Day After

Pros: Brutally honest and accurate look at atomic war
Cons: No DVD extras to speak of.

I have, over my years as a horror and schlock fan, seen some scary flicks. Slasher movies, Italian flicks that would make your skin crawl, giant monsters, zombies from beyond the grave, nubile teenagers falling left and right under the knife - but ...

Pros: Cold War Classic--Reagan-era peacenik film against Nukes
Cons: Steve Gutenberg

It was 1983, and my parents went out to eat, leaving Ten Year Old Me home alone with my Four Year Old Brother and a batch of chocolate-chip cookies to bake. Being the responsible child I was, I immediately sat my bro down and we turned on the TV to see...

Pros: The reality of a nuclear war.
Cons: The thought of a nuclear war.

Have you ever tried to contemplate a nuclear war? Have you ever thought, would I survive? What are t ...

Pros: Effective visuals on a small budget, timeless thought-provoking themes
Cons: Too disturbing for some viewers, especially small children

There are movies in all our pasts that once scared the hell out of us and caused us to lose sleep. Many times, we revisit those movies at a later age and see right through the hackneyed horror elements or manipulative apocalyptic guilt tactics (for those...

Pros: Everything
Cons: NONE!

I've always been fascinated with those World War III type of movies and possibilities. It's a very scary thing to think about that once day we might all be destroyed by some crazy country or terrorist or that some country would actually push the red...

Pros: A Brilliant Combination of Cast, Direction and Script. Has Endured Remarkably Well.
Cons: Still Deeply Disturbing, Not Fit For Younger Children. Amy Madigan Doesn't Rise To The Rest Of The Cast.

Hard to believe it's been seventeen years since I had a night when I couldn't sleep like this. Tonight I logged off early and laid down to watch TV before going to sleep. I was surfing the channels and stopped for just a few seconds on a station I don't...

Pros: good special effects, realistic portration of a nuclear war
Cons: very disturbing for some people, definitely not for children

I have watched a batch of movies that have disturbed me in some ways this year. Boogeyman (it made me scared of closets for a short period of time), Day After Tomorrow, Saw, and now "Day After". After watching this movie, I was immediately thankful that ...

Pros: Fairly realistic
Cons: Fairly realistic

Let me say that in 1983, I didn't watch "The Day After." I was 15, and my folks thought it might be too upsetting. After all, some kids I went to school with were extras, and some of the on-location shoots had taken place locally.
I lived in...

Pros: Gives a great insight as to what we all felt was inevitable during the 80's
Cons: No follow up for post-nuclear war.

This was a made-for-TV movie by the folks at ABC. It's one of the better ones. For those who didn't know what it was like to grow up in the cold war, the effect of this movie on them will probably be minimal. For those of us who were scared to death of...

Pros: Makes you think of the consequences of nuclear war.
Cons: Makes you think of the consequences of nuclear war.

I remember being very young when this film first came on television.My parents,like much of the nation I suspose watched it.I didn't quite understand what was going on.Flash forward a few years later,I was still young and it came on television.I can ...