Some movies I’m looking forward to. Plus a couple I’m not sure about…
THE MARTIAN
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS
SPECTRE
PEANUTS MOVIE
HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Servitor of the Outer God – Strange Aeons Miniature Design
Here’s some concept art which is being made into a miniature for the Lovecraftian skirmish game Strange Aeons. It’s part of the the “Summoning Box” expansion for the kickstarter campaign happening now. I’m very pleased to be a part of it and excited that at the time of this writing Strange Aeons has tripled their goal!
Toren is on Patreon
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Toren’s Post Apocalyptic Movie Guide (a work in progress)
In which an attempt is made to catalog and compare post-apocalyptic films. Some entries include links to my full review (if you can click on the movie title it will take you there) Corrections? Comments? Additions? Let me know!
Zombie apocalypses NOT included.
2020 Texas Gladiators
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Texas
Number of humans: Presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: 37?
Monsters: green faced mutants?
Cannibalism? maybe
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
9 (2009)
Type of apocalypse: war/nerve gas
Location: America?
Number of humans: zero
Years since apocalypse: less than 10
Monsters: robots (with animal bones)
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
12 Monkeys (1995)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Philadelphia
Number of humans: lots
Years since apocalypse: 38
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
28 Days Later (2002)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: London
Number of humans: lots
Time since apocalypse: 28 days
Monsters: feral infected humans
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Number of humans: hundreds?
Time since apocalypse: less than 3 years
Monsters: feral infected humans
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Phoenix AZ
Number of humans: hundreds?
Years since apocalypse: 17
Monsters: radiation victims (“Screamers”); robots
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
After Earth (2013)
Type of apocalypse: Environmental cataclysm
Location: Undisclosed
Number of humans: 2 on Earth, multitudes in space.
Years since apocalypse: 1000
Monsters: Aliens, evolved animals.
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? Yes?
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
America 3000 (1986 – Click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Colorado
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 900
Monsters: 1 mutant
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Appleseed Alpha (2014 – Click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: New York
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 900
Monsters: robots and cyborgs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Battletruck AKA Warlords of the 21st Century (1982 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: oil wars
Location:
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: less than 1 generation
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: London
Number of humans: dozens
Years since apocalypse: 4
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Beyond the time Barrier (1960 – Click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: cosmic radiation ‘plague’
Location: Southwest USA
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 64
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? unclear
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Book of Eli (2010)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: San Francisco
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 30
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Blame! (2017) Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: robot
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 2000
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Blindness (2008)
Type of apocalypse: mass hysteria
Location: unnamed city
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Cadaver (Kadaver) (2020)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear?
Location: Norway
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Captive Women AKA 1000 Years in the Future (1952 – click for review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: New York City
Number of humans: scores or hundreds
Time since apocalypse: 1000 years
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Cargo (2017)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Australia
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: unspecified
Monsters: infected humans
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Children of Men (2006)
Type of apocalypse: pandemic
Location: Britain
Number of humans: billions
Years since apocalypse: 18
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
City of Ember (2008)
Type of apocalypse: Unspecified
Location: Somewhere in the United States
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
Years since apocalypse: 241
Monsters: giant star-nosed mole
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Type of apocalypse: unexplained.
Location: “Big Isle”
Number of humans: Presumably thousands if not millions or more.
