Attack of the Triffids

Can you say attack of the evil Ents:

When a meteor crshes into earth, insane stuff happens. Everyone who saw the meteor became blind, so planes and ships and cars crash like crazy. Also radiation from the meteor makes trees turn into hidious moving monters. Finally it is found out that you can kill the evil Ents (Triffids) with salt water. Hoever, there is no cureness for blindness.

Isn't that "Day of the Triffids"?
I know there is a remake that was done in the 80's, a bit more modern in its contents then the first b&w one.

Also, if I remember well, in the remake, the cause of the blindness (not a meteor, I don't remember what) is ultimately found to be due to human error, and the Triffid "invasion" was some kind of E.T. form of life that could get out of the lab because of the blindness.

I'm not positive of the movie's title. I watched the old black-and-white one.

My Dad went to a drive-in movie to watch a Flipper movie. After the parking lot was so crammed that no one could get out, the movie started. It wasn't "Flipper", it was "Attack (or "Day", I'm not positive) of the Triffids" He was only 6 or 7 at the time, so they decided to go home. but they couldn't, so after the movie, my dad had nightmare's for 4 years.