Island of Terror

Island of Terror
Island of Terror
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Terence Fisher
Written by	Edward Mann; Al Ramsen
Based on	an original story by Mann and Ramsen
Produced by	Tom Blakely
Starring	Edward Judd; Peter Cushing; Carole Gray; Eddie Byrne
Cinematography	Reg Wyer
Edited by	Thelma Connell
Music by	Malcolm Lockyer; Barry Gray (electronic effects)
Production; company	Planet Film Productions
Distributed by	Planet Film Distributors; Universal Studios (US)
Release dates	3 June 1966 (Liverpool; premiere); 20 June 1966 (United Kingdom); 1 February 1967 (United States);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£70,000
Box office	117,645 admissions (France)

Island of Terror, also known as Night of the Silicates,^[2] is a 1966 British horror film released by Planet Film Productions. The film was released in the United States by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man (1967).

The idea for the film came when the producer Richard Gordon read Gerry Fernback's screenplay The Night the Silicates Came. Gordon partnered with Tom Blakey of Planet Films to produce the film.^[3]^[4]

David Robert Mitchell referenced Island of Terror's feeling of "waiting for the creature to pop up" as an inspiration for It Follows.^[5]

^ Box office information for Terence Fisher films in France Archived 23 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine at Box office Story
^ Winston Dixon, Wheeler (2017). The Films of Terence Fisher. Liverpool University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9781911325352.
^ Weaver, Tom (1999). Return of the B science fiction and horror heroes: the mutant melding of two volumes of classic interviews. McFarland. p. 187. ISBN 0-7864-0755-7.
^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 154-157
^ Deshler, Kira (5 October 2022). "The Untold Truth Of It Follows". Looper. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[1] Box office information for Terence Fisher films in France Archived 23 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine at Box office Story

[2] Winston Dixon, Wheeler (2017). The Films of Terence Fisher. Liverpool University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9781911325352.

[3] Weaver, Tom (1999). Return of the B science fiction and horror heroes: the mutant melding of two volumes of classic interviews. McFarland. p. 187. ISBN 0-7864-0755-7.

[x_cert-4] John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 154-157

[5] Deshler, Kira (5 October 2022). "The Untold Truth Of It Follows". Looper. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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