Years since apocalypse: 106
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Colony (2013)
Type of apocalypse: ice age
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably at least 100
Time since apocalypse: less than 2 generations
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Cyborg (1989)
Type of apocalypse: plague, anarchy, genocide, starvation
Location: New York, South Carolina, Atlanta
Number of humans: Presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: Less than 25
Monsters: cyborgs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Damnation Alley (1977)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California, Utah, New York
Number of humans: At least
Years since apocalypse: 2
Monsters: giant scorpions, killer cockroaches
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
The Day (2011) – Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: Undisclosed
Location: America
Number of humans: dozens shown
Years since apocalypse: 10
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Day of the Triffids (1963)
Type of apocalypse: meteor shower
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: killer plants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Day After (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Kansas, Missouri
Number of humans: millions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Day the World Ended (1955)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Southwest America
Number of humans: more than five
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: mutant
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Deathlands: Homeward Bound (2003)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 120
Monsters: mutated humans and animals
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Deathsport (1978) (Click Here for Full Review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear (“neutron”) war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: thousands
Time since apocalypse: 1000 years
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Eastern Canada
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Time since apocalypse: 2 months
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Delicatessen (1991)
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: France
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Time since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Deluge (1933) – Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: natural disaster
Location: New York
Number of humans: scores or hundreds seen
Time since apocalypse: months
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? for some
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Doomsday (2008)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Scotland
Number of humans: millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: 30
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Dune Warriors (1991)
Cirio H. Santiago
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown
Number of humans: millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: 40-60
Monsters: only if desert dwarves count
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
Equalizer 2000 (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Alaska
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 100
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Existence (2012 – Click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: New Zealand
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds or more
Years since apocalypse: less than 1 lifetime
Monsters: disfigured mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Finch (2021 – Click here for full review)
Type of apocalypse: solar flare
Location: St Louis Missouri
Number of humans: millions inferred
Years since apocalypse: 15
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? implied
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Fist of the North Star (1986) Click here for full review
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Kanto region, Japan
Number of humans: millions
Years since apocalypse: possibly less than a lifetime
Monsters: giants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Five (1951)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: California
Number of humans: 5
Time since apocalypse: months
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Future Hunters (1986)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: California
Number of humans: hundreds seen but presumably more
How many years since apocalypse: 39
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes and also only the first 15 minutes take place in the post-apocalyptic world.
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)
Type of apocalypse: fungal disease
Location: Home Counties, Britain
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands
Years since apocalypse: 20
Monsters: infected humans
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? debatable
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Goodbye World (2013)
Type of apocalypse: computer virus
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Hardware (1990) Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: robot
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Hell (“Bright”) (2011) Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: solar storm
Location: Germany
Number of humans: dozens shown
Years since apocalypse: less than six
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: anthropomorphic mutant frogs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Hostile (2017 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: disease
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: dozens or more
Time since apocalypse: less than a decade
Monsters: mutant ‘reapers’
Cannibalism? inferred
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
How I Live Now (2013)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: English Countryside
Number of humans: presumably millions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
I Am Legend (2007)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: New York City
Number of humans: less than 6
Years since apocalypse: 3
Monsters: feral mutant humans and dogs
Cannibalism? yes, by the monsters
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Idaho Transfer (1973 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: ecological
Location: Idaho
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 50-something
Monsters: none
Cannibalism: not exactly
Ends on a positive: No
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
In the Year 2889 (1969 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: America
Number of humans: a handful
Years since apocalypse: less than 1 year
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism: potentially
Ends on a positive: Yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
It Comes At Night (2017)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: American wilderness
Number of humans: less than 6
Years since apocalypse: 0-1
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
Land of Doom (1986) Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: not really
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 1.75/10
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Type of apocalypse: plague
Location: Rome or California
Number of humans: 1-2
Years since apocalypse: 3
Monsters: vampiric plague victims
Cannibalism? yes and no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Last Survivors / The Well (2014)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Oregon Valley
Number of humans: presumably at least hundreds
Time since apocalypse: years to decades
Monsters: no
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
La Jetee (1962)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Paris
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes and no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983)
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: France?
Number of humans: dozens at least
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Logan’s Run (1976)
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: Washington DC
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: about 300
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Los últimos días (The Last Days) (2013)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Spain?
Number of humans: [pending]
Years since apocalypse: [pending]
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? [pending]
Ends on a positive? [pending]
Toren’s Rating: n/a
Love and Monsters (2020 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 7
Monsters: giant frogs, centipedes, crabs and burrowing worms, among others
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian Desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: about five
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7.8/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: about 20
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Mad Shelia (2016)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location:
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Mad Warrior AKA Clash of the Warlords (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds shown
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Midnight Sky (2020) Click for full review
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: the Arctic/outer space
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 3 weeks
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Molly (2017 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear explosion?
