Island of Terror (Original title)The Night the Silicates Came (Working title)The Night the Creatures Came (Alternative title)
Dates: 1966 (Copyright), 19 June 1966 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: Science fiction horror set on an island off the east coast of Ireland, where creatures developed by a scientist during the course of cancer research are on the loose and feeding on the bones of the local inhabitants.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 20 June 1966Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 89 mins Length: 8010 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 01 February 1967Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Dates: 1966 (Copyright), 19 June 1966 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Terence Fisher
Synopsis: Science fiction horror set on an island off the east coast of Ireland, where creatures developed by a scientist during the course of cancer research are on the loose and feeding on the bones of the local inhabitants.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 20 June 1966Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 89 mins Length: 8010 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 01 February 1967Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Planet Film Productions, A Planet Films production: Planet Films, Presents: Planet Film Productions, [Executive Producer]: Richard Gordon, Produced by: Tom Blakeley, Production Manager: Roy Baird, Assistant Director: Don Weeks, Continuity: Kay Mander, Original Story and Screenplay: Edward Andrew Mann, Alan Ramsen, Photographed in Eastmancolour by: Reg Wyer, Camera Operator: Frank Drake, Special Effects Created by: John St. John Earl, [Special Effects] Assisted by: Michael Albrechtson, Film Editor: Thelma Connell, Art Director: John St. John Earl, Assistant Art Director: Fred Hole, Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows, Make-up Artiste: Bunty Phillips, Special Effects Make-up Artiste: Billy Partleton, Hairdresser: Stella Rivers, Music Composed and Directed by: Malcolm Lockyer, Sound Recordist: Bob Mcphee, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Dubbing Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum, Electronic [Sound] Effects: Barry Gray, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Peter Cushing (Dr Brian Stanley), Edward Judd (Dr David West), Carole Gray (Toni Merrill), Eddie Byrne (Dr Reginald Landers), Sam Kydd (PC John Harris), Niall MacGinnis (Roger Campbell), James Caffrey (Peter Argyle), Liam Gaffney (Ian Bellows), Roger Heathcote (Dunley), Keith Bell (Halsey), Shay Gorman (Morton), Peter Forbes Robertson (Dr Laurence Phillips), Richard Bidlake (Carson), Joyce Hemson (Mrs Bellows), Margaret Lacy (.), Edward Ogden (helicopter pilot)