Just a friendly reminder, this is the second part of an ongoing series. If your favorite didn't make the list, it might be in the first episode, which is conveniently linked below. It could also appear in a future episode. Top Retro Post Apocalypse Movies Part I - ruclips.net/video/WsSkFP57enY/видео.htmlsi=wcwnUpHNcdZhuTWY
That's very cool to hear. Thanks, ST. I think a big part of that comes from being a kid in the 80s. So much of the pop culture I was exposed to and loved was from the 60s. The Monkees. Lost in Space. Batman. Dobbie Gillis. Patty Duke. Mr. Ed. Green Acres. All this stuff started rerunning at the time. I'd say the 1960s shaped me just as much as the 80s.
@@AtomicSnackBar Interesting. I was a kid growing up in the '60s with those same shows, but, other than LIS and Batman, they didn't really imprint on me 'til the '70s when I was old enough to "get" them. What DID impact me to this day in the '70s were all the old '50s B-movies that were constantly being run on the local channels as the classic Universal horrors were still the territory of the big city TV channels (but it was about this time that this state of affairs was changing). In fact, you mention one of my very favorite ones here: "Day the World Ended", which, to me, is THE quintessential post-apocalypse film.
@@varanid9 It's interesting how that works. I was born in the late 70s, but was too young to really enjoy them. And I guess by the 80s when I was a lad, the 70s had been too recent. They weren't really rerunning any of that stuff yet. Or at least, not to my knowledge. I really didn't start digging into the 70s until I was an adult with the exception of some cartoons.
Thank you kindly. I like them quite a bit as well. I always try to give the episodes that feeling of watching late night TV back in the appropriate time period. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Hey man, I thought I was the only person anywhere who loved (or even remembered) Zardoz. Great assessment, and great to know that there are enough other oddballs out there to raise the attention. Greetings to all of them.
And Zardoz is one of those films I seem to like more with each viewing. I would really like to see a nice, restored bluray release. Last time I watched it, not counting when I was editing this video, was a VHS rip. Thanks for watching. Good to hear from you, Uncle.
The strange atmospheric effects in Damnation Alley were cool and memorable. There was a made-for-tv post-Apocalypse movie that aired around 1977. I only remember that the mutants had ridged skulls and there were old 60s-70s cars used in battle. I'm sure it was not too good but ihas remained in my memory.
Interesting you mention that. Just tonight I watched Planet Earth by Gene Roddenberry. It was from the 70s, set in the post apocalypse, and featured mutants with ridged skulls. Could it have been that one?
Love all those pictures! Great choices. Saw 'Boy and His Dog' and 'Zardoz' in a double feature at a art theatre in a big city that shall go unnamed back in the 80's. Don't want to give away Mr. Crowley's true identity.
Howdy! Happy "The Day the World Ended" made the list. Love that one! Didn't know that it was shot in 10 days. Good god, the pressure to get the proper coverage must have been unyielding, that or some hard decisions made in the edit. I only know of "Zardoz" from it being referenced in other shows. Will need to check it out. Solid material as always. Cheers, Joshua PS: I'm crap at replying to previous replies. Need to break that habit.
Have you seen the remake of "Day the World Ended"? I heard it's actually pretty good. Buchanan is no Corman, but I'd be interested to see that plot in a 1960s setting. Zardoz is a strange one. I do, though, find myself enjoying it a bit more with each re-watch. Maybe I'm just not getting enough Bikini Connery in my life. And hey, no worries at all. Even the one comment is appreciated. Thanks, Joshua.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I bought that remake at the Dollar Tree on a Public Domain double disc a hundred years ago. Really washed out MST3 level stuff. I don't remember being impressed. But it's never going to hold a candle to the Classic Corman/ Blaisdell epic co-starring future Mannix star Touch Connors. And Man! That monster burned itself (radioactively) into my 10 year old brain when I caught it on TV back in the 60s.
You need to read Roger Corman's memoir: "How I Made 100 Films in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime." 10 days is nowhere near his record for shortest shoot. Little Shop of Horrors took just 2.
@@unclenogbad1509 Fantastic book. I had actually wanted to do a video on it, but I generally don't have the best of luck with book reviews on the channel.
@@AtomicSnackBar honestly ASB... until earlier I never realized that it's the same dog from the Brady Bunch.... great vid hope you are having a great 4th weeks...till next week... Peace
@@Donathon-qx8kq I wouldn't have known had I not read it. He's pretty scruffy looking in A Boy and His Dog. Plus, there were a few different Tigers. I don't think I showed the right one in the video. But the footage was tough to find. Thanks, Don. Hope yours was spiffy as well.