Location: “Sunderland”
Number of humans: dozens seen
Years since apocalypse: 2-3?
Monsters: feral subhuman “supplicants”
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a postive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5.5/10
Mortal Engines (2018)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war (more or less)
Location: Europe
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: hundreds
Monsters: undead cyborg
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Mother/Android (2021 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: robot uprising
Location: Massachusetts USA
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 9 months
Monsters: androids
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: 1000
Monsters: giant mutant insects
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Neon City (1991 -click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: ecological disaster
Location: tbd
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: less than 2 generations
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: tbd
New Barbarians (I Nuovi Barbari) AKA Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 30ish
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4.5/10
Night of the Comet (1984)
Type of apocalypse: comet dust
Location: Southern California
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: “zombies”
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Noah (1975 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown island
Number of humans: one
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Oblivion (2013)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: Northeastern United States
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Years since apocalypse: 60
Monsters: aliens
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Omega Doom (1996) click for full review
Type of apocalypse: robot/nuclear war
Location: unspecified
Number of humans: undisclosed
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: just robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
The Omega Man
Type of apocalypse: biological warfare
Location: Los Angeles
Number of humans: one
Years since apocalypse: 2
Monsters: albino mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
On the Beach (1959 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: Nuclear war
Location: Australia
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Panic in Year Zero!
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: New York
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 2000
Monsters: advanced ape society
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Postman (1997)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Oregon
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 15
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Type of apocalypse: experiment gone wrong
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Number of humans: 3
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
A Quiet Place (2018) & Part II (2021)
Type of apocalypse: alien invasion
Location: America
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: months & years
Monsters: aliens
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes (both parts)
Toren’s Rating: 7 (both parts)
Quintet (1979) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Unknown, possibly America or Europe
Number of humans: Scores or hundreds shown
Time since apocalypse: months & years
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Raiders of the Sun (1992) AKA Apocalypse Warriors (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Rats: Night of Terror (1984) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 225
Monsters: mutant rats
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Road (2009)
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: Southeastern United States
Number of humans: presumably at least thousands
Years since apocalypse: 8
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? not really
Toren’s Rating: 8.5/10
Type of apocalypse: viral plague
Location: United States
Number of humans: dozens seen
Years since apocalypse: 8
Monsters: rabid plague ‘nightwalkers’
Cannibalism? only nightwalkers
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3.5/10
Salute of the Jugger (Blood of Heroes) 1989
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Scorch Trials (2015)
Type of apocalypse: solar flares and “zombie” virus pandemic
Location: America, possibly San Francisco?
Number of humans: Possibly millions
Years since apocalypse: unclear, presumably less than two generations
Monsters: insane cannibalistic virus-infected “cranks”
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? n/a
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Scorched Earth (2018 – click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: environmental
Location: Montana?
