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Island of Terror

Island of Terror

Horror · Science Fiction · 1966

When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.

Movie details

Island of Terror

“How could they stop the devouring death...that lived by sucking on living human bones!”

1966 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 29m

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5.9 / 10

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When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Written by

Al Ramsen · Edward Mann

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

J

James Caffrey

Peter Argyle

Court is in session

Put Island of Terror on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.