Fantastic reference to The Great Tim Thomerson. I met him briefly at a book signing and he couldn't have been a finer gentleman to me and my niece. Now the universe is demanding a special Atomic Snack Bar extended episode devoted to Tim Thomerson's career and achievements.
Did Thomerson write a book? If so, that sounds like a must read. I have always liked him. And a Tim Thomerson themed episode, you say? Not a bad idea. Not bad at all.
@@AtomicSnackBar Actually it was Lance Henrickson's book and he and Thomerson are apperently BFFs -- ? -- Henrickson was also a great guy that night. Cheers!
All excellent movies this week and another great episode. Had no idea Don Johnson was Falcon voice actor. And two Miami Vice was one of the first TV shows that hooked me and my Mom never missed a episode
I was very aware of Miami Vice, heard much talk about it, but I never watched it for some reason. Probably the lack of monsters and/or robots, I would assume. I might should go back and give it a looksee.
As far as a gritty 80s cop show of course based out of Miami. And Johnson character Crocket was an excellent character. It brought the 80s cocaine playground that was Florida at that time to the forefront
@ AtomicSnackBar - Most if not all of the series was shot there. I knew several local actors that had bit parts, as all the major roles were given to Union Hollywood actors. I auditioned for the Producer, who was quite a character himself. Really nice. Then I promptly got the boot.
I can't believe you managed to work in a "Screaming in the Night" reference! Well done, sir. I always thought that video had its own post-apocalyptic feel; like Genesis II or Planet Earth by Gene Roddenberry.
Coincidentally, I watched Planet Earth for the first time last night. Too bad that one didn't make it to series. It had a lot of promise. Kind of reminded me of Star Trek mixed with the Planet of the Apes series. Thanks for watching. Always very cool to see you here.
@@AtomicSnackBar Catch Genesis II if you can. It was the original iteration, and the lead actor (Alex Cord) is a lot less action-oriented than John Saxon. Fascinating to compare the two and see how Roddenberry was adjusting the concepts. And of course both are, broadly, the core ideas behind Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
The Banana Splits ad made me realize that they were just preparing me as a kid to enjoy the Marx Brothers. Conspiracy? I think so. Anyway, I'm surprised that my wife hasn't purchased the DVD of Zardoz for the Ornery Connery. If it had been Burt Reynolds, well, I'm sure she would have already been on it.
If I had a nickel for all the Banana Splits conspiracies I've been a part of. Did I say a part of? I meant heard of. Yeah, that's the ticket. That I've HEARD of. Nothing to see here. Ignore the man in the Burt Reynolds mask.
@parisgreen4600 - Yes! I have never seen him with hair. I don't think I ever had that much. Lucky guy. But shaving it off clearly was a career making move. I wonder if those Reed Richards greying sideburns were his or for a part? Inquiring minds want to know, Sterling.
You should see him in The Dungeon Master with his magical mullet. Probably extensions, but still a wonderous sight. Thanks, Paris. Good to hear from you again.
The Land-Master appeared in Apex too. I own Metal Storm in a big box VHS, randomly found it in Charity shop/Thrift Store. Awesome video, may the Cosmic Gods smile upon you 🫡
@@AtomicSnackBar I did a short displaying my office. Its on the schreckpmc channel along with all my bronze age caveman videos which have improved considerably, in my humble opinion. As for you, keep up the good work.
I think you outdid yourself on this one, Rob. Jaded psychic dogs, mutant killer cockroaches, and 007 in a diaper… this channel really does have it all. 😆
Big ZARDOZ fan here, I first saw it in the theater when I was 10 years old. My mother and aunt would take us to rated R movies back then. I think that it really expanded my mind at a time when my parent's marriage was falling apart. ZARDOZ, FANTASM, Vanishing Point, Monty Python and the Holy Grail to name a few.
My parents were the same way. I saw so many great movies in the theater. And since my hometown didn't have a chain theater until the late 80s, I was fortunate enough to see a lot of b-movies on the big screen.
Great list, AtomicSnackBar! Also, your channel runs the best ads on RUclips!!! Thanks for your hard work. I'll check out part one, later! PS Great Krokus tune! I forgot about that one! The Great Paul Blaisdell!!! I'm 100% on board with that! Shout out to his awesome, loyal wife, Jackie, too!
