Day of the Triffids is the 1963 adaptation of the Sci-Fi novel of the same title written by John Wyndham in 1951. When a mysterious meteor shower blinds most of earth's inhabitants, man eating plants called Triffids rise out of the earth hunt down the humans. The movie follows the still sighted protagonist Bill Masen as he fights not only the triffids, but a society that is crumbling before his very eyes.