World ends everyone dies.

Svengoolie 3 · February 03, 2019, 04:26:56 AM

There's a small but notable family of films in which he workd as humanity defines it ends and everyone dies.

The grandaddy of them and arguably the best is of course "On the beach". That movie gave me horrors when I was a kid.

More recently we had movies where humanity didn't end itself but was ended by astronomical phenomena like "melanochia" and "these final hours".

So, anyone want to discuss any end of the world movies?

Trevor · February 03, 2019, 05:07:36 AM

Nicholas Meyer's frightening The Day After

indianasmith · February 03, 2019, 09:53:14 AM

There was a dreadful scifi movie a few years ago where aliens sucked up all the people into giant spaceships and processed them as food.
SKYLINE I think it was called. Totally depressing pic.

Alex · February 03, 2019, 10:18:53 AM

Quote from: indianasmith on February 03, 2019, 09:53:14 AM
There was a dreadful scifi movie a few years ago where aliens sucked up all the people into giant spaceships and processed them as food.
SKYLINE I think it was called. Totally depressing pic.

I noticed a follow up to that one. Not bothered picking it up though.

The Burgomaster · February 06, 2019, 06:46:16 PM

TESTAMENT (1983) was pretty bleak

bob · February 10, 2019, 07:53:07 PM

The Cabin in the Woods

RCMerchant · February 10, 2019, 07:59:58 PM

BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970) which is my favorite Apes sequel.

RCMerchant · February 11, 2019, 09:55:30 PM

Quote from: Trevor on February 03, 2019, 05:07:36 AM
Nicholas Meyer's frightening The Day After

Quote from: The Burgomaster on February 06, 2019, 06:46:16 PM
TESTAMENT (1983) was pretty bleak

Yeah-but the world didn't end. People were still alive.
Both great films! But we were still here.

RCMerchant · February 11, 2019, 09:59:05 PM

In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) the whole planet is destroyed-except for a rocket ship full of people who land on another planet.

Allhallowsday · February 11, 2019, 10:14:40 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on February 11, 2019, 09:59:05 PM
In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) the whole planet is destroyed-except for a rocket ship full of people who land on another planet.

I grew up loving that movie!

RCMerchant · February 11, 2019, 10:33:53 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 11, 2019, 10:14:40 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 11, 2019, 09:59:05 PM
In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) the whole planet is destroyed-except for a rocket ship full of people who land on another planet.
I grew up loving that movie!

I like it too.

RCMerchant · February 11, 2019, 10:38:27 PM

The last people on Earth die in a dinosaur/atom bomb footage holocaust in ROBOT MONSTER (1953)!

Archivist · February 12, 2019, 08:03:26 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on February 10, 2019, 07:59:58 PM
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970) which is my favorite Apes sequel.

Yeah, that one was pretty messed up, but the concept was very cool. Not sure how they got past that ending to make sequels, maybe they pitched it as a possible future of Earth, or it took place on an alternate timeline. As a kid, I had the comic adaptation and vinyl record (which I still have), but I never got to see it until years later. It's funny how my parents would buy me comic adaptations of movies I was too young to see!

Archivist · February 12, 2019, 08:06:15 PM

Quote from: indianasmith on February 03, 2019, 09:53:14 AM
There was a dreadful scifi movie a few years ago where aliens sucked up all the people into giant spaceships and processed them as food.
SKYLINE I think it was called. Totally depressing pic.

Skyline looked so cool in the trailers but turned out to be quite disappointing. The bizarre thing was at the end, where the main guy's mind inhabits the body of an alien, so it was kind of a hopeful ending?

It was surprising to see a sequel/reboot of Skyline, as it performed badly at the box office and was a bad movie overall. I haven't seen it, but the Indonesian action star Iko Uwais (The Raid) appears in it.

Bushma · February 13, 2019, 08:26:48 AM

The Divide (2011). From what I remember it was a world ender. It's kind of a brutal movie if you watch it.

Sorry...