The Day the World Ended
The Day the World Ended | |
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Screenplay by | Max Enscoe Annie deYoung |
Story by | Brian King |
Directed by | Terence Gross |
Starring | Nastassja Kinski Randy Quaid Bobby Edner |
Theme music composer | Charles Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Lou Arkoff Colleen Camp Stan Winston |
Cinematography | Mark Vargo |
Editor | Stephen Mark |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Production company | Creature Features Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Cinemax |
Release | November 23, 2001 |
The Day the World Ended is a 2001 American science fiction/horror television film and is the fourth in the Creature Features series broadcast on Cinemax. It stars Nastassja Kinski, Randy Quaid, and Bobby Edner.
While not being a direct remake of the 1955 film with a similar title (Day the World Ended), it utilizes the original film by showing segments on a TV seen within the story and showing that the VHS video box cover as part of the child's interest in aliens. Some scenes were filmed in Wrightwood, California.
Plot
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This film finds an alien, who is misunderstood, bent on hunting down and devouring people. A school psychologist, Dr Jennifer Stillman (Nastassja Kinski) investigates the death of a student's mother and finds that the boy (Bobby Edner) believes he is the son of the being. His earthling father (Randy Quaid) is also a doctor, who has the boy in his care and holds that it is all in the boy's imagination.
Cast
[edit]- Nastassja Kinski as Dr. Jennifer Stillman
- Randy Quaid as Dr. Michael McCann
- Bobby Edner as Ben Miller/McCann
- Harry Groener as Sheriff Ken
- Lee de Broux as Cook Harlan (as Lee DeBroux)
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Principal Ed Turner
- Debra Christofferson as Nurse Della Divelbuss
- Nik Dressbach as Buzzcut
- Brandon de Paul as Frankie Carter
- Kate Fuglei as Waitress Carlita
- Neil Vipond as The Judge
- Brian Steele as The Creature
- David Getz as Deputy #1
- Kathryn Fiore as Maggie Miller
- David Doty as Nice Guy
- Samantha Sansonetti as Crosswalk Child #1
Production
[edit]Produced as a series of cable TV movies which remade many movies originally by American International Pictures, although this film has little in similarity to the original, Day the World Ended, other than its title, and some clips from the first film seen on a TV.[1]
Release
[edit]The film was released on Cinemax on November 23, 2001.
Reception
[edit]One review said, "It may be far from what Nastassja Kinski is capable of, but DAY THE WORLD ENDED is a fine film in its own right. Genuinely creepy and a real find for people who can't decide between psychological terror and popcorn-munching exploitation.".[2] Moria gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding the movie the dullest of the Creature Feature Series.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Day the World Ended (2001)". 27 November 2001.
- ^ Davis, Scott. "The Day the World Ended". Horror Express. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "The Day the World Ended (2001)". 27 November 2001.
External links
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- 2001 films
- 2001 horror films
- 2000s disaster films
- 2000s science fiction horror films
- 2001 television films
- American science fiction horror films
- American horror television films
- American disaster films
- Disaster television films
- Films scored by Charles Bernstein
- 2000s monster movies
- American science fiction television films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- Science fiction horror television films
- Science fiction horror film stubs
- American horror television film stubs