Oh, that's interesting. What kind of ads have you been getting? I have no say in that, other than allowing alcohol ads, and on my end it's often mobile games and random stuff like online universities. And I think we should start a petition to have his name posthumously changed to the GREAT Paul Blaisdell.
You sneaky yet brilliant man you got me with Zardoz and of course of my favorite Police Academy character. One of my friends in high school showed up to a Halloween dance dressed as Sean Connery's character. Red boots and everything I was proud to dance with him. I am excited to see what you have up your sleeve Sterling.
There was no way I could resist throwing a Zed joke in there. I would have had to turn in my wacky license. Unfortunately, can't keep much in the sleeve of a bowling shirt. Now what's inside the random accordion case ... I can't say.
Fun video. In an interview, John Boorman was discussing Zardoz, and the interviewer asked him why he did some of the stuff in the movie and Boorman couldn't give an answer because he using a lot of- "inspiration"- at the time.
Funnily enough, when I mentioned the film felt like a TTRPG, the original line was "It felt like a TTRPG ... while inspired." I cut that second part because I wasn't sure if it was okay for advertiser standards.
Trivia Time: In 1955, Actor Justus E. McQueen made his movie debut in "Battle Cry" playing a character named L. Q. Jones. McQueen liked the name so much he used it as his stage name for the rest of his career.
Damnation Alley is a personal favorite, I saw it on it's original TV airing on NBC in '83 (I don't think it had a Canadian theatrical release). Chef's Kiss for the Krokus reference :) I wore out that tape in my walkman back in the days lol! When I first saw Zardoz on VHS in the 80s I just didn't get it and it bored me, it has since grown a lot on me and it's now a regular watch. Metalstorm I have not seen since I rented it on VHS in the 80s, I am going to watch it again along with Damnation Alley this weekend! I never made the connection Bull was in Metalstorm!
When I did the first part in this series, quite a few people recommended Damnation Alley. I'm glad they did. I quite liked it. And it was nice to dig into more 70s post apocalypse as well. Back in the day, I only knew Krokus from their covers. But about 10 years ago, maybe a bit more now, I saw Screaming in the Night on Metal Mania on VH1 Classics and I was blown away by it. And I just love that very NWOBHM looking music video.
Harlan Ellison didn't like the pancake make up for the underground dwellers in A Boy and His Dog either, but it was ultra low budget and Ellison picked LQ Jones to make the movie. Ellison refused a big studio making it. I like the movie over all and its a classic 70's cult film. Good picks on post apocalypse movies!
Yeah, that pancake make-up was kind of an odd choice. Kind of unintentionally creepy. Or heck, maybe it was intentional. Either way, it was unique. Thanks for stopping by, Capt.
I must confess, I’ve always had a slight man-crush on Don Johnson and have always wanted to see A Boy and his Dog. Lol, that Zed reference caught me off guard! 😂😂 Another fantastic vid!
We here at Snack Bar Inc. take no credit nor blame for any stuff learned. Says it right there in the terms of service near the section about ninja attacks.
I subscribed for the Damnation Alley and Krokus references alone. 🙂 I saw Damnation Alley on TV as a kid and loved it. I saw Krokus open for Judas Priest in 1986. Great show (I was just listening to their One Vice at a Time album the other day, as a matter of fact). I love sci fi and I love Metal. 🤘 I saw Metalstorm in the theaters, but I still need to catch Zardoz. John Boorman AND Sean Connery? Hell yeah! Great channel!
I missed out on Krokus back in the day. All I ever heard was their cover songs and I kind of wrote them off. Years later, I caught Screaming in the Night on Metal Mania on VH1 and I was blown away. Around 2007 I started going back and digging into bands I missed the first time around. King Diamond. Lizzy Borden. Thor. Grim Reaper. And most recently, Diamond Head. Thanks for watching and welcome to the Snack Bar, Raymond.
Hilarious as usual, thank you. I saw the first two movies, but not the others. I read _A Boy and his Dog_ in college. I read several of Harlan Ellison's story collections and his TV criticism, _The Glass Teat._ I liked everything I read by Ellison.
@@jerryrichardson2799 Oh man, I just now got the rest of your comment. All I saw earlier was the first sentence. I'm curious, if you recall, if the ending to the book was the same as the ending to the film? Other than the piece of dialog Ellison hated so much.
@@AtomicSnackBar Definitely. That's why I was thinking more obscure films, skipping the obvious Ray Harryhausen productions. Stuff like, The Day Time Ended, The Crater Lake Monster, Laserblast (I guess it's not too great, but interesting), Planet of the Dinosaurs, and hopefully some stuff I haven't discovered yet.
