought we were rich. These old Hammer horror movies bring back happy childhood memories.
This movie was a nightmare for my little brother and me, after Dad took us to the drive-in movie, 1966. I was five years old and my brother was four years old. I never knew the name of it. We called it “the turtle-monster” movie. Thank you for sharing this.
By any chance do you remember the first autopsy performed on the body of Ian Bellos by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris. In that scene you get to see the Ian Bellos' corpse really up close. To me it was the scariest part of the entire movie!!!! My friend had us stay and watch the movie twice just to see that part!!!! Do you remember it??? On the DVD it has been edited out.
I remember watching this on Creature Features with Bob Wilkens. 1970. Was only 5 and it scared the Hell out of me, being an only child. Damn! Hammer was the best. The women were the most beautiful. Everything British in America during this time was excellent. R.I.P. Englandistan.
Niall McGinnis wasn't bad, either. Though he had a relatively minor role, here, as island headman Roger Campbell, I remember him playing Julian Karswell (the chief antagonist of "Night of the Demon") with suitable fiendishness!
This movie has all the best ingredients. A killer story, great monsters, a Horror film legend and Carole Gray! For years this film couldn't be found anywhere because believe me I've looked. I finally own a copy of my own & I'm sharing with everyone that love these movies as much as I do! To be honest I'm amazed that no one's remade this film into a gigantic CGI mess! Leave this one alone it's perfect just the way it is.
This is a movie I saw at an old B movie house called the Majestic in Brooklyn. They show WWII, Westerns, sword and sandal with Steve Reeves as Hercules, Hammer Studio Horror and sci-fi.
@@hugopritchard8455 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? It contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
@@salobrena6442 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? It contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
I echo Mr. Green's sentiments. This movie was worthy enough to have been produced by Hammer Films, itself! In fact, if it had been, they might have teamed up with Toho Studios to do a sequel (springboarding off the question mark ending). 😎👍
I agree. The invulnerability of the things despite their slow pace makes for more suspense. Something that's lacking these days. There's no sense of pacing nowadays. It's exposition to action and then maybe if you're lucky a callback.
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I loved it. I was about 6 or 7 years old. It scared the daylights out of me. Even now it's still creepy, but enjoyable to watch. Peter Cushing, as always, gives a star performance. I don't know why when people hear a strange, eerie noise, they don't run away from it, they follow the noise to investigate. What do they think is going to happen? RIP, Mr. Cushing, and God bless.
I remember this from childhood too…i remember being scared, but i loved these old scary movies as a kid…me and my best friend would stay up all night watching these and drinking mochas. Such great memories
Despite the low budget and kinda goofy effects, this is a solid horror sci-fi film. A good rewrite and updated science could make this a pretty great remake. Keep the silicates slow, indestructible, and unassuming, because their inevitability is part of what makes them terrifying.
Make sure to show a close up of each corpse not just one or two. It shows the aftermath of a Silicate attack!!!! And most important don't have the movie end in a "Cliff hanger" unless you absolutely plan to show all the necessary sequels!!!!
Agreed on all points. Another part of what makes the silicates terrifying is how *fast* they move once they line up a good shot. Imagine a remake with attack sequences akin to those in the 80s remake of ‘The Blob’-striking arrogant characters who walk within range or under tree branches, etc. Could be a lot of fun!
@Richard Joubert Dude! They scared the shit outta me when I was a kid, too! Though, I'm not sure how much of a recommendation of terror that would be. I was also scared by the Creeping Terror!
@@BingCherry11 Having reflected upon this movie, there is a terrifying feeling of inevitable doom with a cliffhanger ending if it's done right. I think of The Thing or In The Mouth of Madness, where it doesn't really matter if the characters "win" because their efforts were still inconsequential as the world rushes towards obliteration.
I remember seeing this as a child and being scared to death. In terms of story, this could probably be consided as a "minor classic" alongside other movies like The Monolith Monsters and the original "The Blob".
Them!; The Blob; Island of Terror; The Monolith Monsters.... all the classic horror films from my childhood. Movie technology may be so far advanced from these movies but nothing will replace the impact these all had in all their simplicity
I've been looking for this movie my ENTIRE life ! lol I saw this as a kid in the 1980's and I could never find this as an adult. Thank you for uploading this !
3rd time watching in as many years. Absolutely love this film. Cushing,Judd, Byrne and Kydd with great direction and script and so well made. what is not to love? Thanks again for the upload.
