Offical apocalyptic film/TV series thread

[Neil]

Here is a list of some slightly non-mainstream apocalypse films that maybe some visitors might not have seen. Obvious films are not included (eg: Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead)...

* - Scores shown are my personal score out of 10.

Film
On the Beach (1957) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/ not seen it
Panic in Year Zero! (1962) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_in_Year_Zero! [6/10]
The Last Man On Earth (1964) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/ [7/10]
No Blade of Grass (1970) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066154/ [5/10]
The Omega Man (1971) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_Man [9/10]
A Boy and His Dog (1974) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog [3/10]
Where Have All the People Gone? (1974) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072400/ 6/10
The Last Wave (1977) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076299/ [3/10]
The Aftermath, aka Zombie Aftermath (1982) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083526/ not seen it
Testament (1983) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(film) not seen it
Special Bulletin (1983) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin not seen it - Watch it! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKY-2zkWJuo)
Quiet Earth (1985) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film) [8/10]
Def-Con 4 (1985) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087130/ [4/10] - Watch it! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8maMaTpBOGU)
Dead Man's Letters (1986) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Letters not seen it
Miracle Mile (1988) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile_(film) [7/10]
The Salute of the Jugger (1989) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute_of_the_Jugger not seen it
Waterworld (1995) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld [8/10]
The Postman (1997) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_(film) [7/10]
Omega Doom (1997) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117238/ [3/10]
Last Night (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/ [8/10]
Children of Men (2006) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men [8/10]
Ever Since the World Ended (2006) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283337/ not seen it
Right At Your Door (2006) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_At_Your_Door [6/10]
I Am Omega (2007) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075746/ [2/10]
The Mist (2007) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist_(film) [6/10]
The Signal (2007) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal_%282007_film%29 Part 1[8/10], Part 2&3[5/10]
Blindness (2008) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness_film [8.5/10]
Doomsday (2008) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(film) [5/10]
Carriers (2009) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriers_(film) [7/10]
The Book of Eli (2010) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Eli [7/10]
Snowpiercer (2013) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/ [8.5/10]

TV
Survivors (1975) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors [9/10]
Survivors (2008) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors [7/10]
Day of the Triffids (1981) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids_(TV_series) [9/10]
Threads (1984) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads [6/10]
The Tripods (1984) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tripods_(TV_series) [7/10]
The Day After (1983) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After [6/10]
The Stand (1994) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_(TV_miniseries) [8/10]
The Last Train (1999) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Train [7/10]
On the Beach (2000) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219224/ [8/10]
Jericho (2006) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805663/ [7/10]
The Walking Dead (2010) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/ [9/10]

More to come... (If you contribute please only list film/tv series worth listing, and which people may not have seen!) Your score out of 10 would be nice too :)

[MikePizzoff]

Film
Damnation Alley (1977) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/
Mad Max (1979) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082694/
Mad Max 3: Beyond The Thunderdome (1985) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089530/
Escape From New York (1981) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/
The Last Man On Earth (1964) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/

[bassman]

Escape From New York? How is that an apocalyptic film, again? I consider it strange prison film. After all.....NY is a prison in the film...

[kidgloves]

I was going to suggest this the other day. This thread could turn out to be a goldmine.

Film
The Dark Hour (Hora fría, La) (2006) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484273/
Le Dernier Combat (1983) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085426/
By Dawn's Early Light (1990) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099197/

[MikePizzoff]

Escape From New York? How is that an apocalyptic film, again? I consider it strange prison film. After all.....NY is a prison in the film...

Always with the technicalities.

[bassman]

Always with the technicalities.

:lol: You knows it.

Some rather obvious ones that surprisingly haven't been mentioned yet...

Planet of the Apes
12 Monkeys
The Terminator
Armagedon
Deep Impact
Day of the Dead:shifty:

[Neil]

:lol: You knows it.

Some rather obvious ones that surprisingly haven't been mentioned yet...

Planet of the Apes
12 Monkeys
The Terminator
Armagedon
Deep Impact
Day of the Dead:shifty:

Because everyone has almost certainly seen those...

[bassman]

Because everyone has almost certainly seen those...

Probably most members of this board have seen a majority of all these films listed ao far....

[Neil]

Probably most members of this board have seen a majority of all these films listed ao far....

Maybe, maybe not. But my list is aimed at the slightly less obvious ones, and ones I think are worth watching which people may have ignored... (hopefully)

[wayzim]

Great idea, Neil.

Loved these movies growing up.