@@AtomicSnackBar I still need to sit down & watch it. I found it on RUclips awhile back, but it wasn't the right time to watch the whole movie. I saw the famous publicity still of the three stop-motion models and have always wanted to see it since!
Another super video reflective of outstanding research. I have always found Jan-Michael Vincent to be an interesting person; however, I had no clue, until now, that his family background is quite colorful.
Hard to believe I was falling asleep in the theater trying to get thru Damnation Alley only a few months after That Other Movie came out in '77. Not surprisingly, I ended up seeing That Other Movie in the theater well over 100 times, but Damnation Alley only once. No surprise, right? Later, in the late 80s or early 90s, I frequently drove past the LandMaster when it was parked at Dean Jeffries Automotive, 3077 Cahuenga Blvd. The shop was owned by the late, legendary custom car painter - who also painted the Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" and many other classic show cars. While Damnation Alley induced narcolepsy, "The Day the World Ended" scared the absolute freakin' crap out of me when I saw it on tv after school in the very early 70s. Amazing how much your windows of perception change in just a few short years!
When I was doing research for the episode, I was really surprised just how much information was out there for the Landmaster. It even had its own wikipedia page. I think it may be just as popular as the film itself. Speaking of scary childhood movies, monster movies didn't really scare me as a lad, but Carnival of Souls sure did. And it wasn't even the film itself. Just the trailer, which I had on the Horrible Horror VHS tape, used to all kinds of creep me out. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I didn't see Carnival until I was an adult, but it's still a great film! I wouldn't be surprised if Elon based Cybertruck on the LandMaster - he's such an admitted SF geek! By the way - inspired by your video, I just purchased one of the vintage Aurora Creature kits from eBay! Of all the kits I have in my Creature Case, that one original classic has never been among them.
@@atlanteum Funnily enough, I didn't actually see Carnival in full until I was an adult as well. It was just too creepy for kid-me. And that is awesome to hear, especially that you have a Creature Case as well. Toys and collectables are one of my biggest interests. I've just never had much luck with covering them on the channel. Do you happen to have any photos of your Creature Case floating around online?
@@AtomicSnackBar No, but your video inspires me to put some kind of presentation together! I have some cool creature stuff, but no full-vintage 60s kits [well... until that Aurora kit arrives from eBay next week!] By the way, are you in the UK [you said "lad" and "funnily enough"!] or just up late in the US?
@@atlanteum I would like to see that. Do let me know. And I'm U.S. based, just nocturnal with a very random use of slang and expressions. I just grab stuff I like. Could be too that a good number of my VIPs here at the Snack Bar are from the U.K. and I'm just picking up their slang.
I grew up watching post apocalypse movies like Damnation Alley and The Day After, but never went this far back - I guess b&w wasn't that popular on network tv by then. Interesting to see some of these golden oldies.
It is interesting looking back at these early post apocalypse films. Many folks don't realize that Robot Monster also has a post apocalyptic setting. Heck, there are only 7 people left on Earth. Thanks for stopping by, Mr. Hobo.
There were various pre-production titles for Zardoz, which were dependent upon the various themes being considered. The first was THE SHAPE OF THONGS TO COME. Then, when Connery suggested his outfit was like a truss from outer space, they tried FROM RUPTURE WITH LOVE. Given the revelatory properties of the outfit, UNDERBALL was considered, as well as YOU ONLY LIFT TWICE, due to Connery's continuous adjustments to his outfit. In a meeting with the producer, Connery suggested they put sparkles on his loincloth and call the movie ON HIS MAJESTY'S SEQUINED SURFACE. However, they eventually settled on ZARDOZ, which was also the proprietary name of the psychotropic drug that was taken by whoever wrote this piece of garbage.
@@Gappasaurus I assume that stands for Lord of Light, the Jack Kirby designed film based on the novel by the same gentleman that wrote Damnation Alley.
Hey Rob! Awesome vid man. So many post apocalyptic goodies here....and bonus points for that Police Academy reference! 😁You know I always thought Richard Moll looked bad-ass as Big Ben in 'House'...but his makeup in 'Metalstorm' makes him look even more bad-asserer. (that''s a word, but don't look it up, it's new so they haven't added it yet) Hope your week has been going well! Lata! 🤜🤛
House was a Household favorite when I was a kid. Saw it at the theater several times too. And I get that the movie is quirky, but I just don't understand why Big Ben isn't a more talked about monster. Incredible performance and great make-up design. Bonus points to you, good sir, for mentioning it.