This movie! I have been searching forever for it! Freaked me out as a kid.😅 Ty! My 63b' day is May 20, this made my child self happy.😭🫂💚🇨🇦🙋🏻♀️🌹😻😂yeah, I am smiling and crying. I see I was not alone.🥲💋Can' t touch the old 🏫❤❤❤
I just discovered this movie in my Horror movie play list. This is my favorite scary movie. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Did anyone else have audio trouble? During the silicates attack my sound went wacky. I am so thrilled to have this movie. I think Terrance Fisher is the best director.💖💖💖💖💖
Love the old horrors and thrillers from the 1960s and 70s,...at a time when good solid acting, and simple but very effective storytelling was essential part of film production,...now movies are saturated in CGI effects ,..and over the top gore.....which lacks real character or atmosphere,...and have none of the charm of these classic old films....miss those great times
Brilliant film with the iconic Peter Cushing and Edward Judd. Notice how the leading female role panicked easily and needed the protection of strong 'sensible' men!! I've already booked my flight to an unstated destination. 🤣😂😜😜
@@salobrena6442 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? I contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? I contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
@@BingCherry11 I don't and I just pulled up the film.. where it scared me was when he uses the night stick and pushed it into the body with no bones.. It was the monsters themselves that scared me.. I was 10 don't forget.. plus that night was a Thanksgiving special 4 or 5 horror movies in a row.. I was a wreck..lol
Me too.. saw it at the drive in with my brothers.. it was a horror special for Canadian Thanksgiving. 3 or 4 movies.. Dracula, Frankenstein, this and one other.. I think the one where Frankenstein's monster is found frozen in the ice.
We who were born in the early/mid 70's have the privelidge of being the last generation to grow up during the 80's while still watching the horror film classics of Hammer, Amicus, Harbor, PF and others (as well as the BBC's and Granada Television's excelent tv series): we reviewed their glory days and witnessed their fading days altogether on Friday and Saturday nights specials just before the beginning of the invasion by american crappy shows in the 90's! Great films with good writing screenplays, excellent theatrical acting, fantastic settings, amazing wardrobes and creepy music scores! This soundtrack reminds me that the music was also much better back then than the SHIT noise that is playing nowadays on the radio!
It was theatrical acting that made it worth watching ,compared to todays horror movies (80 percent CGI and not 20 percent acting but less than 5 percent acting)
Thank you Denny! I used to have a black & white TV as a kid in my room & remember secretly watching all the horror classics without my parents knowing ha ha! Loving the nostalgic feeling I got I feel like a kid again 😄
This movie scared the shite out of me when I was a kid. Now I just keep thinking how the monsters' tentacles look like the tubing on my CPAP machine. And their guts look EXACTLY like Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. lol I love these old horror flicks.
@@mirrortime LOL! Have you seen The Projected Man? It came out around the same time and it scared me at least as bad as this one. Now they're two of my favorite cheesy old movies.
Great movie. Scare the living days out of me! Is good to see it again. Now that I am older and wiser I can understand things like radiation, silicate, dna and all those things.
Now that I am older I can also appreciate the power of the Silicates power of multiplication by dividing!!! If you take calculator and just for fun start crunching the numbers as I did you will see the nightmare that the Silicates can become if allowed to multiply for a couple of weeks!!!!!
When I was a kid the fact that the *_Silicates_* didn't have any eyes really bothered me. Made them that much creepier! It took awhile to hunt down a copy of this film but I finally found one on DVD.
I just remembered something after all these years. In the scene where a silicate kills Dr. Landers after he hits the silicate with an axe. The second silicate does not quickly advance to attack Dr. West and Dr. Stanley who standing very close to Toni. The second silicate simply does not attack them even though they are right there. Again I think Toni is wearing a perfume that the Silicates don't like!!!! And for this reason they don't want to go any where near her!!!!!
No other sci fi movie scared me like this one when I saw it as a boy back in the late 1960's. I wonder if mystery Science Theater ever ran this one. I'd love to hear their comments; especially, on the monsters.
One of my favourite memories. About 5 years ago, just broke up from work for the Christmas break. Came home after going to the pub. Blazed a nice big spliff and drank a brandy watching this. Fell asleep on the sofa. Bliss.
I have just watched this film. Thank you. The last time I saw it was when I was a child. I remember seeing it with my mother on TV. I loved it then but over the years forgot the name of the film. It has not been shown on free TV where I live since then. Good to see that Peter Cushing made a come back on the big screen last year (2016), even tho he died over 30 years ago. Star Wars: Rogue One.
Saw this about 68-69 at 5-6 years old and remember it to this day!! Just looked for it on a whim and here it is!!!! I saw this once about 50 years ago and remembered it like last week!! Always hoped I'd remember to find it!! Anyway -- i loved this then and it's just what I remember!!! Scary!!!! Lol!!!
Love these 60s Sci Fi Films with the great Peter Cushing. Should of been a sequel to this set on the mainland of any large country. That would of been interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great stuff! Watched the whole thing. Always love the way they are constantly 'surprised' by creatures that move so slowly :) Having said that, I forgot all about the amputation scene and that made me 'surprised' too LOL. Thanks for the upload
This Movie had all the elements for a great Horror Piece. Experienced Actors, a Cool monster concept, and decent camera work for it's day. The only major problem I had with it when I first saw this (I was 14) was the Story. It had more plot holes in it than a pound of Swiss Cheese. Stephen King is right when he said CREATIVE WRITING can not be taught. Like comedy or anything else, either you've got the natural ability or you don't.
