Tag Post-Apocalyptic Movie Club

Triffids again (last time, I promise)

I’d seen the most recent (2009) BBC adaptation of DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS once before. I had to psych myself up to watch it again.

This weekend’s film recommendation is Joel Schumacher’s startling 1993 movie, FALLING DOWN starring Michael Douglas.

Families can be funny things. It’s no surprise: we chose our friends and our lovers, but not our parents or our siblings.

Back in the day, with only 3 TV channels and before the home video revolution, the BBC adaptation of TRIFFIDS occupied the primetime.

The first screen adaptation of John Wyndham’s DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS was released in 1963, was also known as INVASION OF THE TRIFFIDS.

I’ve been writing about the living dead for over twenty years and have been watching zombie movies for even longer.

Fast-forward a few years, and the Netflix movie adaptation of BIRD BOX is proving to be incredibly successful.

AFTERMATH has all the trappings of your typical low-budget movie, yet there’s something about its grim outlook that sucks you in.

Netflix’s HOW IT ENDS is nothing like STRAIGHT TO YOU. It is, however, a masterclass in how NOT to tell an apocalyptic story.

Before I tell you why I think you should watch WELCOME TO ESSEX, we need to wind the clock back a few years...