Here's a link to a list site

http://www.pamedia.com/movies/

and another.

http://blog.apocalypse.org/apocalyptic-movies

Some of my own favorites are 'When Worlds Collide/War of The Worlds.'(George Pal double feature)-Soylant Green-Tank Girl(Love Lori Petty and an almost unrecognizable Naomi Watts as her tech geek sidekick )-Day of The Triffids(both big screen and brilliant BBC mini-series )-The Day The Earth Caught Fire- The Crack in The World(in which nuclear testing causes the planet to literally crack in two.)-Radioactive Dreams(A Sam Spade style detective story in a post nuclear future)-Testiment(American style On The Beach tale of a small community waiting for radiation to kill them off )

Wayne Z

[MikePizzoff]

Ah hah! Both of those sites classify Escape From New York as post-apocalyptic. So I'm not alone on that one. In your face, Bassman!!! :D

[Mike70]

the cable show "jeremiah" springs right to mind.

"the stand" miniseries.

the movie "lifeforce" has serious apocalyptic overtones to it, what with energy sucking zombies overrunning london.

[bassman]

Ah hah! Both of those sites classify Escape From New York as post-apocalyptic. So I'm not alone on that one. In your face, Bassman!!! :D

But how?!?!?:stunned: It's been awhile since I've seen the flick, but I don't remember there being any mention of the end of the world. Just that there were too many criminals, so they turned New York into a prison.

[Mike70]

But how?!?!?:stunned: It's been awhile since I've seen the flick, but I don't remember there being any mention of the end of the world. Just that there were too many criminals, so they turned New York into a prison.

gentlemen, gentlemen i suggest that we settle this escape from new york spat like rational, sane human beings. you two should fight a duel. weapons are your choice - guns, swords, knives, cat o'nine tails made from fettucini, etc. the survivor is right. simple enough.

[bassman]

gentlemen, gentlemen i suggest that we settle this escape from new york spat like rational, sane human beings. you two should fight a duel. weapons are your choice - guns, swords, knives, cat o'nine tails made from fettucini, etc. the survivor is right. simple enough.

:lol:

I'm in. And keeping with the theme of the thread, it's got to be....

THUNDERDOME!
http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gamestar/objects/201579_main.jpg

[AcesandEights]

Until there is an official declaration of what falls into post-apocalyptic and what does not, I must boycott this thread.

In other words...Me King Ay-rab! Embargo on! :p

[Mike70]

Until there is an official declaration of what falls into post-apocalyptic and what does not, I must boycott this thread.

In other words...Me King Ay-rab! Embargo on! :p

here is a suggestion:

a post-apocalyptic film/tv show is one in which:

a. modern civilization has been destroyed.
b. a large percentage of the human population has died.
c. portrays an attempt by the remaining people to survive whatever cataclysm has happened and start anew.
d. is global in scale (with some exceptions).

[MikePizzoff]

I already have experience in the Thunderdome, Bassman.

Case in point:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/TraderInDeath/MeDesertWarrior.jpg

[Mike70]

two men enter, one man leaves.

ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - dying time is here!

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[Legion2213]

Virus (1981) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(1980_film)

"Survivors" and the 1981 "day of the triffids" DVD's are excellent, I own both series and highly recommend them, tons of atmosphere.

[Skippy911sc]

Night of the Comet???

Anyone???

[clanglee]

It's really pre-apocalyptic but the movie Last Night(i think that's what it's called) is great. Its a canadian film about everyone's last day on earth. Funny what all these people are doing when they know its all about to end.


Oh and post 800!!! I am now officially Twitching!!

[wayzim]

It's really pre-apocalyptic but the movie Last Night(i think that's what it's called) is great. Its a canadian film about everyone's last day on earth. Funny what all these people are doing when they know its all about to end.


Oh and post 800!!! I am now officially Twitching!!

Ray Bradbury wrote an interesting one on that theme in his collection, The Illustrated Man, later a movie with Claire Bloom and Rod Steiger.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064473/

One of the segments, all starring Bloom and Steiger in different parts, is about a society where the adults collectively dream about the end of the world the next day.

An episode of Night Gallery, Rod Serling's follow up to his successful Twilight Zone, had Clint Howard as a child progeny who becomes a TV celeb when his predictions start coming true. When he has an unexpected revelation about a great global change, he tells the world of it's Utopian tomorrow, but what he tells his grandfather and his handlers is quite different.

It's called 'The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes. '

Wayne Z

[Mike70]

An episode of Night Gallery, Rod Serling's follow up to his successful Twilight Zone, had Clint Howard as a child progeny who becomes a TV celeb when his predictions start coming true. When he has an unexpected revelation about a great global change, he tells the world of it's Utopian tomorrow, but what he tells his grandfather and his handlers is quite different.