Back when I was a kid in the early 70s there was a season of horror films shown on STV (Scottish telivision) called Don't watch alonethere were two shown late on a Friday night usually a mix of old Farnkenstine Dracula movies and a newer film like this. It was a big deal being allowed to stay up to watch them after 10pm when you were 10 or so years old. And they were the main topic on Monday morning in the school playground.
thrower10 I’m 45 and was just old enough to watch these in the early to mid 80s when they were sadly winding down. Even the Horror channel shows junk from the US that’s not even straight to DVD fodder. :( I’d love a great season of these films. I loved staying up on a Saturday night to watch them. I’d sadly fall asleep but a friend would video them and we’d watch them. We were the last people I think in our area to get a video recorder.
Back when CZcams first started this was one of the videos I watched. I never heard of it before. I really liked it. Of course, any movie Peter Cushing is in is always more interesting.
Watched this film a cou8ple of months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing it for a second time and it is equally as Good. Thanks so much for the upload, Very Enjoyable film with some witty script.
Thank you!!! Boys used to bargain with father to do homework immediately then bed early right after mothers dinner and checking homework so they could stay up at midnight Thursday/Friday to watch fright night summers double header…Godzilla, Wolfman, Frankenstein etc …but I recall up with my brothers THIS very movie that gave me nightmares. Exciting and helped us get over fears, Canada always had British tv pm movies and these with Japanese the best by far. 🫣
This movie is a classic back in the 70's when the chopped the monster up it oozed campbell chicken noodle soup thats how everyone remembered the movie.
Thank you for uploading such a fabulous film. It was very fascinating to watch. Peter Cushing as always a brilliant actor. Loved it, yes the sound did cut out. But otherwise a very good film. PC. 01.10.2017.
The Silicates looked silly until you would see what they do to a human being when they get a hold of one. The hideous corpse leave behind is not silly .... it's horrifying!!!!
This film has been blocked for years on youtube, finally get to watch it. Of course Peter Cushing was his usual good self, the creatures were cheesy but interesting like the Triffids were. Love UK creatures. It was fun to watch😁
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price... Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney... Meliès, Murnau, Fritz Lang... Hammer Productions and Pinewood Studios... Cinecittà... Dario Argento... Tim Burton... F.F. Coppola... And we must not forget Max Schreck, the TRUE ultimate vampire!
Filipe Matias Oh, yeah!! I remember them all! I also remember, when I was a little kid in the early to mid 60's... Our Mom would drop me, a friend & older brother off at the movie theater to catch the matinee. It was waaaay back when that sort of thing was safe in Houston... I'll always remember those movies! Sitting there, sharing popcorn & screaming bloody murder!! Monsters, mummies, vampires, all the things that make up the best nightmares, lmbo!! Oh & Bette Davis had a few that freaked me out, too! "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" & "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte" were so good! They haven't made movies like that in a long time... Now, so many movies are, for most part, just "T&A hack 'em ups" or CGI....
Thank you for posting this. It is my absolute favorite monster movie!!! I am hoping that one day my neighborhood theater which shows old movies on a regular basis takes Island of Terror out of its storage place and shows it. I will make it my business to see it. It has a number of parts that are not seen on the DVD or Blu Ray versions. Thanks again for posting this.
Regardless of the terrible creature effects, this is a good film. Tense script and good acting. Niall MacGinnis is always interesting to watch. God bless Peter Cushing and director, Terence Fisher. They were two of the BEST!❤
I was around 8 when this came on my little black and white tv. Today it’s a cool and blustery day and I have my sangria and a little THC to go with it while I watch this on my tv. THANK YOU for posting this.
This is such an awesome blast of classic horror/Sci-fi! The ending is a favorite with the Silicates breaking out of another lab. If my memory is correct I think I originally saw this on "Sir Graves Ghastly" on a Detroit Channel. Not sure but that's where I saw many of these classics! Would love to have DVDs of those shows!
@@strangerintown3676 yes. Sir Graves was a vampire with a hilarious laugh. A lot of those horror movie hosts were so good. I wish there was a web site you could go to and see all those hosts around the country. Probably some real doozies out there.
@@Cashcrop54 There is footage of Sir Graves on CZcams as I just looked him up. Creature Features Dr Paul Bearer WTOG TV HD on CZcams if your interested. This is after he left channel 8 High Point & moved to Florida TV Station.
This is a reminder boys and girls. If you are walking down a remote dark fog enshrouded path by yourself and hear weird science fiction sounds, don't invsetigate them!
According to IMDB this was filmed on location in Buckinghamshire, about as far inland as you can get - but with the addition of some seagull sound effects, some fake seaweed and some old boats they made a fairly convincing coastal village.
its a horror movie but the soundtrack, including vocals and that hammond organ, its a sort of relaxation for me. Those english actors sound very kind and calm, especially Peter C.
Beautiful score. I've sampled many bits from it! The xylophone/s are quite harsh in places and could be brought down in the mix....Mind you, this is a horror film and I dare say they weren't really thinking about it accommodating my sonic preferences 50+ years ago!!
This along with night of the big heat are my fave old sci-fi movies. I remember seeing them together as a kid and been totally gripped. Effects are of the time but just cannot bottle that atmosphere.
