Day of the Dead (1985)

Day of the Dead (1985)

In this third Living Dead movie, civilization is gone, and a few scientists and soldiers hide in a mine.  As the lead scientist, Dr Logan (Richard Liberty),  performs experiments on a zombies and tames one he calls Bub, the soldiers demonstrate that whatever humanity they might have had is long gone. Yes, those are zombies. 

The Day of the Triffids (1962)

The Day of the Triffids (1962)

A meteor shower brings twin disasters: light that causes blindness in anyone who sees it, and carnivorous walking plants called triffids.  Seaman Bill Masen (Howard Keel), hospitalized due to eye surgery, awakens to find civilization has fallen. Mason, along with Susan (Janina Faye), a sighted child he finds in a train crash, travel, searching for a

The Day of the Triffids — Serial (1981)

The Day of the Triffids — Serial (1981)

The light from a mysterious meteor shower blinds everyone who sees it, causing civilization to collapse. Bill Masen (John Duttine), who was undergoing eye treatment on that night, is one of the few who can see. He finds Jo (Emma Relph), a sighted woman, and they plan their survival. However, they are captured and separated by a large

Encrypt (2003)

Encrypt (2003)

With the world in ruins, ex-major John Garth is hired, with the promise of food and medicine, to break into an abandoned estate  to retrieve works of art.  He is given command of a small force of commandoes, including the less-than-honorable Lapierre (Steve Bacic), an officer Garth had dealt with in the past.  All the

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Loner Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) has been captured by the U.S. national police force and brought to officers Malloy and Brazen (Stacy Keach, Michelle Forbes).  They force him to undertake a mission for the Christian fanatic president (Cliff Robertson).  He must enter L.A., no longer part of the country after the earthquake of 2000, and

In the Year 2889 (1967)

In the Year 2889 (1967)

After a nuclear war, two brothers, an alcoholic rancher, a criminal, and a stripper, stumble upon the home of a survivalist and his daughter in a valley that’s been protected from radiation by “an updraft.”  One of the brothers, a heroic geologist (Paul Petersen), is romantically drawn to the daughter and frightened that his brother

Land of the Dead (2005)

Land of the Dead (2005)

With the world infested by zombies, one city survives, sending out scavenging parties. Within the city, Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) and the rich live in a luxury complex while the rest live in slums. Riley (Simon Baker), a retired scavenger, wants only to go off on his own, but is drafted into service, along with a

Logan's Run (1975)

Logan’s Run (1975)

In 2274, humans live decadent lives in an enclosed city. To keep the population consistent, everyone is killed at age thirty in an elaborate ceremony called Carousel. The few who try to escape this death, by “running,” are hunted down by executioners known as sandmen. Logan (Michael York) is a sandman with four more years to live.  The

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

With the passage of time, the world (or just Australia) has become more desolate than in the time of the previous film, The Road Warrior.  Max, still traveling alone, is robbed, and finds his way to Barter Town where he makes a deal with Aunty Entity (Tina Turner): if he kills the muscle of a

Omega Doom (1997)

Omega Doom (1997)

Long after a great war that wiped out human civilization, a robot named Omega Doom (Rutger Hauer) enters a nearly empty town where an uneasy peace is kept by the remaining robot gangs, the Roms and the Droids.  Omega Doom meets with Zed (Shannon Whirry), the Droid leader, and Blackheart (Tina Cote), the Rom leader,

On the Beach (1959)

On the Beach (1959)

The only survivors of a nuclear war are residents of Australia and the crew of an American submarine that was submerged when the bombs went off.  With only months left before the fallout arrives, those left try and deal with their inevitable deaths.  Moira Davidson (Ava Gardner), a pleasant alcoholic, starts a relationship with the

Quintet (1979)

Quintet (1979)

Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant lover travel across the frozen wastes to an ancient city where he hopes to find work. Instead, she is murdered, along with Essex’s brother. Essex seeks out the murderers, and tries to determine how the killings tie into the game Quintet, which the inhabitants of the ice-covered city play