“Day The World Ended” (1955) – The Struggle Is Only Beginning
Produced and directed by genre icon Roger Corman, this is an interesting premise of a group of survivors of a nuclear holocaust randomly seeking shelter from the toxic elements in a mountainside residence. The home is populated by a father and his daughter. He is ex-military and foresaw this day of calamity coming and stocked his place with weapons, food and water - for three people. The uninvited guests will prove to be a burden on the limited supplies. Along with the wandering humanity, the hills are populated with mutated monsters that were once men. None of the survivors is sure if the radiation is making them sick and shortening their lives or not. Doubt and paranoia run deep as the people in the house jockey for control and the mountain monsters start to stray close to the house looking for fresh meat.
This movie was remade in 1967 as "In The Year 2889". I must say that I enjoyed the remake better. It is literally a note for note copy of the original but doesn't seem as repetitive. I mean how times can the characters in "Day" talk about not going into the radioactive fog (The Light....Hehe!). At only 80 minutes in length, that topic seems to be done to death.
This is an otherwise good Corman production and is recommended.
Produced and directed by genre icon Roger Corman, this is an interesting premise of a group of survivors of a nuclear holocaust randomly seeking shelter from the toxic elements in a mountainside residence. The home is populated by a father and his daughter. He is ex-military and foresaw this day of calamity coming and stocked his place with weapons, food and water – for three people. The uninvited guests will prove to be a burden on the limited supplies. Along with the wandering humanity, the hills are populated with mutated monsters that were once men. None of the survivors is sure if the radiation is making them sick and shortening their lives or not. Doubt and paranoia run deep as the people in the house jockey for control and the mountain monsters start to stray close to the house looking for fresh meat.
This movie was remade in 1967 as “In The Year 2889”. I must say that I enjoyed the remake better. It is literally a note for note copy of the original but doesn’t seem as repetitive. I mean how times can the characters in “Day” talk about not going into the radioactive fog (The Light….Hehe!). At only 80 minutes in length, that topic seems to be done to death.
This is an otherwise good Corman production and is recommended.
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