I remember watching this when I was a child. Great sci- fi horror for its time. My only contention is, why be trapped in the town hall. When you can use boats to get off the island.
In the movie in one conversation they implied that all the boats were away on business and would not be returning for at least a couple of weeks. But, even if they all squeezed into the tiny little boats they had ... the problem with the Silicates would remain and continue to grow!!!! They had to kill them as fast as possible. In one week of dividing there would be over a million!!!! It would extremely difficult to poison that many!!! And in just 6 more hours you would 2 million and in 6 more hours you would have 4 million!!!! This is not good!!!!
One of the horror movies from my childhood - wonderful getting the chance to watch it after all these years!
God, I ve watched it when I was little. And I ve searched it for so long since I didnt remember the title. I couldnt sleep for days!
There is just something so charming about these old movies.
I know. Like the dialogue (@ 36:25): "There's some peculiar goings-on going on on this island." Lol!
This is from the great period of British SciFi. Much better to watch than those modern ones.
Yup
I have to agree. The face of the cadaver @ 0:22:10, for example, reminded me of Leo G. Carroll's character (in "Earth vs. The Tarantula") after he caught acromegaly!
Peter Cushing One of my favorite Actors 🙏💙😇😁
When I was a kid in the early 60s I'd sneak downstairs in the wee hours of the morning to watch a bit of TV with my dad (he was a nightowl) - and he'd let me stay up for an hour or so to watch along with him. I remembered this was one of the movies we watched one night - I remember the throwing dynamite scene and the axe cutting off the arm scenes...that was all. I was like two or three years old at the time. I'm 57 now and just found this again after a tip from someone on fbook! Wow...suddenly I'm a kid again on the sofa in our old farmhouse. Surreal to see this again after more than five decades! Thanks to the uploader!
I'm 57 too. I remember this on TV in the late 1960s at night. I saw it on TV when I was 3 with my older cousins. Needless to say, it scared the hell out of us all. We kept hearing that sound coming from the laundry room in the hallway behind the garage.
@@chrism.4544 It's funny how cheap horror flicks back then had such an indelible impact. I probably watched dozens with my dad back then...but this was the only one that really stuck in mind. Maybe the original The Thing - but this was the only lost one I couldn't recall the title of.
Same here! I just happened to land on this movie and I remember the creatures from childhood but couldn't remember the name of the movie! What fun!
@@michelleangers342 A giant cancer monster. A great idea for a remake.
@@SilentKnight43 What these movies lacked in high-tech special effects, they made up for with imaginative writing, suitably moody music, and flawlessly straight-faced acting.
The first time I saw this was in 1972 when I was 9 on our old magnavox B&W TV. I was terrified but loved the movie. Good actors and monsters were pretty good too.
We had a black and white Philco TV. Then, around 1971 (I was 9 years old), we got our first color TV. I thought we were rich. These old Hammer horror movies bring back happy childhood memories.
This movie was a nightmare for my little brother and me, after Dad took us to the drive-in movie, 1966. I was five years old and my brother was four years old.
I never knew the name of it. We called it “the turtle-monster” movie.
Thank you for sharing this.
By any chance do you remember the first autopsy performed on the body of Ian Bellos by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris. In that scene you get to see the Ian Bellos' corpse really up close. To me it was the scariest part of the entire movie!!!! My friend had us stay and watch the movie twice just to see that part!!!! Do you remember it??? On the DVD it has been edited out.
I called it the vacuum bone monster lols! 😅🙋🏻♀️😂🇨🇦
Have known of this film for decades. Never seen it till now.
Worth the wait.
Great print.
Thank you for uploading this.
I remember watching this on Creature Features with Bob Wilkens. 1970. Was only 5 and it scared the Hell out of me, being an only child. Damn! Hammer was the best. The women were the most beautiful. Everything British in America during this time was excellent. R.I.P. Englandistan.
Me too, God bless Bob Wilkens. RIP Bob.
Good to see Peter Cushing. He makes all the movies so much better.
Niall McGinnis wasn't bad, either. Though he had a relatively minor role, here, as island headman Roger Campbell, I remember him playing Julian Karswell (the chief antagonist of "Night of the Demon") with suitable fiendishness!
This movie has all the best ingredients. A killer story, great monsters, a Horror film legend and Carole Gray! For years this film couldn't be found anywhere because believe me I've looked. I finally own a copy of my own & I'm sharing with everyone that love these movies as much as I do! To be honest I'm amazed that no one's remade this film into a gigantic CGI mess! Leave this one alone it's perfect just the way it is.
I've been looking for this one too for a long time. Brings back great memories of Sat afternoon movies w/my brother.
@@toddwilson5129 LOL Same here! We used to watch Monster Movie Matinee every Saturday at 1:00.
@@toddwilson5129Yes. I saw it many years ago on Saturday's Shock Theater. Now I own a copy and can watch whenever I want.
