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Day the World Ended

1955 · 79 min

A creaky, black-and-white bunker drama where paranoia and a rubbery monster share screen time with earnest end-of-the-world gloom.

Directed by: Roger Corman
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Paul Birch

Tagline: ATTACKED... by a creature from hell!
Overview: After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.

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Directed by: Roger Corman
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Paul Birch

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
death
betrayal
fate
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Roger Corman
Written by: Lou Rusoff
Starring: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Paul Birch, Mike Connors, Adele Jergens, Raymond Hatton, Paul Dubov, Jonathan Haze
Music: Ronald Stein
Cinematography: Jockey Arthur Feindel
Runtime: 79 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: French, English

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