Number of humans: Hundreds at least
Years since apocalypse: 50
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Screamers (1995)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: The planet Sirius 6B
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 10
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
She (1982)
Type of apocalypse: apparently nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 23
Monsters: robots, mutants
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Six String Samurai (1998)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Las Vegas
Number of humans:
Years since apocalypse: 40
Monsters: none
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Slipstream (1989) – click for full review
Type of apocalypse: environmental
Location: unclear
Number of humans: hundreds at least
Years since apocalypse: unclear
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: climate change
Location: global (train)
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 17
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Solarbabies (1986) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: ecological
Location: unknown
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 41
Monsters: just an alien orb
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Steel Dawn (1987) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: WWIII
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: Hundreds at least
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: shrieking sand-burrowing half-men
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Stryker (1983) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes but not for the sidekick
Toren’s Rating: 2.5
Tank Girl
Type of apocalypse: comet
Location: presumably Australia
Number of humans: thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: 11
Monsters: kangaroo DNA-spliced supersoldiers
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Teenage Caveman (1958) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: dozens or hundreds
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: dinosaurs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Terminator: Salvation (2009)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 14
Monsters: robots/cyborgs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Threads (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Sheffield, UK
Number of humans: billions
Years since apocalypse: from days to 13 years
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Time of the Wolf (Le Temp du Loup) 2003 (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: disease
Location: France
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
How many years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: No
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 5.3/10
Tooth & Nail (2007)
Type of apocalypse: TBD
Location:
Number of humans:
How many years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: TBD
Turbo Kid (2015)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: scores or possibly hundreds
Years since apocalypse: Somewhere between 20 and 1
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? Yes (in a way)
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Virus: Day of Resurrection (1980) AKA Fukkatsu no hi (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: USA, Antarctica
Number of humans: 200
Years since apocalypse: 0 to several
Monsters:
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
WALL-E
Type of apocalypse: Mass consumerism
Location: Unknown
Number of humans: Zero
Years since apocalypse: 800
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? None
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Warriors of the Apocalypse AKA Searchers of the Voodoo Mountain (1985)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Possibly South America
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Years since apocalypse: 90 +
Monsters: jungle dwarves with healing powers
Cannibalism? unclear
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Wastelander (2018)
Type of apocalypse: tbd
Location:
Number of humans:
Years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Waterworld (1995) (click for full review)
Type of apocalypse: climate change
Location: Denver, CO and Mount Everest
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Years since apocalypse: hundreds
Monsters: huge mutant fish
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: plague
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 19+
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Wheels of Fire (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: Likely thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: mutant subterranean”sandmen”
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
When the Wind Blows
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Sussex, UK
Number of humans: two known
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
World Gone Wild (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: America, probably California
Number of humans: at least thousands
Time since apocalypse: 75 years
Monsters: No
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Type of apocalypse: global radioactive cloud
Location: Pennsylvania, New York
Number of humans: At least 3
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Young Ones (2014)
Type of apocalypse: drought
Location: USA
Number of humans: presumably millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: possibly less than a generation
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Z for Zachariah (2015)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Rural area USA
Number of humans: At least 3
Time since apocalypse: about 1 year
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Hey some of these are on youtube!
World Gone Wild:
Stryker 1983
Hell Comes to Frogtown
She 1982
Six String Samurai
The Day After
Neon City
Day of the Triffids
Captive Women
Def-Con 4
Equalizer 2000
World Wildlife Federation of Justice "Eye Eye Eye" Comic Completed
I’m pleased to announce that the World Wildlife Federation of Justice comic I started working on in 2011 is finally done! At that time I had hoped to pull enough donations from friends and fans to pay for the writing chops of Ian Boothby, the lettering skills of Ed Brisson, and one page of pencils from Captain Carrot comic creator Scott Shaw!
I did get all the funds I’d hoped for and more (thanks donors) and a script from Ian Boothby. Shortly after I started the project I was offered a full time job at Atomic Cartoons to work on character art for some Marvel motion comics, which naturally I accepted! That 7 month contract turned into three subsequent positions on 2 more projects which didn’t leave me with the time I had anticipated to work on the WWFJ story. Recently however, I found myself with a couple months off and an opportunity to include a story in the Cloudscape Comics anthology “Mega-Fauna” and this story seemed the perfect fit. Ed had moved on from lettering to writing, including Secret Avengers and Robocop comics, but he recommended another Vancouver local Christopher Barrett. I also drew from my Atomic Cartoons talent pool my friend Tanya Lehoux to colour the thing. The page from Scott Shaw fell through, unfortunately, but in the end I’m very pleased with the results.
Look for “Eye Eye Eye” in Mega-Fauna August 2014, and on worldwildlifefederationofjustice shortly thereafter. Preview below:
2014 is the year of 365 Movies
My goal for 2014 was to watch a movie for every day of the year – a movie that I have not seen before. Results are below, and I have emboldened the movies that really stand out.
