TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

C W At the opening of the story we're in the mountains enjoying a woodsy holiday with the family. Then something happens that kills most people and just leaves a few alive. It would be difficult to write a spoiler for the plot, because there isn't any plot. And this leaves us with not a lot more than thinking, "Would I do that? Is that guy dumb or what?" For instance, the guy loses his car by playing the good Samaritan to a motorist armed with a pistol and they then all have to trudge to the next town. Now, this being the USA we can imagine there must be at least one gun store in town and probably even Walmart has shotguns and rifles and plenty of ammo. The first thing I would have done would be to arm myself and everyone with me to the teeth. But no, is he stupid or what? He doesn't. The acting is decent and the editing OK but the premise, frankly, is rather unbelievable and the plot, well, the less said the better.

eric kallen I cannot agree with most of the other reviewers of this flick. It was only slightly amusing. It looks like it was hastily made with a tiny budget. The plot device of using empty clothes with piles of some white powder to represent victims of some radiation or disease was cheap.Peter Graves and the rest of the cast did a workman-like job.The plot is illogical- There's a bright flash of light and an earthquake and then everybody, well almost everybody, dies. The feel-good ending was cloying.To bad the flick wasn't directed by Roger Corman. This movie is available to suffer through for free on YouTube.

Uriah43 Four people have gone camping and while three members of a family are inside a cave looking around, a bright light appears outside followed by an earthquake. The other person, "Jim Clancy" (Noble Willingham) just happened to be outside when it happened and not long afterward he gets sick and dies. Totally on their own, the father, "Steven Anders" (Peter Graves) decides to take his teenage son, "David" (George O'Hanlan Jr.) and his daughter, "Deborah" (Kathleen Quinlan) back to Malibu in search of their mother who left the campsite earlier in the day headed for home. On the way back they find that what happened to them wasn't an isolated incident as entire towns are totally deserted and empty. Everybody is gone. Anyway, rather than answer the question of "what happened to everybody" I will leave it to the viewer to see for themselves. I will say however, that even after watching the film in its entirety I still thought there were one or two unanswered questions. Additionally, one particular drawback was the fact that it was narrated in the past tense by one of the family members, which took some of the mystery out of it in my opinion. But even so the film managed to maintain suspense for the most part. I especially liked Peter Graves' calm and collected demeanor throughout the movie as it added a solid character to the film. In short, for a low-budget made-for-television movie this one wasn't too bad and I give it an average rating.

Danlanham Like most of the people posting before me, I too remembered being profoundly impacted by this little movie as a wee lad in the mid-seventies. I loved this film as a child, as a matter of fact I have had an affinity for all manner of apocalyptic fiction ever since, from the 1980 cartoon, "Thundar the Barbarian" to the book "Alas Babylon" to the film "I am Legend" and up to and including the recent television series "Jericho". Yes, this movie was the seed of my love for an entire genre of fiction. I don't recall many details regarding this film but I do remember that I was deliciously creeped out by it. I saw it only the one time but I am excited to be able to get the opportunity to watch it again as I have TiVoed it off of the Fox Movie Channel and will be watching it as soon as I post this.