This is absolutely amazing. Haven't seen this in years. Brings back great memories
This is a movie I saw at an old B movie house called the Majestic in Brooklyn. They show WWII, Westerns, sword and sandal with Steve Reeves as Hercules, Hammer Studio Horror and sci-fi.
saw this at the drive in in the early 70's, scared the crap out of me..lol
@@hugopritchard8455 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? It contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
@@salobrena6442 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? It contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
@@BingCherry11 I thought that the scariest part was when the Peter Cushing character gets attacked by the creatures and they had to chop off his hand.
Never forgot that movie since watching it as a kid just like the day of the triffids another movie imprinted on my young mind lol
wow i havent seen this since i was 13 at the show im 68 now fabulous old movies.cheers from canada
This movie never fails to please with its great cast of characters & it’s slow, but repulsive monsters. Many thanks for posting.
I echo Mr. Green's sentiments. This movie was worthy enough to have been produced by Hammer Films, itself! In fact, if it had been, they might have teamed up with Toho Studios to do a sequel (springboarding off the question mark ending). 😎👍
I agree. The invulnerability of the things despite their slow pace makes for more suspense. Something that's lacking these days. There's no sense of pacing nowadays. It's exposition to action and then maybe if you're lucky a callback.
I laugh now but this was the scariest movie of my childhood.
I can relate
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I loved it. I was about 6 or 7 years old. It scared the daylights out of me. Even now it's still creepy, but enjoyable to watch. Peter Cushing, as always, gives a star performance. I don't know why when people hear a strange, eerie noise, they don't run away from it, they follow the noise to investigate. What do they think is going to happen? RIP, Mr. Cushing, and God bless.
I remember this from childhood too…i remember being scared, but i loved these old scary movies as a kid…me and my best friend would stay up all night watching these and drinking mochas. Such great memories
This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid. I would dream about that sound! 😱😱😱
Me too
You can thank Barry Gray. He did the music for the British UFO Series and the first season of Space:1999 Series. He was the best!!!
Despite the low budget and kinda goofy effects, this is a solid horror sci-fi film. A good rewrite and updated science could make this a pretty great remake. Keep the silicates slow, indestructible, and unassuming, because their inevitability is part of what makes them terrifying.
Make sure to show a close up of each corpse not just one or two. It shows the aftermath of a Silicate attack!!!! And most important don't have the movie end in a
"Cliff hanger" unless you absolutely plan to show all the necessary sequels!!!!
Agreed on all points. Another part of what makes the silicates terrifying is how *fast* they move once they line up a good shot. Imagine a remake with attack sequences akin to those in the 80s remake of ‘The Blob’-striking arrogant characters who walk within range or under tree branches, etc. Could be a lot of fun!
@Richard Joubert Dude! They scared the shit outta me when I was a kid, too! Though, I'm not sure how much of a recommendation of terror that would be. I was also scared by the Creeping Terror!
@@BingCherry11 Having reflected upon this movie, there is a terrifying feeling of inevitable doom with a cliffhanger ending if it's done right. I think of The Thing or In The Mouth of Madness, where it doesn't really matter if the characters "win" because their efforts were still inconsequential as the world rushes towards obliteration.
@@gardener68 Yes, and bringing in “Inevitable” as the operative word? That’s horror!
Excellent movie. I remember watching this as a kid on the Saturday Afternoon creature feature.
Great 720p copy...Thanks so much, denny tango
Utterly brilliant film .... it has it all - great acting, soundtrack, make up effects and the story is gold!
I seen this when it first came out. Horror Icon Peter Cushing. Thanks for posting
When horror movies were REAL horror movies. Great story, great actors.
Exactly, well said!
YES! I Second and Third that! :D
I remember seeing this as a child and being scared to death. In terms of story, this could probably be consided as a "minor classic" alongside other movies like The Monolith Monsters and the original "The Blob".
Same! I still think about this movie. I saw it on TV in the 70s when I was about 10. I was so scared!
i love the Monolith Monsters and the Blob. Can't go wrong with Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsault (Mis Crump).
I would add “Crack in the World”.
Blob was better.
Them!; The Blob; Island of Terror; The Monolith Monsters.... all the classic horror films from my childhood. Movie technology may be so far advanced from these movies but nothing will replace the impact these all had in all their simplicity
I've been looking for this movie my ENTIRE life ! lol
I saw this as a kid in the 1980's and I could never find this as an adult.
Thank you for uploading this !
Saw this on a Creature Feature back in ‘73…always wondered if it
was an actual movie or a fever dream…
Thanks for loading this!
3rd time watching in as many years. Absolutely love this film. Cushing,Judd, Byrne and Kydd with great direction and script and so well made. what is not to love? Thanks again for the upload.
This movie! I have been searching forever for it! Freaked me out as a kid.😅 Ty! My 63b' day is May 20, this made my child self happy.😭🫂💚🇨🇦🙋🏻♀️🌹😻😂yeah, I am smiling and crying. I see I was not alone.🥲💋Can' t touch the old 🏫❤❤❤
As always Peter Cushing done a great performance.
I just discovered this movie in my Horror movie play list. This is my favorite scary movie. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Did anyone else have audio trouble? During the silicates attack my sound went wacky. I am so thrilled to have this movie. I think Terrance Fisher is the best director.💖💖💖💖💖
I had what sounded like the sound of another movie for a short time at the end.