I must have been about 7 years old when I turned on the tv really late one night and A Boy and His Dog was half way through. It was a very confusing but fascinating twenty minutes of viewing until my mum came in and made me go to bed
Absolutely outstanding list ASB! & as always, I must applaud your level of research! Thank You! Your channel has marvelous judgment! If not particularly... Good Taste! (Sorry Friend! Couldn't resist!)
Not only is it an amazing song, I just love that video. There was a very short time in the 80s where metal videos had that look. Something about the film quality, I'm not sure. But it's great and always makes me think of NWOBHM.
@ chrisbridges4885 - Congratulations on being smart enough to hang on to all your LPs. It's my constant regret that I gave most of mine to a Thrift store during the "CDs are the New Wave!" propaganda campaign. Now, I have a ridiculous amount of CDs, but there was a richness to the sound of vynil. And what gets a $30 vynil release today? Taylor Swift. "Oh...HELLS NO!"
@ chrisbridges4885 - My deepest sympathies. I can relate. In 197...4(?) I experienced The Great Leaky Bedroom Roof Flood of Hollywood, Florida, which not only took all of my childhood drawings, but perhaps worse yet, my early 70s Jack Kirby DC comics. Ist issues of all the books he was creating when he left Marvel. Soaked. Totally destroyed. To quote Dr. Zachary Smith: "Oh the pain... the Pain."
Excalibur was a very good movie! I watched it a lot back then. I think it was one of those that came out on video right when VCRs started hitting… and a player had a price around a thousand bucks. We actually shelled that out and got one. I hooked it up to my stereo… and the rest is history. Bam! Check and Chong and Time Bandits, played very loudly. 😂 Thanks for the Cool video! I guess you wouldn’t believe me if I told you I worked on the Atari assembly line, would ya?! I did. Me and bunch of ladies sat at tables, passing the unit down the line to each other… as each of us put on the next part. I was in charge of rubber feet, as I recall. It was very technical! Again I say😂😂!
We had a betamax really early on. And that high price tag is why my parents took awhile to switch over to a VCR. At first it was fine. But as the beta section started to shrink and the VHS section started to grow, the grass certainly was greener. And speaking of, I had Time Bandits on tape on beta.
The Great Paul Blaisdel. The mutant monster was another memorable creation. I once saw a figurine of the mutant at a comic book convention(my very first visit). The figurine was well detailed. I told the dealer that was selling it that the mutant is great one. He didn’t know what the significance was, so I explained to him. It was selling for about a hundred bucks at the time. The actor Touch Connors will be later known as Mike Connors in a detective series called Mannix. L.Q. Jones was director and possibly co-writer of a horror movie called The Witch Maker. He was in the classic Casino. Damnation Alley. I have seen snippets of the movie here and there. I don’t have any thoughts about it as yet. Jackie Earle Haley was also in The Bad News Bears:Breaking Training as the mature beyond his years Kelly. The Visionaries. If my memory serves, was created by the creative team behind The Transformers. It had a short-lived cartoon series in 1987, that had Jonathan Harris as the Wizard who endows the knight with their powers based upon their personality traits. There was another toy line called the Air Raiders. It was created by the creative team that was behind G.I. Joe. Toys in the 80’s were the best. Metal Storm: The Destruction Of Jared-Syn. I remember watching a report about the death of a stunt man during production(in fact, it was at the time of the accidental death of actor Jon Erik Hexum). Richard Moll did an interview with his Bull puppet on his favorite films. One of them was The Dungeon Master. Great video, great memories, my friend 😎👍✌️
Oh, do tell. When and where was the comic book convention? I have a real interest in con culture before it got all super popular in recent years, especially in the 80s and before. My first was back in '87. Which, coincidentally, is when Visionaries aired. Talk about an underrated show. I watched it again a few years ago and it held up really well. Not only did Jonathan Harris provide a voice, so did Jim "Winnie the Pooh" Cummings. I hadn't heard that about Richard Moll. That's great to hear. Too often actors are embarrassed of their early work. But I just love that film.
