THE TRIGGER EFFECT
This film, about a blackout that brings out the worst in the residents of an American city, was ignored during its initial 1996 release
THREADS
Movies don’t come much rougher than this BBC production, an unblinking depiction of the effects of a nuclear war upon a British community
DOOMSDAY
The apocalyptic DOOMSDAY is mindless, trashy, derivative and furiously entertaining—and in the end isn’t that the whole point?
RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR
Let’s hope this bleak and alarming film, about terrorists who cripple L.A. by detonating “dirty bombs,” is far-fetched scaremongering—because if not then we’d best head for the fallout shelters ASAP!
THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE
Definitely one of the most unique killer bug movies ever, an insect documentary done up as an apocalyptic thriller that manages to locate the best worlds of both
The Dregs
One of the unfortunate realities of being a movie buff, especially a bad movie buff, is running into—or better yet, stepping in—“films” like those listed below
Richard Matheson: 1926-2013
What made the late novelist/screenwriter Richard Matheson great? A number of factors, I’d say
On the (Mis)Fortunes of THE ROAD
In recent weeks a standout 2009 film was released on DVD: THE ROAD
FROM INSIDE
One of the more fascinating, unorthodox and, unfortunately, little-known animated features of recent years
2011: Bedlam in Print
For fiction, 2011 was an only slightly better year than it was for movies—and cinematically it was a pretty rotten year