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Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

hrkepler After directing two westerns, Roger Corman turned into territories where he is best known of - science fiction and monster movies. 'Day the World Ended' is typical Corman's vehicle. After an atomic war destroys human civilization, a small group of people trying to survive in the house prepared for nuclear holocaust by former Navy commander. The group of people must face many threats and problems - how the radioactive contamination affects them and when will it dissipate, there is also a monster loose in the valley, and of course the most important, the relationships between people who all want to stay alive as long as possible, while the supplies of clean food and water decline.The film starts with nuclear blast, and we are already thrown into a post apocalyptic world where these seven people might be the only survivors. All the action takes place in one house and in the valley surrounding it, so no need to get excited about seeing ruined city landscapes. There are plenty pseudoscience and some outright laughable moments, but all this is compensated by pretty good acting and hauntingly claustrophobic atmosphere through most part of the film (until the finale reveals the monster who we only saw through shadows and moving leaves) that is pretty close to the eerie feeling in 'Night of the Living Dead'. While we only get the subtle glimpses of the monster, the thing is not that bad and I actually kept the fingers crossed that it could stay that way. Of course, I know it's Roger Corman's movie, and finally we have to see the hideous (in the movie's context and in awful costume's context) beast in it's laughable glory so the main hero could have heroic battle with it.With all that 'Day the World Ended' remains one of the best and most haunting early Corman monster movie, and for a hardcore fan - it is a treat.

AaronCapenBanner Roger Corman directed this doomsday science fiction monster thriller, as a disparate group of survivors converge at a ranch house. There, they bicker with each other over what to do next, and petty jealousies between the men and women. Meanwhile, there is a mutated creature roaming the area, which complicates an already desperate situation. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, Mike Connors, and Paul Birch star. Another memorable monster suit creation is the only noteworthy thing in this poorly made farrago, with an absurd story and remarkably slow pace. Very little action, just a lot of dull and tedious talk. An early effort from Corman, who would later improve.

flapdoodle64 This movie's low budget gives it a rough, desperate, impoverished, almost documentary kind of feel, strangely anticipating the faux documentaries of the 21st Century and the gimmicks of 'Blair Witch Project' and 'Cloverfield'. This works to its advantage, along with a script and actors that somehow give an aire of verisimilitude to the somewhat far-fetched plot.There is perhaps an allegorical appeal to the scenario...diverse characters, thrown together by fate as society disintegrates, alternately waiting for the end and hoping for a miracle. The various characters form an imperfect microcosm for society, and it seems strangely plausible that a gangster and his moll would occupy the End Time with cheap thrills and attempts to seize power, while a dedicated father and military officer would cling desperately to authority and structure.There is a really great, understatedly bizarre scene that stands out: in this scene, Our Hero Richard Denning is talking with his brother, who, due to excessive exposure to atomic radiation, is slowly transforming into a cannibalistic monster. While Denning and the rest are confined to a small, radiation free valley, the brother, because he is mutating, goes in and out of the radiation zone at will. He tells Denning this: 'There's new things going on out there...exciting things!' One can only imagine what kind of new things in a post-apocalyptic world a cannibalistic atomic mutant would find 'exciting.' It's a moment of cinematic genius, that's for sure.The retired military officer who commands the survivors thumps the Bible a few times, and there are a number of overt Judeo-Christian references. The ending certainly contains a religious aspect. It would be interesting to know if Roger Corman had obtained funding from a religious group to make this film, or if the references were included simply for artistic reasons.Either way, this is the earliest example I have seen wherein the nuclear doomsday scenario is wedded to the Christian concept of end times. From the 1960's onward until now, believers in the Christian Rapture have had a field day borrowing nuclear End Times material for their tracts, sermons, and novels...this film might be seminal in that regard. Still, I won't fault Roger Corman for the gawdawful 'Left Behind' novels and movies. No one would produce that junk if there weren't fools who would buy it.

MartinHafer The film begins by telling the viewers that there was an all-out nuclear war and almost all the people on the planet are dead. However, a small number of survivors happen upon a home built in a perfect location to avoid nuclear contamination--and coincidentally, they all arrive one after the other within about two minutes! There are some serious problems, though, that hinder their survival. The most pressing is that there just isn't enough food for all of them. Also, there is a contaminated man who has somehow survived but has mutated into a vampire-like thing. But the worst are bizarro monsters--the sort of bug-eyed one that naturally were created by radiation! Will these folks somehow survive? And, given that several of them are complete idiots, do we even want them to?! Among the humans is a total sleaze-bag played by Mike "Touch" Connors (of "Mannix" fame). He constantly is threatening the others, acting like a thug and ogling the pretty young lady who wants nothing to do with him. My question, then, is why didn't they just shoot this guy?! At one point, he tries to take the leader's gun and then promises to kill them--yet they do nothing! So, he tries it again later--yet they do nothing! He even attempts to rape one of the women and murders another. You'd think that enough would be enough!! His character is simply a very broad caricature of a hoodlum--too broad. And, the rest of the folks are simply too stupid to live! In addition to Mr. Mannix, the contaminated guy develops a taste for fresh, raw meat and begins talking about the deaths of everyone there at his hand or those of his new 'friends'! Once again, you'd think they would just shoot this guy! In many ways, this plot is a lot like the plot from the Vincent Price film "The Last Man on Earth"--but with stupid bug-eyed monsters. It's the normal survivors versus the mutants. Now that I think about it, it's also a bit like the horrible "Robot Monster"! The end result is quite stupid, though considering the film was made in only nine days on a shoestring budget, it isn't too bad--plus it has a certain kitsch value. It also had a few cool scenes--such as when Connors tosses one of them off a cliff! The basic idea wasn't bad, but shabby writing and a dumb monster sink this film.