DECEMBER
31. When the Wind Blows 1986
30. Last Samurai 2003
29. Ace in the Hole 1951
28. Taken 2 2012
27. Bad Seed 1956
26. Bourne Legacy 2012
25. Hot Tub Time Machine 2010
24. Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 2014
23. The Gambler 2014
22. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
21. Get Carter 1971
20. The Imitation Game 2014
19. The Grand Hotel 1932
18. The Santa Clause 1994
17. Monuments Men 2014
16. Daredevil 2004
15. The Trip to Italy 2014
14. Deathstalker 1983
13. Red Hook Summer 2012
12. Now You See Me 2013
11. The Equalizer 2014
10. Home Alone 1990
9. Bridesmaids 2011
8. The Terminal 2004
7. Gone With the Wind 1939
6. The Stranger Within 1974
5. Insomnia 2002
4. Wish I Was Here 2014
3. The Falcon and the Snowman 1985
2. Begin Again 2013
1. Belle 2013
NOVEMBER
31. Obvious Child 2014
30. Three Days of the Condor 1975
29. Sideways 2004
28. Fair Game 2010
27. Munich 2005
26. Foxcatcher 2014
25. The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
24. Angels in the Outfield 1994
23. The Last Time 2006
22. Eye of the Needle 1981
21. Nightcrawler 2014
20. Polar Express 2004
19. Django Unchained 2012
18. The Great Debaters 2007
17. The Hundred Foot Journey 2014
16. St. Vincent 2014
15. Blue Jasmine 2013
14. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger 2010
13. Post Impact 2004
12. The Colony 2013
11. 39 Steps 1935
10. Los Angeles Plays Itself 2003
9. Mystery Road 2013
8. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger 2014
7. Interstellar 2014
6. That Thing You Do 1996
5. Cherry 2000 (1987)
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014
3. Radio Flyer 1992
2. The Book of Life 2014
1. I’ll Follow You Down 2013
OCTOBER
31. Words and Pictures 2013
30. Young Ones 2014
29. Earth Vs The Spider 1958
28. Braindead 1992
27. Island of Lost Souls 1932
26. Tarantula 1955
25. Hyde Park on Hudson 2012
24. Coraline 2009
23. The Witches of Eastwick 1987
22. Birdman 2014
21. Kingdom of the Spider 1979
20. Ivory Tower 2014
19. Are You Here 2013
18. Big Ass Spider 2013
17. Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
16. Desperation 2006
15. The Best of Times 1986
14. C.H.U.D. 1984
13. The Chumscrubber 2005
12. Submarine 2010
11. Murder by Death 1976
10. The Life of David Gale 2003
9. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2011
8. Reversal of Fortune 1990
7. Muppets Most Wanted 2014
6. King Solomon’s Mines 1985
5. The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 2013
4. Tusk 2014
3. Witchfinder General 1968
2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
1. Kinsey 2004
SEPTEMBER
30. The Homesman 2014
29. The Boxtrolls 2014
28. Punchline 1988
27. Popeye 1980
26. …And Justice For All (1979)
25. Earth Days 2009
24. Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014
23. You’ve Got Mail 1998
22. Delicatessen 1991
21. Michael Clayton 2007
20. Deathlands 2003
19. The Drop 2014
18. Suspiria 1977
17. Le Dernier Combat 1983
16. Shrink 2009
15. Midnight in Paris 2011
14. Chef (2014)
13. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
12. This Boy’s Life (1993)
11. G.I. Jane (1997)
10. Terms of Endearment (1983)
9. Rover (2014)
8. Life After Beth (2014)
7. Maneater (2007)
6. Due Date (2010)
5. Bad Words (2013)
4. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
3. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
2. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
1. Locke (2013)
AUGUST
31. Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014
30. Sleepless in Seattle 1993
29. The Color Purple 1985
28. How To Survive A Plague 2012
27. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet 2013
26. Man of the Year 2006
25. The Great Buck Howard 2008
24. House of D 2004
23. Algiers 1938
22. Dragnet 1987
21. The Arrival 1996
20. The Night Listener 2006
19. Communion 1989
18. The Bed Sitting Room 1969
