ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

oulamies This film gets a bad rep on this page here. Personally, I didn't think it was that bad at all. The main problem with End of the World (as every other review lets you know) is perhaps the movie's rudimentary script and the lack of trying to keep its audience stimulated. Though I do think it also works to the film's advantage.The absence of action scenes and special effects combined with the often abysmal lighting creates a pretty cool ominous atmosphere. The soundtrack plays a big part here; without the dark, droning electronic ambiance and sound effects this movie would surely turn to a chore to sit through.But there I was, end credits rolling, wide-awake and alert. In retrospect, a lot of the scenes were absolutely pointless, not bringing the ultra-simple plot forward (the story is seriously that of a 30-minute short film). Don't expect interesting characters, escaping tidal waves, thrilling suspense, lasers.... Here's what you get: a few explosions, stock footage and a cool set towards the end of the film. Deal with it, or go watch Star Wars.If you don't mind low-key cinema, give End of the World a try. A lot of people here seemed to be expecting a disaster movie, given the title. This is essentially a movie that does not care about your thirst for vibrant cinema. It's cheap 70s science fiction. Oh yeah, and Christopher Lee is great as always!

Scott LeBrun From B movie perennials Charles Band ("Trancers") and John Hayes ("Grave of the Vampire") comes this noticeably cheap and only moderately amusing effort, written by Frank Ray Perilli ("Laserblast"). Sir Christopher Lee has dual roles, principally that of Zindar, an alien leader who's impersonated a priest (and whose associates are impersonating nuns). While natural disasters plague other parts of the Earth, an intrepid communications expert, Professor Andrew Boran (Kirk Scott), ends up discovering Zindars' plans and lair, accompanied by his wife Sylvia (Sue Lyon).B cinema enthusiasts will surely WANT to enjoy this one more than they likely will. Sir Christopher is always good value, but even his effortlessly authoritative presence can do little to enliven the presentation. Producer Band and director Hayes do what they can with limited funding, but the movie is dull and uneventful for too much of its running time, with not enough suspense. The action picks up somewhat in the second half, but this story never really hits a stride. Some people may be fairly entertained by the level of cheese on display, in any event. Hayes was also the editor, and makes a cameo as the helpful driver on the highway. Andrew Belling composed the decent music scoreScott, who reminded this viewer (somewhat) of Christopher George, is an incredible stiff, and his character is an insipid "hero". Lyon, of "Lolita" fame, is lovely, but not much of an actress. Dean Jagger offers some fun as Borans' boss, but Lew Ayres and Macdonald Carey are utterly wasted in small roles. It's basically up to Lee to do all of the heavy lifting.Viewers may enjoy the ending.Five out of 10.

MartinHafer Wow, this film had 'crap' written all over it! The sound effects appeared to have been done by some guy using computer, a crappy synthesizer and pinball sound effects for EVERYTHING! In fact, it was the director who also handled the sound...and it showed. Also, I know this will sound terrible, but veteran actor Dean Jagger looked like death warmed over--like he was dying of cancer. Now I know he went on to live another 14 years, but here in "End of the World" he looks like he's on borrowed time. Plus, because the director was also the guy in charge of sound, Jagger's severely weakened voice came off as only a little more than a raspy whisper. Additionally, while a film in the public domain is no guarantee of horrible quality, it IS pretty highly correlated! You can clearly see why no one would want to bother renewing the copyright on this...film.As the film progresses, a series of natural disasters strike. While the number and intensity are unusual, no one suspects anything...except for one egghead with a computer. He's been trying to decipher some signals from space and he is able to interpret three words that make it seem like aliens MIGHT have something to do with one of the disasters! In addition to this strange occurrence, he also uses his equipment to try to determine where some huge radio signals are coming from---and it appears to be from a convent! It seems the nice father in charge (Lee) is communicating with aliens! Don't you just hate that?! Sadly, once the egghead figures all this you, the film really, really loses steam. When he is confronted by these aliens disguised as people, you'd think there'd be a lot of action and tension. Instead, the entire scene is amazingly muted and dull--with a monologue by Lee that sounds as animated as his reading a phone book! After all, you'd THINK seven aliens disguised as a priest and six nuns would be pretty cool--and even more so because of their cool machinery. But you'd be wrong--there is no excitement whatsoever to this--how could that be?! It's because it's all so talky and lifeless, that's how.Overall, the film is a major chore to finish, as there's just nothing interesting about it. Plus, while it's bad and cheap, it's just not bad and cheap enough to be fun for a laugh--it's just bad!

Cristi_Ciopron Your mind will not be satisfied by this no—budget doomsday thriller; but, pray, who's will? A youngish couple spends the actual end of the world in the hidden laboratory of some aliens masquerading as Church people.Small _apocalyptically themed outing, END OF THE WORLD has the ingenuity and the lack of both brio and style of the purely '50s similar movies. And it's not only that, but EOTW plays like a hybrid—not only doomsday but convent creeps as well. The villain of the movie is a well—known character actor.This wholly shameless slapdash seems a piece of convent—exploitation, that significantly '70s genre which looks today so amusingly outdated. Anyway, the convent's secret laboratory is some nasty piece of futuristic deco! Christopher Lee is the pride of End of the World; but the End of the World is not at all his pride!