"The Crazies" and films in a similar vain
08-19-03, 11:57 AM
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"The Crazies" and films in a similar vain
I just rented this disc because of the Blue Underground thread on the dvdtalk section. It definitly wasn't Romero's best but i enjoyed it.
Growing up as a kid I watched "Red Dawn" and as a 9yr old kid it put the fear of God in me. I couldn't hear a helicopter or airplane without completely freaking out. I know the two films really have two entirely different plots, but i guess i'm just bringing up films that cause the breakdown of society. These kinda films always worried me growing up and in a wierd way i believe it still does somewhere in my sub-concious.
I haven't seen to many, the only experience I've had with the tv film "The Day After"( i believe was the title) is seeing a comericial for it. I was looking forward to the VHS release from Anchor Bay but that was pre-9/11 and i haven't heard anything since. I just bought Omega Man which being a film fan know the general plot of that film.
I don't know if these kinda films have their own genre such as nunsplotation or if it just fits into a sub-genre. I just wondered what else is out there. It seems like in the 70's and early 80s every film that was about the future had a very grim view of it.
I just wondered if anyone else had similar interests in these films.
Growing up as a kid I watched "Red Dawn" and as a 9yr old kid it put the fear of God in me. I couldn't hear a helicopter or airplane without completely freaking out. I know the two films really have two entirely different plots, but i guess i'm just bringing up films that cause the breakdown of society. These kinda films always worried me growing up and in a wierd way i believe it still does somewhere in my sub-concious.
I haven't seen to many, the only experience I've had with the tv film "The Day After"( i believe was the title) is seeing a comericial for it. I was looking forward to the VHS release from Anchor Bay but that was pre-9/11 and i haven't heard anything since. I just bought Omega Man which being a film fan know the general plot of that film.
I don't know if these kinda films have their own genre such as nunsplotation or if it just fits into a sub-genre. I just wondered what else is out there. It seems like in the 70's and early 80s every film that was about the future had a very grim view of it.
I just wondered if anyone else had similar interests in these films.
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08-19-03, 02:39 PM
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I too am a fan of these type of films. My favorite would have to be Dawn of the Dead. If there was a category, I guess you would call them 'Apocalyptic' films.
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08-19-03, 03:53 PM
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If you liked Red Dawn, seek out and rent a movie called Invasion USA (from 1952). More on the violent-communist-takeover slant than the breakdown-of-civilization thing, though, but I think you'll like it. The DVD is excellent, with a ton of extras worth watching like old Civil Defense audios and an awesome short film called "Red Nightmare". Just don't get it confused with the Chuck Norris movie from the 80s!
Synapse info page on Invasion USA: http://www.synapse-films.com/shoppin...nvasionUSA.htm
For apocalyptic movies, another one to find is Panic in Year Zero!, but unfortunately it's not out on DVD.
Synapse info page on Invasion USA: http://www.synapse-films.com/shoppin...nvasionUSA.htm
For apocalyptic movies, another one to find is Panic in Year Zero!, but unfortunately it's not out on DVD.
08-19-03, 05:48 PM
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I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
There's also Dead End Drive-In.
Jaws caused people to not want to go in the ocean - I know people who still never go in the ocean because they saw that as a kid. Same goes for Aracnophobia.
Pacific Heights and Single White Female put the fear of renting in people.
08-20-03, 08:08 AM
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Originally posted by Geofferson
I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
1. Has 2 guys in pimped out (the way the aussies seem to do to their cars, anyways) pinto wagons* who meet a couple girls on the eve of the end of the world. Some of it takes place by the big opera house there.
2. Has 1 guy who lives in the outback someplace at a run down farm or ranch with his father and grandfather. There's a big yellow truck in it with a full body roll cage. Dont' remember any other details other than a lot of it takes place at night.
Dead End Drive-in is indeed a classic
*they don't look unlike the pinto wagon Max uses to take the family on vacation in Mad Max.
08-20-03, 08:11 AM
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Originally posted by inri222
I too am a fan of these type of films. My favorite would have to be Dawn of the Dead. If there was a category, I guess you would call them 'Apocalyptic' films.
I too am a fan of these type of films. My favorite would have to be Dawn of the Dead. If there was a category, I guess you would call them 'Apocalyptic' films.
08-20-03, 09:38 AM
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Originally posted by shill66
If you liked Red Dawn, seek out and rent a movie called Invasion USA (from 1952). More on the violent-communist-takeover slant than the breakdown-of-civilization thing, though, but I think you'll like it. The DVD is excellent, with a ton of extras worth watching like old Civil Defense audios and an awesome short film called "Red Nightmare". Just don't get it confused with the Chuck Norris movie from the 80s!
Synapse info page on Invasion USA: http://www.synapse-films.com/shoppin...nvasionUSA.htm
For apocalyptic movies, another one to find is Panic in Year Zero!, but unfortunately it's not out on DVD.
If you liked Red Dawn, seek out and rent a movie called Invasion USA (from 1952). More on the violent-communist-takeover slant than the breakdown-of-civilization thing, though, but I think you'll like it. The DVD is excellent, with a ton of extras worth watching like old Civil Defense audios and an awesome short film called "Red Nightmare". Just don't get it confused with the Chuck Norris movie from the 80s!
Synapse info page on Invasion USA: http://www.synapse-films.com/shoppin...nvasionUSA.htm
For apocalyptic movies, another one to find is Panic in Year Zero!, but unfortunately it's not out on DVD.
08-20-03, 10:55 AM
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Originally posted by Geofferson
I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
I remember a little-known Aussie flick that had an apocolyptic theme. It was made in the mid-80s and was quite good. Can't remember the title though.
08-20-03, 07:23 PM
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Thanks for the Crazies reminder. Gotta rent that one.
I haven't seen it, but someone told me that "The Day of the Triffids" is in that vein.
I haven't seen it, but someone told me that "The Day of the Triffids" is in that vein.
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Night of the Comet teen movie about a comet that passes and makes everyone turn to dust, except a teen girl, her sister and the cute guy . They have fun in a big department store till some bad people show up. I think thats how it went.
08-21-03, 08:23 AM
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Originally posted by Buford T Pusser
Thanks for the Crazies reminder. Gotta rent that one.
I haven't seen it, but someone told me that "The Day of the Triffids" is in that vein.
Thanks for the Crazies reminder. Gotta rent that one.
I haven't seen it, but someone told me that "The Day of the Triffids" is in that vein.
For othe apocalyptic flicks, check out:
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The Seventh Sign
The Rapture
08-21-03, 08:47 PM
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Originally posted by SS-Rodriguez
Night of the Comet teen movie about a comet that passes and makes everyone turn to dust, except a teen girl, her sister and the cute guy . They have fun in a big department store till some bad people show up. I think thats how it went.
Night of the Comet teen movie about a comet that passes and makes everyone turn to dust, except a teen girl, her sister and the cute guy . They have fun in a big department store till some bad people show up. I think thats how it went.
