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Island of Terror (1966)

Island of Terror poster
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, monster film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
16
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 116 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Scientists go to a remote Irish island to figure out why people are dying in strange ways. They find the deaths are connected to advanced experiments happening there.

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What happens

Island of Terror (also known as Night of the Silicates and The Night the Creatures Came) is a 1966 British science-fiction horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Edward Judd and Carole Gray. The story follows is about a group of scientists investigating mysterious deaths on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, which are linked with the cutting-edge scientific experiments occurring there. The film was produced and distributed by Planet Films. Island of Terror was released in the United Kingdom on 20 June 1966. In the United States, it was released by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man (1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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