I love these old movies, brings back memories 😃 I remember watching this film as a boy in 1970.
Thank You so much up loading this movie 🎥 😊👍
Love the old horrors and thrillers from the 1960s and 70s,...at a time when good solid acting, and simple but very effective storytelling was essential part of film production,...now movies are saturated in CGI effects ,..and over the top gore.....which lacks real character or atmosphere,...and have none of the charm of these classic old films....miss those great times
Me too.
Brilliant film with the iconic Peter Cushing and Edward Judd. Notice how the leading female role panicked easily and needed the protection of strong 'sensible' men!!
I've already booked my flight to an unstated destination. 🤣😂😜😜
Thanks for uploading this. I watched this when i was about six and it scared me to death.
Same story.
@@spankyblack6119 me too.. I was born in 1960.. saw it at the drive in when I was about 10 with my brothers scared me to death as well
@@salobrena6442 Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? I contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
Do you remember the first autopsy of Ian Bellos performed by Dr. Landers and Constable Harris???? I contained the scariest part of the entire movie??????
@@BingCherry11 I don't and I just pulled up the film.. where it scared me was when he uses the night stick and pushed it into the body with no bones.. It was the monsters themselves that scared me.. I was 10 don't forget.. plus that night was a Thanksgiving special 4 or 5 horror movies in a row.. I was a wreck..lol
I enjoyed this movie so much even with the little sound glitch that only lasted a minute. Really great film! Thank you!
Scared the pants off me when I watched it at the flicks ca. 1970.....I was 10....
Me too.. saw it at the drive in with my brothers.. it was a horror special for Canadian Thanksgiving. 3 or 4 movies.. Dracula, Frankenstein, this and one other.. I think the one where Frankenstein's monster is found frozen in the ice.
Peter Cushing’s are real man He didn’t make a single noise when his hand got chopped off no cries nothing
We who were born in the early/mid 70's have the privelidge of being the last generation to grow up during the 80's while still watching the horror film classics of Hammer, Amicus, Harbor, PF and others (as well as the BBC's and Granada Television's excelent tv series): we reviewed their glory days and witnessed their fading days altogether on Friday and Saturday nights specials just before the beginning of the invasion by american crappy shows in the 90's!
Great films with good writing screenplays, excellent theatrical acting, fantastic settings, amazing wardrobes and creepy music scores!
This soundtrack reminds me that the music was also much better back then than the SHIT noise that is playing nowadays on the radio!
It was theatrical acting that made it worth watching ,compared to todays horror movies (80 percent CGI and not 20 percent acting but less than 5 percent acting)
@@amuxpatch2798 Very well stated, and I wholeheartedly agree...
Awesome movie, have it in my collection .
Thank you Denny! I used to have a black & white TV as a kid in my room & remember secretly watching all the horror classics without my parents knowing ha ha! Loving the nostalgic feeling I got I feel like a kid again 😄
Bet they knew ..
This movie scared the shite out of me when I was a kid. Now I just keep thinking how the monsters' tentacles look like the tubing on my CPAP machine. And their guts look EXACTLY like Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. lol
I love these old horror flicks.
LOL!!!
Same here.
I'm 61 and this freaks me out. Some great childhood memories too. Scared the living shite out of me too. LOL!
@@mirrortime LOL! Have you seen The Projected Man? It came out around the same time and it scared me at least as bad as this one. Now they're two of my favorite cheesy old movies.
I thought the same thing about the chicken soup. Haha. I love these old movies.
Great movie. Scare the living days out of me! Is good to see it again. Now that I am older and wiser I can understand things like radiation, silicate, dna and all those things.
Now that I am older I can also appreciate the power of the Silicates power of multiplication by dividing!!! If you take calculator and just for fun start crunching the numbers as I did you will see the nightmare that the Silicates can become if allowed to multiply for a couple of weeks!!!!!
When I was a kid the fact that the *_Silicates_* didn't have any eyes really bothered me. Made them that much creepier! It took awhile to hunt down a copy of this film but I finally found one on DVD.
I just remembered something after all these years. In the scene where a silicate kills Dr. Landers after he hits the silicate with an axe. The second silicate does not quickly advance to attack Dr. West and Dr. Stanley who standing very close to Toni. The second silicate simply does not attack them even though they are right there. Again I think Toni is wearing a perfume that the Silicates don't like!!!! And for this reason they don't want to go any where near her!!!!!
No other sci fi movie scared me like this one when I saw it as a boy back in the late 1960's. I wonder if mystery Science Theater ever ran this one. I'd love to hear their comments; especially, on the monsters.
One of my favourite memories. About 5 years ago, just broke up from work for the Christmas break. Came home after going to the pub. Blazed a nice big spliff and drank a brandy watching this. Fell asleep on the sofa. Bliss.