It's called 'The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes. '

ah night gallery was an awesome show. one of my favorites of all time in fact. i have managed to collect all the episodes thanks to mystery tv and the dvd release of season 1.

[MapMan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def-Con_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Chase
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logans_run

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070101/

Genesis 2 Oldie but goodie.

Excellent Thread !

[Danny]

i saw a film on e4 (an artys kinda movie channel thats free in the uk) and i saw a movie about the last day on earth before some unnamed cataclysm, it followed a few characters, a chinese woman heading home to commit suicide with her husband, a man who jut wants to leave his families fake Christmas and go home and drink and a man who wants to experience everyone of his sexual fantasies before it happens, it wasn't "last day" but something like it.

[Mike70]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def-Con_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Chase
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logans_run

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070101/

Genesis 2 Oldie but goodie.

Excellent Thread !

whoa dude. logan's run is an awesome flick and is one of my all time favorite scifi movies.

the tv series was interesting too.

[clanglee]

i saw a film on e4 (an artys kinda movie channel thats free in the uk) and i saw a movie about the last day on earth before some unnamed cataclysm, it followed a few characters, a chinese woman heading home to commit suicide with her husband, a man who jut wants to leave his families fake Christmas and go home and drink and a man who wants to experience everyone of his sexual fantasies before it happens, it wasn't "last day" but something like it.

That's the one i was talking about Hell

[MikePizzoff]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def-Con_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Chase
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logans_run

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070101/

Genesis 2 Oldie but goodie.

Excellent Thread !

Ah, how could I forget Logans Run?!?!

[AcesandEights]

Night of the Comet???

Anyone???

I love Night of the Comet. Hell, I went out as soon as I found out it was available on this very board and bought it. In fact, we had some fun discussions about it at the time. That was just this last Summer, right?

[MikePizzoff]

I love Night of the Comet. Hell, I went out as soon as I found out it was available on this very board and bought it. In fact, we had some fun discussions about it at the time. That was just this last Summer, right?

I believe so. I need to get that on DVD... I still have my old ass VHS copy that's pretty rugged.

[Neil]

List and scores updated...

Now has anyone seen "No Blade of Grass" made in 1970?

EDIT: AHA!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbLD6kg9Bjk

[Mike70]

List and scores updated...

Now has anyone seen "No Blade of Grass" made in 1970?

EDIT: AHA!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbLD6kg9Bjk

i'd recommend adding the tv show "jeremiah" to the list. it was a post apocalyptic series created by straczynski of B5 fame about a virus that kills everyone in the world who has reached puberty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_%28TV_series%29

also the stand miniseries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_%28TV_miniseries%29

[major jay]

Target Earth (1954) - Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) - Warning! Take Cover! Flying Saucers Invade Our Planet! Washington, London, Paris, Moscow Fight Back!
The War of the Worlds (1953) - Amazing! terrifying! The most savage spectacle of all time!
Independence Day (1996) - THESE extraterrestrials don't want to phone home...They want OUR home.

[capncnut]

My top three:

1. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
2. Escape From New York
3. The New Barbarians

The New Barbarians, you ask? Fantastic slice of Italian Bronx with Fred Williamson and a badass score by Claudio Simonetti (Goblin/Daemonia). Check it out!

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[MikePizzoff]

The New Barbarians, you ask? Fantastic slice of Italian Bronx with Fred Williamson and a badass score by Claudio Simonetti (Goblin/Daemonia). Check it out!

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:lol::lol::lol: I must see that movie!!!

[Danny]

the movie adaption of roadside picnic, its one that makes you think at the end.

[major jay]

The New Barbarians, you ask? Fantastic slice of Italian Bronx with Fred Williamson and a badass score by Claudio Simonetti (Goblin/Daemonia). Check it out!

I'm lovin' this! Those are some damn stylish looking barbarians. I found that it's available on a triple feature with 2019: After the Fall of New York and 1990: Bronx Warriors.

[clanglee]

Just watched The Signal. It was really really good. I expecially liked the second transmission. Hilarious in such a sick way. If you haven't seen the Signal, you need to. Good stuff.

[Neil]

Just watched The Signal. It was really really good. I expecially liked the second transmission. Hilarious in such a sick way. If you haven't seen the Signal, you need to. Good stuff.
I'd completely forgotten about that film, so haven't seen it! Thanks for reminding me about it...

[capncnut]

I'm lovin' this! Those are some damn stylish looking barbarians. I found that it's available on a triple feature with 2019: After the Fall of New York and 1990: Bronx Warriors.
And I bet it's cheap as chips too. For a trashy Italian take on Mad Max, it has a pretty darn good story and some bloody (but hilarious) make-up FX. 2019 and 1990 ain't too bad either.