17. Frank 2014
16. Wall Street 1987
15. The Children’s Hour 1961
14. Rachel Getting Married 2008
13. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2011
12. The Faculty 1998
11. Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
10. Snowpiercer 2013
9. Volunteers 1985
8. Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
7. The Money Pit 1986
6. The Ice Storm 1997
5. A Simple Plan 1998
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
3. Bicentennial Man (1999)
2. Boyhood (2014)
1. Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
JULY
31. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
30. Sailor Beware 1952
29. Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989
28. Joe Versus The Volcano 1990
27. Knocked Up 2007
26. Julie & Julia
25. Sabrina 1954
24. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014
23. About Schmidt 2002
22. Hancock 2008
21. Garden State 2004
20. Life Itself 2014
19. Ironweed 1987
18. The Sunset Limited 2011
17. The Big Year 2011
16. This is 40 2012
15. Heaven Can Wait 1978
14. Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness 2012
13. Empire of Dreams 2004
12. Noah 2014
11. Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked 2003
10. The Comedy 2012
9. Stand and Deliver 1988
8. A League of Their Own 1992
7. Jeff Who Lives At Home 2011
6. Ordinary People 1980
5. Tammy 2014
4. I Know That Voice 2013
3. Battleship 2012
2. 25th Hour 2002
1. Edge of Tomorrow 2014
JUNE
30. Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
29. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 1969
28. Still Mine 2012
27. The Long Walk Home 1990
26. Meet the Feebles 1989
25. Perfect Sense 2011
24. Goodbye World 2013
23. Kramer vs. Kramer 1979
22. The Bucket List 2007
21. Driving Miss Daisy 1989
20. Short Cuts 1993
19. Revolutionary Road 2008
18. As Good As It Gets 1997
17. A Few Good Men 1992
16. A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
15. Altered States 1980
14. Her 2013
13. After the Dark 2013
12. No Place On Earth 2012
11. Trek nation 2010
10. Hitch 2005
9. Doubt 2008
8. Five 1951
7. the Killing 1956
6. Pineapple Express 2008
5. Riders to the Stars 1954
4. A Guide for the Married Man 1967
3. The Grapes of Wrath 1940
2. Small Time Crooks 2000
1. Daikaiju Gamera 1965
MAY
31. The Spanish Gardener 1956
30. The Hunt 2012
29. Six Days Seven Nights 1998
28. Doctor At Sea 1955
27. Father’s Little Dividend 1951
26. World’s Fastest Indian 2005
25. Thunder on the Hill 1951
24. Rebecca 1940
23. Anatomy of a Murder 1959
22. The Trip 2010
21. Hello, Dolly! 1969
20. Role Models 2008
19. X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014
18. Dazed & Confused 1993
17. Saving Mr Banks 2013
16. Philomena 2013
15. Dear Mr Watterson 2013
14. Far Out Isn’t Far Enough 2012
13. Sightseers 2012
12. Primer 2004
11. Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey 2012
10. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
9. Valhalla Rising 2009
8. Godzilla 2014
7. Solomon Kane 2009
6. Pretty In Pink
5. The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology 2012
4. Say Anything 1989
3. With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story 2010
2. Deceptive Practice 2012
1. Robocop 2014
APRIL
30. Beware of Mr. Baker 2012
29. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan 2011
28. Side By Side 2012
27. Bigger Than Life 1956
26. The Divide 2011
25. All the President’s Men 1976
24. Synecdoche, New York 2008
23. Divergent 2014
22. Confessions of a Superhero 2007
21. Best Worst Movie 2009
20. Step Brothers 2008
19. The Dictator 2012
18. Pandora’s Promise 2013
17. Jodorowsky’s Dune 2013
16. The Troll Hunter 2010
15. Super 2010
14. Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster 2007
13. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2011
12. The Big Blue 1988
11. That Guy…Who Was In That Thing 2012
10. Heckler 2007
