Sunday, 27 December 2009

Cosy catastrophes

You'll know by now of my adolescent enjoyment of the cosy catastrophe novels of John Wyndham. They are largely unfilmable, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone: the BBC has commissioned a two-parter of The Day of the Triffids, screening on 28/29 December. A trio of trailers proves my point:







Sacrilege! And it perfectly proves my point: I mean, who thought you could make a moving plant scary?

Will I be watching? You betcha.

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