Life in Ruins – A Lecture by Dr Robert Macfarlane
This is one for all you fans of ruins, or post-apocalytic imagery – A lecture entitled Life in Ruins by Dr Robert Macfarlane.
Continue readingThis is one for all you fans of ruins, or post-apocalytic imagery – A lecture entitled Life in Ruins by Dr Robert Macfarlane.
Continue readingReview of 28 Days Later – The Rage, a fan-made short film that takes place in the 28 Days Later universe.
Continue reading“On The 8th Day” is chilling, a result entirely consistent with its aim. The one-hour documentary explores the possible ecological and atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, particularly as they would be expressed in a ”nuclear winter.” Darkness would shroud the Northern Hemisphere; temperatures would fall. The planet would survive, but not as a hospitable place.
Continue readingNeon City from 1991 is Stagecoach in the post-apocalypse, with toxic clouds, concentrated sun storms, and a few Mad Max-style road chases thrown in to keep the characters on their toes.
Continue readingWikipedia’s list of Apocalyptic films begins with a film called End of the World from 1916, and another film, also called End of the World, from 1931. The third one…
Continue readingLate one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he and the others learn the reason for this roadblock…
Continue readingA Day Called X is a dramatized CBS documentary film set in Portland, Oregon, in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid.
Continue readingIn this episode I joined Shawn of PostApocalypticMedia.com to talk about the week’s post-apocalyptic news. We talked about the new season of War of the Worlds, the upcoming WOOL series on Apple TV+, and then a non-spoiler discussion of Sweet Tooth on Netflix.
Continue readingReleased in 1974 by Power Records, Planet of the Apes was the first of four “listen and read along” adaptations based on the series of films. It featured a 20-page full color comic, accompanied by 7″ 45rpm record with dramatized narration and musical soundtrack.
Continue readingProduced under the auspices of the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1956, Warning Red is a little different from the myriad of other Civil Defense films in that it uses a dramatization of an atomic attack and its immediate aftermath to demonstrate the value of being prepared for such an event.
Continue readingA Fire in the Sky debuted on NBC in 1978. It follows astronomer Jason Voight as he tries to impress on politicians and the public the danger of an impending comet strike on the city of Phoenix.
Continue readingHosted by Derek, Steph, and Shawn of PostApocalypticMedia.com, the Post Apocalyptic Media podcast is your number one source for all the latest post-apocalyptic genre news.
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