9. Tom Segura: Completely Normal 2014
8. Inequality for All 2013
7. Dykket (1989)
6. The Improv: 50 Years Behind The Brick Wall
5. Captain America: Winter Soldier
4. Skyfall
3. Doctor Strange 2007
2. Battle Beyond the Stars 1980
1. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
MARCH:
31. The Music Never Stopped 2011
30. Shutter Island
29. How I Live Now 2013
28. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc 2 – The Battle For Doldrey
27. 12 Years a Slave 2013
26. No Way Out 1950
25. Lonely Are the Brave 1962
24. Falling Overnight 2011
23. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
22. A Face in the Crowd 1957
21. Strangers When We Meet 1960
20. Prince of the City 1981
19. Gulliver’s Travels 2010
18. Rise of the Guardians 2012
17. Big Top Pee-wee 1988
16. Haywire 2011
15. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
14. Fruitvale Station 2013
13. Charade 1963
12. Before Midnight 2013
11. Before Sunset 2004
10. Too Big to Fail 2011
9. Carnage 2011
8. Bully 2011
7. Looper 2012
6. The Hunt for the BTK Killer 2005
5. Tape 2001
4. Death Race 2000 1975
3. The Gift 2000
2. The Wind Rises 2013
1. Safety Not Guaranteed 2012
FEBRUARY – 28 MOVIES
Before Sunrise 1995
3:10 to Yuma 2007
Safe 1995
3:10 to Yuma 1957
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 2013
Night on Earth 1991
Intact 2001
Exam 2009
Vanity Fair 2004
The King’s Speech 2010
The Night of the Hunter 1955
Lincoln 2012
Buried 2010
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
The Truman Show 1998
Some Like It Hot 1959
The Winning Season 2009
This Is the End 2013
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
Sullivan’s Travels 1941
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
Metallica Through the Never 2013
Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959
Shattered Glass 2003
No Escape 1994
Monsters University 2013
Despicable Me 2 2013
Ender’s Game 2013
JANUARY – 31 MOVIES:
The Lego Movie 2014
Nebraska 2013
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – The Egg of the King 2012
Blackfish 2013
Brave 2012
The Life Zone 2011
The Thing 2011
Citizen Ruth 1996
Cocaine Cowboys 2 2008
Immortals 2011
Vulgar 2000
Cyborg 1989
Kick-Ass 2 2013
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
The Hunger Games 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
Shakes the Clown 1991
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
Willow 1988
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013
Mud 2012
It 1990 Mini-Series
World War Z 2013
Frozen 2013
A Night to Remember 1958
Titanic 1953
After Earth 2013
Ma and Pa Kettle 1949
The Inspector General 1949
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Caustic Soda Season Five Indiegogo Fundraiser Campaign
My beloved-by-all podcast Caustic Soda is doing a fundraiser for Season Five. Feel like contributing? No pressure but we’re all counting on you!
Krampus Miniature Design
Not long ago I designed a Krampus miniature for Uncle Mike of Strange Aeons Miniature Skirmish Game.
Here’s the drawing
And here’s the sculpt (not by me):
The finished mini will be available in December here
Hexmas Wish List 2013
I’m easy to shop for. Just follow the instructions below!
- A theremin!****
- Kickle Snifters original 1976 paperback printing if possible (NOT library binding)! (Alvin Schwartz)
- Star Trek (original series) Remastered edition (must be the remastered edition). Used is fine!***
- Gift certificate for RX Comics (because I love supporting my local comic book retail outlet!) **
- Stripey socks (any colour, just NOT ankle socks)***
- This Star Trek shower curtain
- Spock socks**
- Dye my purple hoodie a darker purple****
Post-Apocalyptic Diner
This hex-grid post-apocalyptic Diner battlemat is something I put together from stuff I found online. It’s a full-colour pdf!
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