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There's whole Disaster/End of the World section in my DVD library, that being one of my favorite genre. I have movies dating from the 50s forward, though much of the current crop has been so bad that I wouldn't consider wasting shelf space on it(example: 10.5 (2004) (TV) )
Some of my favorites On The Beach (1959 version, not the 2000 remake) Super Volcano When Time Ran Out... (1980) - mostly to laugh at the esteemed stars who must have needed a quick buck to star in this turkey The Day After Cloverfield
I like a quiet little disaster movie called Testament, best. It's about the impact of nuclear war fallout on a single family and a small town. Since many of you have probably never heard of it, it stars Jane Alexander as the mother. I believe I first saw it on HBO back in the 80s so it may be a Made For HBO movie. It is on DVD.
As far as bigger disaster movies go, I pretty much like all of them.
The Day After, that ABC TV movie from the early 80s, continues to scare the crap out of me. I can't not watch it.
Also in the early 80s there was a TV movie -- I think it was on NBC -- called Special Bulletin, about a nuclear terrorist threat on Charleston, S.C. It was mostly a satire on the network news machine -- in the days before CNN -- and also dissected the process of news coverage becoming the news itself. It was shot on video to simulate an actual news bulletin. I'd love to snag a DVD release of it, but it's not available as far as I know.
But for sheer camp, you can't beat The Poseidon Adventure or The Towering Inferno.
Did anyone see Earthquake in the theater? With Sensurround?
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