@@AtomicSnackBar It was in Weston, Florida at a Marriott hotel. I think it was in 2007. There were so many cosplayers there. Especially those cosplayers who are fans of anime. Some costumes were bought from a store and others, a good majority were homemade and you can see the love that was put into every single detail. And the props were all to exact details, too. I was very impressed with the fan’s dedication and love for the characters that they were portraying. There were so many comic book sellers and sellers that sold other rare treats like toys and DVDs(mostly bootlegged, but some bootlegged DVDs are better than others). I hadn’t been to another comic book convention since then. I had always wanted to go to G-Con and another sci-fi convention in Pennsylvania with Creepy Classics in Pennsylvania ( those conventions have visits from legendary sci-fi stars like Caroline Munro and other notable actors in the genre. They even have a Saturday morning breakfast where everyone enjoys cereal while watching movies and cartoons. Just like we all did on Saturday mornings. Richard Moll was in the film Caveman with Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, Dennis Quaid, Jack Gilpin and Barbara Bach(whom he met and married)among others. Ringo was on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and he had brought a clip from the film. Aside from meeting Barbara Bach, he didn’t like the film. Richard Moll’s role was the abominable snowman creature who kept Dennis Quaid’s character on ice. I haven’t seen Caveman in years but it was no surprise that taller actors played monsters (Kevin Peter Hall played an alien hunter in the film Without Warning, seven years before he gained fame for playing the Predator and Harry from Harry And The Henderson). The last film I saw Richard Moll in was But, I’m A Cheerleader. He also did voice acting work on episodes of Justice League and others.
@@garyreid2178 That's an interesting tidbit there. I don't think I knew the snowman creature was Richard Moll. I was all about that movie as a kid. I want to say we had it taped on beta and I would watch it a whole lot.
1. A Boy and His Dog - Don Johnson definitely had his priorities straight in this movie - he starred in Nash Bridges too 2. The Day the World Ended - a Favorite of mine, I have it up there with 'Time Machine, Panic in Year Zero, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and World without End', 3. Zardoz - a good movie about immortals vs mortals with the name taken from Wizard of OZ, a good movie with Sean Connery when there were few special effects but good acting and makeup 4. Damnation Alley - Hannibal Smith and Stringfellow Hawke, two great characters and a good movie. 5. Metal Storm was good to watch with a bucket of popcorn and Mt Dew A TV Apocalypse show was ARK 2 a very young adult show with morals like Shazam, and Isis
Oh man, a Stringfellow Hawke/Hannibal Smith TV series. Now that would have been a team-up for the ages. Throw in a Michael Knight cameo and it would have broken the 80s. I haven't seen Ark II, but it co-starred a chimp voiced by Lou Scheimer. Sounds like a winner to me.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yes it would have been a great crossover for all three, you’re correct about the chimp, it usually opens up with the chimp playing chess with one of the youngsters
The Day The World Ended is a movie I remember two versions of, and especially for the gallery of three portraits of mutations from an atomic test. I REALLY like A Boy And His Dog. Ah, Visionaries! I wonder if Orbital Bacon got over his problems with the strikes against him - that was a fascinating cartoon. Damnation Alley was an incredible film surviving Peppard and Vincent and a perennial favorite. Metalstorm is a great top choice. Richard Moll AND Tim Thomerson are two great actors.
When you say you remember two versions of Day the World Ended, do you mean the original and the remake? Or two different versions of the original? Visionaries holds up really well. I re-watched it a few years ago. Refresh me on who Orbital Bacon is? Thanks, Doug. Always a pleasure.
Some classic apocalyptic scifu there, Day the World Ended is one of my favourites. Cool advert as well, sure I had some of those action figures back in the day.
@AtomicSnackBar Yeah, had a couple of them, never saw the cartoon here in UK tho, so never really knew what they were about. I remember liking how articulated the figures were, bit like Micronauts
@@paulbowler5345 As an adult I don't care for articulation, but as a kid I thought it was great. They had so much more playability than your usual 5.5 figures with some kind of useless play feature.
As time goes drifting by, I can't believe I saw all these 70's films at the theater, including METALSTORM in 3D! There sure were lots of "Visionaries" in those days. I think you should go for a Corman retrospective for sure!
I picked up the bluray for Metalstorm not terribly long ago. It has both the 2D and 3D versions. Pretty neat and a nice picture. I missed that one in the theater, but I sure as heck saw The Dungeonmaster. Not sure if I've ever mentioned that film before...
Seeing the clips of the Thing From Another World, it occurred to me that, in the amazing kerosene fight scene (not appearing in this video), it wasn't just the James Arness risking life and limb, but also the costume was getting flambéed. Regarding that Crocus reference, maybe an episode could be done around sci-fi themed music videos. I'll suggest "Tower of Strength" by the Mission, which has a great low-fi, psychedelic, Warhammer 40k feel to it.
