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Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on January 16, 2017, 09:06 AM:

This weekend while on break I had the chance to screen my latest EBay super 8 film purchase, "The Day of the Triffids."

What a fun film to watch!

The black and white edited feature was very letterboxed which allowed me to zoom out the flat lens so the height filled the screen. This gave a nearly perfect 1.85 ratio and it was far better than pan and scan 4x3.

Made in 1962 the state of the art special effects are very comical given the current time we live in. And yet, to know this was a big hit scaring audiences world wide during the original release!

I have to say I own a lot of features on super 8. While it probably won't make my all time favorite list; it certainly falls in to the category of most bizarre in my collection, which is good because now my copy of "The Night of the Living Dead" can sit on the shelf with a cousin!

I rate this film as one of the most rare circulating out there in the world of super 8.

Chip Gelmini

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on January 16, 2017, 12:30 PM:

I have just noticed after leaving this review there is another review for the same movie but a different formatted version I have chosen to leave this review separate for this reason.

Chip G

Posted by Mike Newell (Member # 23) on January 16, 2017, 04:41 PM:

It's best to watch in black and white. The Mountain colour prints could be summarised in one word "Yuk". That's before any fading occurred. I think Derann later printed this title for awhile as both 4x400 version and 400 digest which concentrated on the lighthouse scenes.

A weird cousin to go with Night of the Living Dead indeed.

Invaders from Mars could also be consider a distant Uncle!

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on January 24, 2017, 10:32 AM:

I have a 400ft reel which is two 200ft extracts spliced together, the first part has "Invasion of the Plant Creatures" on the leader.

It is from Buck labs on Fuji stock. I haven't projected it recently but think the colour was rather pale, but the title or intro text is strong coloured.

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 24, 2017, 03:25 PM:

Not too sure if it will be any good but i have just purchased a 400ft mountain film from Day of Triffids called blind danger and i have to say the colour screenshots look fantastic, it may not be up to much story wise but the chap did send me a briefing and as he said this 400 footer with this image is very ,(genuinely) rare.
It is 4:3. I will report back when i get it and view it. [Wink]

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on May 10, 2017, 10:15 PM:

This is on eBay now ... and in scope,no mention of the colour fade,if any.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142368878992?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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