And let's not forget Warrior Of The Lost World with Robert (The Exterminator) Ginty.

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:lol:

[kidgloves]

A big thumbs up for Panic in the Year Zero. :)
Excellent movie that really captures that desperate feeling and lengths people will go to vibe. May not be for everybody because of its age (1962) but its definately worth a look. Looks great in B&W widescreen as well.
All the time I was watching it I kept thinking of World War Z and the Great Panic section where everybody heads north and the struggle for survival gets desperate.

8/10 (some allowances made for its age though)

[Mike70]

A big thumbs up for Panic in the Year Zero. :)
Excellent movie that really captures that desperate feeling and lengths people will go to vibe. May not be for everybody because of its age (1962) but its definately worth a look. Looks great in B&W widescreen as well.
All the time I was watching it I kept thinking of World War Z and the Great Panic section where everybody heads north and the struggle for survival gets desperate.

8/10 (some allowances made for its age though)

that is a great movie for sure and i think it holds up pretty well today. ray milland (who also directed it) is excellent in it, though to be honest ray milland was great in everything he ever did. he was one of the truely great actors of the mid to early late part of the 20th century.

[Neil]

Just watched The Signal. It was really really good. I expecially liked the second transmission. Hilarious in such a sick way. If you haven't seen the Signal, you need to. Good stuff.

Gonna try watching it tonight...

[clanglee]

Gonna try watching it tonight...

I hope you like it. I really quite enjoyed it.:D

[Neil]

I hope you like it. I really quite enjoyed it.:D

I loved part 1, but part 2 & 3 got on my nerves a bit as it dragged and the effect of the signal on people (expecially Lewis) seemed a bit inconsistant... Great film for a $50,000 budget!

[clanglee]

I loved part 1, but part 2 & 3 got on my nerves a bit as it dragged and the effect of the signal on people (expecially Lewis) seemed a bit inconsistant... Great film for a $50,000 budget!

My favorite was transmission 2. It was hilarious. As for the inconsistancy of the signals effect: I got the idea that it is possible to fight the signal(both Clark and Ben fought it), and that it worked a bit differently for everyone. Lewis's seemed to turn on and off. You could tell when the signal was kicking back in when he would start rubbing his eye and weirding out.

[Neil]

My favorite was transmission 2. It was hilarious. As for the inconsistancy of the signals effect: I got the idea that it is possible to fight the signal(both Clark and Ben fought it), and that it worked a bit differently for everyone. Lewis's seemed to turn on and off. You could tell when the signal was kicking back in when he would start rubbing his eye and weirding out.

(2) just felt out of place. The people and their behaviour was unnatural/unreal...

TBH I didn't enjoy the last 2/3rds of the film much and generally felt a little let down after the great first 1/3rd :(

[major jay]

And let's not forget Warrior Of The Lost World with Robert (The Exterminator) Ginty.

:lol:

MOVIES FROM THE EIGHTIES JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

I LOVE THIS ONE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQySDbFb97s&feature=related

[Neil]

I LOVE THIS ONE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQySDbFb97s&feature=related

Please tell me that is a pee-take?



Back on subject - Right next film to rate will be "Panic in Year Zero!"... Hopefully sometime this week...

[Legion2213]

Ah, how could I forget Logans Run?!?!

Classic flick, the fact that Jenny Agutter gets naked in it has nothing to do with my love for this film. :cool:

I'm waiting for the re-issue DVD in September.

[Neil]

Classic flick, the fact that Jenny Agutter gets naked in it has nothing to do with my love for this film. :cool:

I'm waiting for the re-issue DVD in September.

Hope I enjoy it more than "The Signal"... The first third was great, but I felt let down by the last 2/3rds of the film...

[clanglee]

That's a shame man. I thought the whole movie rocked.

[Legion2213]

I'm hearing good things about a small indie movie called "Ever Since the World Ended".

It is supposedly a documentary made by two guys 12 years after a super-flu type of virus has wiped out most of humanity. Just interviews with survivors and stuff, I am currently trying to DL it, heres a rotten tomatoes review...

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/ever_since_the_world_ended/

Oh and I watched night of the comet last night, ages since I've seen it, quite an enjoyable b-flick IMO. :cool:

[Neil]

I'm hearing good things about a small indie movie called "Ever Since the World Ended".

It is supposedly a documentary made by two guys 12 years after a super-flu type of virus has wiped out most of humanity. Just interviews with survivors and stuff, I am currently trying to DL it, heres a rotten tomatoes review...

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/ever_since_the_world_ended/

Oh and I watched night of the comet last night, ages since I've seen it, quite an enjoyable b-flick IMO. :cool:

Thanks for the heads up!