Sounds like a great night in indeed.
spurts~ I call it "relaxing sci fi." My favorite. :)
I have just watched this film. Thank you. The last time I saw it was when I was a child. I remember seeing it with my mother on TV. I loved it then but over the years forgot the name of the film. It has not been shown on free TV where I live since then. Good to see that Peter Cushing made a come back on the big screen last year (2016), even tho he died over 30 years ago. Star Wars: Rogue One.
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Back when people were courtieous to each other
Saw this about 68-69 at 5-6 years old and remember it to this day!! Just looked for it on a whim and here it is!!!! I saw this once about 50 years ago and remembered it like last week!! Always hoped I'd remember to find it!! Anyway -- i loved this then and it's just what I remember!!! Scary!!!! Lol!!!
Love these 60s Sci Fi Films with the great Peter Cushing. Should of been a sequel to this set on the mainland of any large country. That would of been interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot for taking the time and trouble to bring this great old movie to us!!
I'm watching this movie on Me tv right now
I saw it as well. I think the quality here is better.
Svengoolie ?
as a child i found this movie terrifying it bothered me for days ..but i was it in the 60s and i was a little kid
Great stuff! Watched the whole thing. Always love the way they are constantly 'surprised' by creatures that move so slowly :) Having said that, I forgot all about the amputation scene and that made me 'surprised' too LOL. Thanks for the upload
brilliant film thanks
This Movie had all the elements for a great Horror Piece. Experienced Actors, a Cool monster concept, and decent camera work for it's day. The only major problem I had with it when I first saw this (I was 14) was the Story. It had more plot holes in it than a pound of Swiss Cheese. Stephen King is right when he said CREATIVE WRITING can not be taught. Like comedy or anything else, either you've got the natural ability or you don't.
Back when I was a kid in the early 70s there was a season of horror films shown on STV (Scottish telivision) called Don't watch alonethere were two shown late on a Friday night usually a mix of old Farnkenstine Dracula movies and a newer film like this. It was a big deal being allowed to stay up to watch them after 10pm when you were 10 or so years old. And they were the main topic on Monday morning in the school playground.
I used to stay up and watch them on BBC 2 on Saturday night.
thrower10 in New Zealand, we had the Sunday horrors for years.
lol i watched hammer house of horror with my gran
thrower10 I’m 45 and was just old enough to watch these in the early to mid 80s when they were sadly winding down. Even the Horror channel shows junk from the US that’s not even straight to DVD fodder. :( I’d love a great season of these films. I loved staying up on a Saturday night to watch them. I’d sadly fall asleep but a friend would video them and we’d watch them. We were the last people I think in our area to get a video recorder.
llf im 44 peter cushing all the way
Back when CZcams first started this was one of the videos I watched. I never heard of it before. I really liked it. Of course, any movie Peter Cushing is in is always more interesting.
Watched this film a cou8ple of months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing it for a second time and it is equally as Good. Thanks so much for the upload, Very Enjoyable film with some witty script.
Thank you!!!
Boys used to bargain with father to do homework immediately then bed early right after mothers dinner and checking homework so they could stay up at midnight Thursday/Friday to watch fright night summers double header…Godzilla, Wolfman, Frankenstein etc …but I recall up with my brothers THIS very movie that gave me nightmares.
Exciting and helped us get over fears, Canada always had British tv pm movies and these with Japanese the best by far. 🫣
THANK YOU FOR POSTING ThIS GrEAT FILM! I saw this in the theatre when I was about 7 years old and it was TERRIFYING!
This movie is a classic back in the 70's when the chopped the monster up it oozed campbell chicken noodle soup thats how everyone remembered the movie.
These are incredible. They just don't make classics like these movies and all of the "Terror kings " are gone. LONG LIVE THE KING.
Very well done. Last scene with China lab good touch--and maybe a bit of deja-vu since Covid
I LOVE old Sci-Fi flicks and THIS one is my favourite. Thanks Very Much 4 posting it.
The bedbug epidemic in GB is indeed noteworthy.
thank you. had this on youtube way back in 2011. it got yanked and i couldn't find it again til now.
Thank you for uploading such a fabulous film. It was very fascinating to watch. Peter Cushing as always a brilliant actor. Loved it, yes the sound did cut out. But otherwise a very good film. PC. 01.10.2017.
The creatures are rather silly, but anything with Peter Cushing in is always worth watching, and it's nice to see Edward Judd.
The Silicates looked silly until you would see what they do to a human being when they get a hold of one. The hideous corpse leave behind is not silly .... it's horrifying!!!!
I love these oldies . I wasn't born when this was made 😂
love the oldies..cant beat em with computer gen crap, no super heros etc...thanks for upload
Looked for this movie for Years... I was beginning to think it was all in my head... The first and last time i seen it was in the late 60s...
This film has been blocked for years on youtube, finally get to watch it. Of course Peter Cushing was his usual good self, the creatures were cheesy but interesting like the Triffids were. Love UK creatures. It was fun to watch😁
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price...
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney...
Meliès, Murnau, Fritz Lang...
Hammer Productions and Pinewood Studios... Cinecittà...
Dario Argento... Tim Burton... F.F. Coppola...
And we must not forget Max Schreck, the TRUE ultimate vampire!
