
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.



Bill Masen removes his eye bandages in hospital and gets a nasty shock.
Bill Masen leaves hospital to find the streets of London eerily deserted.
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the danger of the triffids.
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Despite spreading disease, Bill continues his search for Jo among the marauding triffids.
Bill and Jo find themselves trapped in a Sussex farmhouse by growing numbers of triffids.