[MapMan]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127989/

Ark 2

This show was on after Saturday morning cartoons on CBS.

[Neil]

OK... Watched "Panic in the year Zero"... And considering how old it is, it's surprising insightful! Starring and directed by Ray Milland! Index updated with score...

List updated with a couple of other films I'll be watching shortly:-
Special Bulletin
Dead Man's Letters




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127989/

Ark 2

This show was on after Saturday morning cartoons on CBS.

OMG!

It looks aweful :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/ArkII.jpg

[wayzim]

Just rewatched this the other day, actually have it on a store bought VHS.

The Day The Earth Caught Fire (61) is a sharp short Brit disaster film which weds Nuclear Nightmare with Ecologic Disaster as similtaneous Atomic testing by the Soviets( what we old folks used the call the Russians ) and the Americans leads to the above mentioned affect.
Edward Judd(of such Sci-Fi/Horror staples as Island of The Burning Doom, First Men on The Moon )is a drunk divorced cynical(are there any of kind?)print reporter who uncovers the government conspiracy and the awful truth behind it. Leo McKern(The original Omen, LadyHawke, etc ) also stars as a dry witted Science correspondent along with lovely Janet Munro(Darby O'Gill, Disney's Swiss Family Robinson), the plucky office girl who helps our hero.
This is quite a short film, with a restrictive budget that is nevertheless used creatively to support a crisp intelligent script. It is largely folks talking about the end of the world, but what else do you expect from news people?
Classic movie.

Wayne Z

[wayzim]

Gas! or- How it became Necessary to Destroy The World in order to Save it.
1971, a funky Peacenik tract from the youth studio of American International Pictures and directed by one of the most prolific directors of any age, Roger Corman.

Saw this oddity on the Retroplex channel (United States cable) which deals with the post apocalyptic pilgrimage of a band of hippies and free-thinkers after a nerve agent kills off everyone over age twenty-five.
With still relatively unknown stars like Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams and Talia Shire(Tally Copolla), this mind melting counter-culture effort has it's moments, particularly when they encounter a town taken over by the school football team and it's pep-squad lackies.
Mostly though, it's a "You have to see this to believe they used to make movies like this. " experiment. Best to make it a double bill with a political tirade called "Wild in The Streets. " 1968, about a new american revolution where a cynical rock star reduces the voting age to the point where the kids can take over.

Just keeping it groovy.

Wayne Z

[Neil]

Gas! or- How it became Necessary to Destroy The World in order to Save it.
1971, a funky Peacenik tract from the youth studio of American International Pictures and directed by one of the most prolific directors of any age, Roger Corman.

Saw this oddity on the Retroplex channel (United States cable) which deals with the post apocalyptic pilgrimage of a band of hippies and free-thinkers after a nerve agent kills off everyone over age twenty-five.
With still relatively unknown stars like Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams and Talia Shire(Tally Copolla), this mind melting counter-culture effort has it's moments, particularly when they encounter a town taken over by the school football team and it's pep-squad lackies.
Mostly though, it's a "You have to see this to believe they used to make movies like this. " experiment. Best to make it a double bill with a political tirade called "Wild in The Streets. " 1968, about a new american revolution where a cynical rock star reduces the voting age to the point where the kids can take over.

Just keeping it groovy.

Wayne Z

Is it worth watching then?

[Danny]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/ArkII.jpg

Woody harrelson?

[Neil]

Woody harrelson?

No, it's a chimp!

[major jay]

I just finished watching 2019: After the Fall of New York. It was a little bit of Mad Max, and a little of The Planet of the Apes and a whole lotta of Star Wars. I liked it.

[Neil]

Films I've got lined up to watch:-
By Dawn's Early Light
Dead Man's Letters
On the Beach (original)
Special Bulletin
Testament
The Dark Hours

[wayzim]

Woody harrelson?

I can't believe I actually watched this series as a kid.

As the propaganda goes "When Pollution and Waste took it's toll. " a brave band of scientists went into hiding as the rest of Civilization fell apart, leaving only pockets of Humanity in existance.

Kinda vague, huh? How exactly did this destroy us?

Anyway, after some time, we don't know exactly how long, the eggheads built this travelling lab and bingo hall (OK, made up that last part.) to journey about the country and gradually return technology to the people.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127989/

The ark, equipped with defensive weapons only (including a forward lazer and these handheld light reflecting things which blinded your enemies ) was manned by a cute asian chick and two guys, oh yes the artifically enhanced talking chimp ( why, oh god, why! )

This was the 70's, with a family hour still in place and almost pristine programming for children on the weekends. The series that were on, Shazzam (or Captain Marvel ), the mighty Isis, and at nights; The Incredible Hulk(damn sweet mix of Marvel and The Fugitive ) and The Amazing Spiderman, The Man From Atlantis(OK, forget that one ) and the creme of the crop, a bionic double billing of 6 Million dollar cyborgs, Steven Austin and Jamie Summers.

