Difference between revisions of "Post-Apocalypse Now: Cult Classic Cinema of the Wasteland"
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<div class="small-12 large-9 columns">[[:Category: Roger Corman|Roger Corman]]'s '''Gas-s-s-s''' is a truly bizarre, but entertaining, view of a post 60's counter-culture dystopia. Where as [[Wild in the Streets]] had adults being overruled by the youngsters, here they're just simply ''gone''. When a chemical gas accidentally released by the right wing powers, kills anyone over 25 years old, Coel (Bob Corff) some sort of a free-minded | <div class="small-12 large-9 columns">[[:Category: Roger Corman|Roger Corman]]'s '''Gas-s-s-s''' is a truly bizarre, but entertaining, view of a post 60's counter-culture dystopia. Where as [[Wild in the Streets]] had adults being overruled by the youngsters, here they're just simply ''gone''. When a chemical gas, accidentally released by the right wing powers, kills anyone over 25 years old, Coel (Bob Corff), some sort of a free-minded young priest, runs off with his girlfriend, Cilla (Elaine Giftos) to the southwest. Coel & Cilla then hook up with music junkie Marissa (Cindy Williams), her boyfriend Carlos (Ben Vereen) along with horny Hooper (Bud Cort) and ''his'' girlfriend Coralee (an almost unrecognizable Talia Shire). A clique is formed and the gang sets out to find the ultimate peaceful settlement where this new era of mankind will begin. | ||
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<div class="small-12 large-9 columns">Another rare and mostly unseen example of Joe D' | <div class="small-12 large-9 columns">Another rare and mostly unseen example of Joe D'Amato's movies that failed to reach a wider (and much deserved) audience. Starring two legendary grindhouse actors, Al Cliver and George Eastman. Eastman co-wrote and ghost directed the film. In a take-off of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, 2020 Texas Gladiators is set in the post-apocalyptic world of Texas. The lone town in the middle of a wasteland hires 7 men to defend it. Joe D'Amato fills the production (filmed in Korea) with many notable actors and actresses of the grindhouse era. On display are Hal Yamanouchi, Donald O’Brien, Daniel Stephen and or course the lovely Sarina Siani. | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, 2 January 2021
Post-Apocalyptic films are a sub-genre of science-fiction cinema. These films take place in our world after something terrible has happened such as a nuclear war or a biological plague has wiped out most of the human race.
The main characters are usually survivors who must live with a lack of technology and/or societal norms. They range from big budget movies such as Planet Of The Apes (1968) where, following a catastrophic war, Apes become the dominant species on Earth, to low-budget productions such as the Mad Max series that deal with a police officer turned nomad following a mass energy shortage/nuclear war fallout.
On this page you'll find 10 handpicked exploitation and cult classics that we feel will be a great starting point for anyone that is new to them.
More Science Fiction:
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Gas-s-s-s (1970)
Zardoz (1974)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)