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The Day the World Ended

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Not to be confused with Day the World Ended.
The Day the World Ended
DVD cover
Screenplay byMax Enscoe
Annie deYoung
Story byBrian King
Directed byTerence Gross
StarringNastassja Kinski
Randy Quaid
Bobby Edner
Theme music composerCharles Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersLou Arkoff
Colleen Camp
Stan Winston
CinematographyMark Vargo
EditorStephen Mark
Running time91 minutes
Production companyCreature Features Productions
Original release
NetworkCinemax
ReleaseNovember 23, 2001 (2001-11-23)

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

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Production

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Produced by Stan Winston, Colleen Camp and Samuel Z. Arkoff's son, Lou Arkoff, 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 and the VHS video box cover of the film as part of the child's interest in aliens.[1] another reason Stan Winston remade this film was he'd had worked with AIP in there last years providing special effects for The Bat People (1974) and to start a toy line which included action figures from the film.[2][3]

Release

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The film was released on Cinemax on November 23, 2001.

Reception

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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.".[4] Moria gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding the movie the dullest of the Creature Feature Series.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Day the World Ended (2001)". 27 November 2001.
  2. ^ Biodrowski, Steve (June 2001). "Stan Winston's Creature Features". Cinefantastique. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  3. ^ Biodrowski, Steve (June 16, 2008). "Archive Interview: Stan Winston's Creature Features". Cinefantastique Online. Steve Biodrowski. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ Davis, Scott. "The Day the World Ended". Horror Express. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. ^ "The Day the World Ended (2001)". 27 November 2001.
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