But Ark II? Kinda limped along, even for kiddy TV. At least Isis was showin some gams in her mini toga along with some morals, Ark II had a talking chimp, or two if you count bearded white boy.

We also had Planet of the Apes; the series, but that's even less worth mentioned than the above mentioned Greeny tract.

Wayne Z

[Neil]

Doomsday added... (sort of an apocalyptic film)

[kidgloves]

Bump.
Neil. Why don't you make this a sticky mate

[kidgloves]

Testament is on skyscifi on Thursday for the UK peeps who haven't seen it.

[kidgloves]

Just thought I'd bump this incase anyone missed it first time around or had anything to add.
Cheers

[Trencher]

No, it's a chimp!

LoL that made my day!

[DawnGirl27]

Damnation Alley - Awesome movie.
Logan's Run - Love this. Met and got an autograph from Michael York when he came to my college years ago while he was doing a one-man show.
Night of the Comet - Have to admit, I do like this one. Fond memories of youth! :p
The Stand - Great book, good movie.

[Mike70]

Damnation Alley - Awesome movie.
Logan's Run - Love this. Met and got an autograph from Michael York when he came to my college years ago while he was doing a one-man show.
Night of the Comet - Have to admit, I do like this one. Fond memories of youth! :p
The Stand - Great book, good movie.

hell yes. all of these are cool ass movies.

logan's run is way up there on my all time fav movie list. have you ever seen any eps of the tv series? if not here you go, part one of the tv series pilot:

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[capncnut]

logan's run is way up there on my all time fav movie list.
Yup, I'm with you on that. Both movie and TV series of Logan's Run were excellent slices of trippy 70's sci-fi.

[AcesandEights]

I just finished watching 2019: After the Fall of New York.

Hehe, I had a blast reading the rather tongue-in-cheek plot synopsis/film review for that, as well as many of the other classic PA flicks at one of the major PA sites (maybe mentioned earlier in this thread?). Something nice to do while we a hit slow period in the office over the holidays.

[Dawg]

The Aftermath, aka Zombie Aftermath (1882) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083526/ not seen it

Ummm, Neil...

Since when did they make cheap zombie films back in the 1880's?!

Hehehe!!

:dead: Dawg

[Neil]

The Aftermath, aka Zombie Aftermath (1882) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083526/ not seen it

Ummm, Neil...

Since when did they make cheap zombie films back in the 1880's?!

Hehehe!!

:dead: Dawg

Ooops! My bad!

[kidgloves]

Just bought Logans Run Blu-Ray and "acquired" the series , so a weekend of Logan awaits

[paranoid101]

Watched carriers last night, bit of a Stephen Kings Stand alike without the supernatural.

Not overly gory but also not a bad film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806203/

[kidgloves]

Watched carriers last night, bit of a Stephen Kings Stand alike without the supernatural.

Not overly gory but also not a bad film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806203/

Funny enough, so did i mate ;)
Good look at how people react when it really boils down to it.

7/10

[Purge]

British filmmaker Mick Jackson made a gem of a TV movie with Threads:

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I thankfully found a bootleg copy of it at Chiller a few years back. The only movie that ever gave me nightmares.

[kidgloves]

British filmmaker Mick Jackson made a gem of a TV movie with Threads:

PlRhf6dpPiA

I thankfully found a bootleg copy of it at Chiller a few years back. The only movie that ever gave me nightmares.

Grim is giving a positive spin on Threads. Thoroughly depressing

[capncnut]

I never forget when Threads was first shown on BBC1 in 1984. I was eleven years old and it shit the life out of me. I bought the DVD a couple of years ago and the film still holds up.

I heard there was going to be some 25th anniversary package, dunno what happened with that.

[kidgloves]

Found this on youtube the other day.

The War Game (1965) a BBC mocumentary


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58NmAzQzRjk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KjavURsX8&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX1B05MS_x8&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnrhfvI1Rmw&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3csmXFlqvLk&feature=related

[Neil]

Just watched, "Where Have All The People Gone".

It's a typical 1970's TV film. In fact, almost feels like a pilot episode? Would love to find out if that was the intention?

It's a reasonable watch, but it's strange how the disappearing population isn't quite explained? There's mention of a virus, but it's unclear what part that plays.