Filipe Matias Oh, yeah!! I remember them all! I also remember, when I was a little kid in the early to mid 60's... Our Mom would drop me, a friend & older brother off at the movie theater to catch the matinee. It was waaaay back when that sort of thing was safe in Houston... I'll always remember those movies! Sitting there, sharing popcorn & screaming bloody murder!! Monsters, mummies, vampires, all the things that make up the best nightmares, lmbo!! Oh & Bette Davis had a few that freaked me out, too! "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" & "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte" were so good!
They haven't made movies like that in a long time... Now, so many movies are, for most part, just "T&A hack 'em ups" or CGI....
love the movie thanks for sharing !!! wish i had one of those outfits for the C 19 virus
The ironic thing about it we all know what the movie's about and they show this man close to the end of the film smoking see
When Peter Cushing says "Oh, let her come in, I wouldn't want to stay out her either, its too Daman creepy." It's too damn creepy!
Thank you for posting this. It is my absolute favorite monster movie!!! I am hoping that one day my neighborhood theater which shows old movies on a regular basis takes Island of Terror out of its storage place and shows it. I will make it my business to see it. It has a number of parts that are not seen on the DVD or Blu Ray versions. Thanks again for posting this.
I saw this movie many years ago and have wanted to see it again. Thank you.
Regardless of the terrible creature effects, this is a good film. Tense script and good acting. Niall MacGinnis is always interesting to watch. God bless Peter Cushing and director, Terence Fisher. They were two of the BEST!❤
23:09 "I've never seen anything like these punctures before...normally I just find two in the neck!"
Peter Cushing had the best lines in the movie.
How convenient there happens to be an Ax next to the door.
I love this movie....
I was around 8 when this came on my little black and white tv. Today it’s a cool and blustery day and I have my sangria and a little THC to go with it while I watch this on my tv. THANK YOU for posting this.
Better than the crappy stuff we get now thanks for uploading
Your movie started off the Halloween month with a great scare 👻 Thank you denny tango.
This was one of the creepier movies I saw as a kid
A classic!
Yep. Those creatures really got to me when I was 9 or 10.
This is such an awesome blast of classic horror/Sci-fi! The ending is a favorite with the Silicates breaking out of another lab. If my memory is correct I think I originally saw this on "Sir Graves Ghastly" on a Detroit Channel. Not sure but that's where I saw many of these classics! Would love to have DVDs of those shows!
Island of Terror is available on Blue Ray and DVD.
@@bingcherry1122 I have it on Prime. It's Sir Graves Ghastly I want. Thanks!
@@Cashcrop54 I guess he is the host like Dr Paul Bearer on Shock Theater back in the late 1960's early 70's WGHP High Point, NC.
@@strangerintown3676 yes. Sir Graves was a vampire with a hilarious laugh. A lot of those horror movie hosts were so good. I wish there was a web site you could go to and see all those hosts around the country. Probably some real doozies out there.
@@Cashcrop54 There is footage of Sir Graves on CZcams as I just looked him up. Creature Features Dr Paul Bearer WTOG TV HD on CZcams if your interested. This is after he left channel 8 High Point & moved to Florida TV Station.
This is a reminder boys and girls. If you are walking down a remote dark fog enshrouded path by yourself and hear weird science fiction sounds, don't invsetigate them!
But, if you're going to treat any beautiful woman for a sprained ankle, make sure she's an heiress, first!
And, even more importantly, make sure she looks better in your white dress shirt than you do!!
According to IMDB this was filmed on location in Buckinghamshire, about as far inland as you can get - but with the addition of some seagull sound effects, some fake seaweed and some old boats they made a fairly convincing coastal village.
No prob about the sound bro... apreciating your work !! TY
thanks for makin this, i had to go to bed and now i can skip to the scene i left on. my parents think im sleeping >:3
What a Jem ! Thank you for this !
An oldie but goodie...
its a horror movie but the soundtrack, including vocals and that hammond organ, its a sort of relaxation for me. Those english actors sound very kind and calm, especially Peter C.
Beautiful score. I've sampled many bits from it! The xylophone/s are quite harsh in places and could be brought down in the mix....Mind you, this is a horror film and I dare say they weren't really thinking about it accommodating my sonic preferences 50+ years ago!!
Peter Cushing Forever 🙏💙😇
Pity the sound is rubbish near the end.
This along with night of the big heat are my fave old sci-fi movies. I remember seeing them together as a kid and been totally gripped. Effects are of the time but just cannot bottle that atmosphere.
I remember watching this when I was a child. Great sci- fi horror for its time. My only contention is, why be trapped in the town hall. When you can use boats to get off the island.
In the movie in one conversation they implied that all the boats were away on business and would not be returning for at least a couple of weeks. But, even if they all squeezed into the tiny little boats they had ... the problem with the Silicates would remain and continue to grow!!!! They had to kill them as fast as possible. In one week of dividing there would be over a million!!!! It would extremely difficult to poison that many!!! And in just 6 more hours you would 2 million and in 6 more hours you would have 4 million!!!! This is not good!!!!