An intriguing idea. I will put my thinking brain on that one. It would probably be pretty easy to come up with a list as well. I'm not familiar with the Mission, but I shall run take a look right now.
Zardoz AND Damnation Alley in one outing?? I'm impressed! Honestly, I hadn't thought about Damnation for years even though I have Zelazny's book. I loved both in their time and kind of regret never having been able to pick them up as DVD's ( I'm sure I would have jumped at the chance upon encountering them) Thank you Sir. I really mean that, I most sincerely do.
Glad I was able to fill the mustache quota this weekend. I've been slacking a bit. So I squeezed in some Burt for good measure. As far as the physical media, both Zardoz and Damnation Alley are still fairly easy to get ahold on DVD here, but they do seem a bit more rare in Australia. And thanks really must go to you. Thank you much for continuing to visit the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I look forward to getting a new installment of retro sci fi goodness every week and would miss it should you ( heaven forbid! ) ever give up on your channel.Keep those wonderful outings coming Sir! Does me good to have the occasional memory jog to prompt recollection of things passed though much enjoyed.
@@ICrazyGreggy I don't think you'll have to worry about that anytime soon. I would like to get to the point where I can do two big episodes a month rather than one big episode and three small ones, but I'm still a ways off from that I imagine.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Yeah... you're no where near the beach, my friend. You chose to move to the middle of Florida. So... " No toes in the sand and pina~colados for you! "
I am glad you said that. I saw that one on cable many years back, but couldn't for the life of me remember the name. Just a film with Ironside with a ponytail. It's now on the list for future episodes. Thanks, Kurt.
@@AtomicSnackBar Glad I could lend a paw! I remember seeing it on SciFi Channel back when it actually ran sci-fi, and then spent years trying to find it. I think someone uploaded a version to YT. I really thought that it had some very cool ideas and they did a lot with what was clearly a very limited budget.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm a Monte Nation fan myself. He was very popular back in the early 70s and did a lot of TV shows that I enjoyed. And he was, I believe, A Florida native.
Awesome video Slim. I saw a boy and his dog is a movie that I saw way too young. I was afraid women would milk me. Not in a good way either lol. I haven't seen the day the world ended since I was a kid. I have zardoz but never watched it. I'll have to check if I have damnation alley. I'm pretty sure I've seen it. Metalstorm, love it. Saw it with my father in 3D when it came out.
The 70s and 80s, a wonderfully lawless time when we were able to watch movies that we probably shouldn't have been watching yet they did us no harm. Other than your fear of women and the fact that you always hang out with psychic dogs. And I still need to check out Megaforce. It just never seems to come down under 30 bucks. Thanks, J-Man.
That would have been awesome to see on the big screen. Thinking about it, I don't remember seeing very many 3D films as a kid, yet my family went to a ton of movies.
@ chrisbridges - Growing up in South Florida as I did, I LOATH cockroaches. I'm keepin' an eye on you Bridges. First, it's My Little Pony. And now this. Yer lookin' a bit sketchy my friend.
@@tonysantiago255 yeah, but these were Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Believe it or not, one used to be able to purchase these guys in pet stores. They made great pets. Perfect guard animals. I mean heck, you put one these things on your PB&J and who is gonna dare try to take it?
@ AtomicSnackBar - Uh...link in 'pinned' description, I hope. Impulse buying. Sell! Sell! Sell! "BUY MY BOOK, you Magnificent Bastiches! ". Papa's jones'en fo some donuts!" Wit some sprinkles.
'On the Beach' (1959) An American submarine crew in Australia await the fallout to spread after a nuclear war. Not a 'B' movie, but presented in a downplayed, intelligent and believable way. A thinking man`s post apocalypse film with fine performances by Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire in a non dancing role.
Nice deep pull there. I don't think I've ever heard of that one. And I received a ton of suggestions when I did the first episode. Though it's possible I did and forgot. Either way, I will look into that now. Thanks, Rabbit.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Thinking man's film is code for slow moving and very 'talky-talky'. Nooooo action. Not even a nuclear explosion I think. Right in your wheelhouse, Sterling. Creation of the Humanoids without the fantastic elements, on a 'A' studio budget. And with a cast like that, definitely worth a watch. Gregory Peck in anything.