Anyway, 6/10...

ps: You can watch the entire movie on YouTube. See the first post in this thread...

[Mike70]

Just bought Logans Run Blu-Ray and "acquired" the series , so a weekend of Logan awaits

I don't often run into other folks that know of, let alone, have a copy of the "logans run" tv show. i still watch a couple of eps. of that on a regular basis.

[AcesandEights]

Just watched, "Where Have All The People Gone".

Vintage Peter Graves from the 70s, when everything and everyone was pimp! :thumbsup:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/DougOBrien/PeterGraves.jpg

Thanks for the notification on the youtube availability, it's been a while since I ran across this. Then again, did someone else recently mention this, or am I imagining things? It was in a random thread in the media section, right?

[Neil]

I don't often run into other folks that know of, let alone, have a copy of the "logans run" tv show.

I remember watching it when I was a kid :) I remember the car especially!

http://a407.idata.over-blog.com/610x420/0/09/07/26/Logans-run/Aeroglisseur-solaire-solar-car-logan-s-run.jpg

[wayzim]

Vintage Peter Graves from the 70s, when everything and everyone was pimp! :thumbsup:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/DougOBrien/PeterGraves.jpg

Thanks for the notification on the youtube availability, it's been a while since I ran across this. Then again, did someone else recently mention this, or am I imagining things? It was in a random thread in the media section, right?

Yep, that was me.

I'd been searching for another movie when that one came up, just right for our apocalyptic crew here.
I also watched Gargoyles 1972 ( not the cartoon ) with Cornell Wilde, Jennifer Salt and Bernie Casey - The Devil's Rain 1975 ( with Ernest Borgnine as The Devil, pretty fun ) and Satan's Triangle 1975 ( which I'd remembered as a lot scarier when I was a kid, but not so much now )

Next up, I'm chasing down Damnation Alley 1977 with Jan Michael Vincent and George Peppard.

Wayne Z

[Sammich]

Watched carriers last night, bit of a Stephen Kings Stand alike without the supernatural.

Not overly gory but also not a bad film.



I had high hopes for this one, but found it was just tolerable and was just another one of the "stupid things that stupid people do" during an apocalypse type movie.

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I'd been searching for another movie when that one came up, just right for our apocalyptic crew here.
I also watched Gargoyles 1972 ( not the cartoon ) with Cornell Wilde, Jennifer Salt and Bernie Casey - The Devil's Rain 1975 ( with Ernest Borgnine as The Devil, pretty fun ) and Satan's Triangle 1975 ( which I'd remembered as a lot scarier when I was a kid, but not so much now )

Next up, I'm chasing down Damnation Alley 1977 with Jan Michael Vincent and George Peppard.

Wayne Z

Ok, classic 70s horror, now we are talking!

I remember seeing Gargoyles when I was a kid and it scared the hell out of me. I don't know if it was the gargoyles slow motion and noises they made, but it was creepy. Scott Glenn is also in it. I know for certain there was a decent remake of the movie in the 90s under another title, but I haven't been able to track that one down.

Gargoyles 1972
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Damnation Alley is one of most favorite movies and was probably the inspiration for games like Fallout and Fallen Earth. It also has Jackie Earl Haley aka Kelly Leak from Bad News Bears aka Freddy Kruger in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Killa Cockroaches!

DamnationAlleyMov's channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/DamnationAlleyMov/videos) has the full movie in 6 parts. There are also a bunch of other scifi gems from the 70s. Don't forget to check out another post-apoc movie called Genesis II. It features Mariette Hartley's double belly buttons and the memorable "stem" weapons. Empire of the Ants with Joan Collins is another good one.

I don't remember much about The Devil's Rain except the melty faces. Satan's Triangle doesn't ring a bell at all for me.

Another really good horror from the 70s, not necessarily apocalyptic though, is Race with the Devil 1975 with Peter Fonda, Warren Oats and Loretta Swit. Can't seem to find a full version on youtube though.

Race with the Devil original trailer
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[Neil]

I had high hopes for this one, but found it was just tolerable and was just another one of the "stupid things that stupid people do" during an apocalypse type movie.RE "Carriers", I thought a couple of scenes in it were brilliant though.

The father and daughter being left behind was absolutely soul destroying IMHO!

[Sammich]

RE "Carriers", I thought a couple of scenes in it were brilliant though.

The father and daughter being left behind was absolutely soul destroying IMHO!

I will give you that father/daughter scene, if you will watch Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies.

I mean seriously, hitting golf balls through the windows of the hotel were they were hiding out in was pure idiocy.

