Island of Terror (1966) on Netflix
A farmer on Petrie's Island is found dead in a cave, with no bone left in his body. Doctors Brian Stanley and David West are brought in to examine the corpse.
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Plot summary
Farmer Ian Bellows disappears on Petrie's Island, a small community off Ireland's east coast, and Constable John Harris discovers the body in a cave, stripped of every bone. Dr Reginald Landers, the island's physician, cannot explain the death, so he crosses to the mainland for help from Dr Brian Stanley, a London pathologist. Stanley is baffled too, and the two men seek out Dr David West, a specialist in bones and the diseases that affect them. They interrupt West's quiet evening with Toni Merrill, but the puzzle interests him and he agrees to return with them and examine the corpse. Merrill offers her father's private helicopter so the group can reach the island quickly, on condition that she comes along.
Cast
- James Caffreyas Peter Argyle
- Keith Bellas Halsey
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Island of Terror (1966)
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- Producer Richard Gordon wanted Terence Fisher even though Fisher had only just finished Dracula: Prince of Darkness for Hammer. Fisher's wife pushed him into taking the two-picture deal, having seen at first hand how frustrated he became when he was not working.
- The British cinema release lost a few seconds to the BBFC before it could carry a PG certificate: the censors removed a brief shot of blood spurting after a hand is severed by an axe.
- David Robert Mitchell pointed to this film when explaining It Follows (2014), citing its feeling of waiting for the creature to pop up as an inspiration for his own horror picture.
