An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.
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Dr. Lawrence Phillips
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A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back. Written by Michael "Rabbit" Hutchison <rabhutch@spacestar.net>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 February 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Night of the Silicates See more »Company Credits
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1.66 : 1
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Peter Argyle: Is that all, then, Ian?
Ian Bellows: I think so. And how long will it take to fill the order, then, this time, eh?
Peter Argyle: Oh, probably three to four weeks.
Ian Bellows: Y'know, they ought to give us better service, and a boat coming once a week is not enough! You'd think at least they'd get our telephones installed.
Peter Argyle: Y'know, they promised 'em this year.
Ian Bellows: Aye, and last!
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In the French version (post-synchronized) Edward Judd is dubbed by Jean-Claude Michel / Visa d'exploitation en France : #38125 See more »Goofs
When the townspeople attack the silicates in the woods with dynamite, the explosions reveal the wheels propelling the creatures along. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Peter Argyle: Is that all, then, Ian?
Ian Bellows: I think so. And how long will it take to fill the order, then, this time, eh?
Peter Argyle: Oh, probably three to four weeks.
Ian Bellows: Y'know, they ought to give us better service, and a boat coming once a week is not enough! You'd think at least they'd get our telephones installed.
Peter Argyle: Y'know, they promised 'em this year.
Ian Bellows: Aye, and last!
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Horta! Yes, maybe they honestly never saw this film, and maybe the Startrek writers never imagined a short, round silica based life form that dissolved bones with injected acids, and ate minerals for food... But you gotta admit, it is a GREAT idea for a monster!
Seriously, I voted a 10 for this movie, because, I have the VHS version, want a remake for DVD with enhanced, synthetic stereo sound. My rating is not based on just how well the movie scared the crud out of me when I was a kid, but that it still gives me the creeps, and that sucking, slurping noise is enough to scare anybody! Hardly a week goes by that I don't miss seeing movies like this, and others like Forbidden Planet, Fiend Without A Face (great sounds, too!) and other classic monster movies. Sure, I watched Dark Fury, and the just released Riddick 2 flick, and love them all, but I admire what it takes to make a film with NO budget, NO special effects (except a rubber silicate "jumping" out of a tree on top of a guy that just looks up and says "AAAAHHHHHHH!")and still pull off a film that made audiences afraid of the dark after the movie ended.
My vote... keeping the monster out of sight is better. Forbidden Planet did it with great results. Fiend Without A Face, also did a great job ( in fact, they would have been better off if they KEPT those brain/spine rubber things off the screen IMHO).
Finally, IMDb, my hats off to you for truly being the planets best source of movie info!