[wayzim]

The Devil's Rain (1975 ) concerned the Prentiss family's ( Ida Lupino, William Shatner and Tom Skerritt ) age old pact with Satan, registered in a book of souls - which had been stolen from the High Priest Corbis by the wife of the first patriach Martin Fife. Centuries later, Corbis wants what's his. Oddly engaging 70's fare with John Travolta ( blink and you miss him, in one of his earliest movie roles. )

In a similar vein, Satan's Triangle ( 1975 ) ran with the 70's obessive interest in the paranormal, and in particular a patch of troublesome waters (allegedly ) off the Florida coast. In the tv movie, Doug McClure is a hotshot Coast Guard pilot in search of an SOS coming from a missing vessel. Once located, he finds a murder scene with multiple corpses and one hot survivor in Kim Novak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHq-pLhvWM

I really liked this movie as a kid - now - not so much. Race With The Devil (1975 ) is still a cool flick though. Dan Curtis fav, Lara Parker ( from both Dark Shadows and a fun Night Stalker episode about witchcraft in high fashion ) in a bikini weren't bad either.

Wayne Z

[Sammich]

The best thing with Race with the Devil is that it can't be remade! Due to today's commications technology no amount of "big wind" is going to knock out all cell service.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker was another one of my most favorite shows. Darren McGavin's quirky Kolchak is what made the original show so much fun to watch, especially when he got into yelling matches with Mr. Vincenzo. As usual they tried to do a remake with a "young hip good looking cast" but the abomination got cancelled after only 6 shows.

[Neil]

I mean seriously, hitting golf balls through the windows of the hotel were they were hiding out in was pure idiocy.
Why? (Can't recall it very well)

[JDFP]

Excellent thread!

I've always been a glutton for 80's apocalyptic situations. There are, of course, the commonly known ones like "The Day After" and "Threads" but I don't see too much mentioned about some of the lesser known ones but still excellent and worth mentioning - such as:

"Testament" (1983) - starring Jane Alexander and William Devane (the guy who played the mentor to Kiefer Sutherland on "24") where Alexander and her kids survive the nuclear war relatively unscathed just to see her entire world destroyed by radiation and the gradual breakdown of society. A very young Kevin Costner makes an appearance in this gem as well. The full film is available on youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIW8nWXTkEY&feature=related

"Miracle Mile" (1988) is another excellent gem as well where a guy (Anthony Edwards) gets a wrong phone call at a payphone outside a diner and finds out that a nuclear war is going to happen in a matter of hours. Mare Winningham and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) both make appearances in it as well. Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWFoGrrYX6E

"Defcon 4" (1985) is a pure guilty pleasure. Here's the trailer for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVpkrMaobw

Anyway, there are probably a ton more I could mention, but these are some of the great gems that come to my mind.

If anyone has others, please share - it's always good to discover a "lost" classic.

j.p.

[EvilNed]

When the Wind Blows is another classic.

[Neil]

Excellent thread!

I've always been a glutton for 80's apocalyptic situations. There are, of course, the commonly known ones like "The Day After" and "Threads" but I don't see too much mentioned about some of the lesser known ones but still excellent and worth mentioning - such as:

"Testament" (1983) - starring Jane Alexander and William Devane (the guy who played the mentor to Kiefer Sutherland on "24") where Alexander and her kids survive the nuclear war relatively unscathed just to see her entire world destroyed by radiation and the gradual breakdown of society. A very young Kevin Costner makes an appearance in this gem as well. The full film is available on youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIW8nWXTkEY&feature=related

"Miracle Mile" (1988) is another excellent gem as well where a guy (Anthony Edwards) gets a wrong phone call at a payphone outside a diner and finds out that a nuclear war is going to happen in a matter of hours. Mare Winningham and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) both make appearances in it as well. Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWFoGrrYX6E

"Defcon 4" (1985) is a pure guilty pleasure. Here's the trailer for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVpkrMaobw

Anyway, there are probably a ton more I could mention, but these are some of the great gems that come to my mind.

If anyone has others, please share - it's always good to discover a "lost" classic.

j.p.

You can watch the entire Defcon 4 on youtube...

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[kidgloves]

You can watch the entire Defcon 4 on youtube...

OgXZtWArGtA

You can watch a surprising number of films on youtube. Old and new.

[Neil]

Updated and given some TLC.

[Neil]

Watched "The Last Night" a few days ago, and although it's clunky in places, it really stuck with me for some reason...

I then watch Miracle Mile which I enjoyed, followed by Blindness.

I thougth Blindness was great, and during it I spotted a number of familiar faces from "The Last Night" in it too. eg: Don McKellar appeared in both, and even wrote both (at least the screenplay).


And Miracle Mile was a film scored by Tangerine Dream too ;)