That first film got me to thinking…. Which movie set in a “future” which has now passed us by, depicted the future are you most bummed to have missed out on? Running Man, Soylent Green, Escape from New York? Mad Max? The Omega Man? Oh some fine post-apocalyptic fun to be had in this list…
Man, certainly none of those films. Talk about bleak futures. I'd have to go Star Trek TOS where things are good and colorful. Though I guess that hasn't passed yet. Something tells me the future won't be that awesome.
@ AtomicSnackBar - If you were a suburban kid in the 60s, looking back in hindsight, it isn't. We just have access to more 'stuff'. But then that's why your channel strikes a cord with your patrons.
I think it all depends on where you are in the society! Robcop’s a fun future if you are the “I’d buy that for a DOLLAR” guy! 1984 bites for everyone… I’ll pick Runaway! House robots to do it all as long as you don’t piss off Gene Simmons! I’d also like Alien Nation. I’d love to have an Alien Buddy to kick around with!
gotta love Zardoz for how blatantly, unapologetically weird it is...its aesthetic, its period and how this future came to be...all nicely brushed aside in favour of strange, "civilized" brutality. when the name of Zardoz is finally explained it makes about as much sense as anything else in the film, where poetic license seems far more important than any kind of realism. I'm not sure that such a style would be able to be made on a big budget today, given our need for a lot of unnecessary specifics and hard tech visuals. Even the latest Dune features don't seem as strange as Zardoz, both then and now.
Something I have noticed over the years, many people(and not just average movie viewers) associate strange with bad. When something is really weird, it's automatically bad. Zardoz is strange as all get out, but none can truly say it's a poorly made film. Good direction. Good acting. Creative. But it's so darn weird, I think that throws many. And at the end of the day, you do walk away knowing what happened. It just happened in the weirdest possible way.
@@AtomicSnackBar agreed! weird, confusing, convoluted etc aren't red flags for me... unless those flags are to draw me in!. So much of what I enjoy in fantasy (or fantasy adjacent) films are often edging on alienating, and prepared to go beyond simply pandering to some corporate expectation that creators of such cinema are there only to make the big bucks. the illusion of the "mainstream'! i worry about how many supposed rough-edges are smoothed over during the development process of scripts and were in fact the very things that excited interest in the first place.
Wow!!! What a list.. I haven’t seen a single one of these films. Not a single one. Now some might think that’s not a good thing. And maybe it’s not to a certain extent, but as a person that always needs new movie ideas, it’s list just like this one that offers some great suggestions. I think Metal Storm in particular seems the most interesting considering my love for early Charles Band films. And I also have a love for anything with Roger Corman name attached to it. I couldn’t imagine the fun seeing a double feature of The Day The World Ended and The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues would have been way back in 1955. Anyway that’s all I have for this one good buddy. Keep It Snacky!!!
I'm right there with you. Since I take such joy in turning folks on to new stuff, it's fine by me when this stuff is new to people. I'm glad that was the case too. Because other than Metalstorm, these were all suggestions from viewers for this list. Metalstorm could have easily been an Empire Picture. It really has that feel. The Bluray is nice because it has both 2D and 3D. Thanks, Pal-o-mino. Keep it slashy.
That is a good one. I was thinking about saving it for another Space Opera episode, but it could probably work for something like this as well. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Well, you know that's got my vote. Despite my addled old brain being unable to recall the full title last night. As I know how much you luvs you some sweet Ernie Hudson action.
@ garfieldsmith332 - interesting point. I'm a big fan of Ultraman '66, but when I bought the bluray set, which only had the original subtitles in English, the characters were saying "Damn it!" constantly. Definitely kiddified for 60s Saturday morning audiences. The show was in Prime time in Japan and sold as a fantasy series for adults. A couple of the episodes may have never made it to American kiddie audiences, as they are down right scary and trippy.
@@tonysantiago255 Probably Damnation Alley did not translate so well. In a sens the film is a survival run. Yes the translation can vary. I have two copies of a French film and the subtitles were updated for the new release. Ultraman, eh. I have the dvd sets of the first colour series. Called Ultraman but the titles on screen show Ultra Q. Original Japanese with English subs. Noticed the recycled Godzilla suit in one episode.
That's a favorite of mine as well. Really quite good and different enough from the Vincent Price version that it stands on its own. I discussed it in part one of the series. Thanks for watching, Mike.
Solid list! I’ve seen and enjoy most of these, except Metal Storm. On your recommendation, if I can find it streaming somewhere I will rectify that situation this weekend. Damnation Alley is probably my fave of these. In fact, I have the triple dip ( of a sorts ). I’ve got the VHS, the book ( the cover of which is shown on the left of the ones you revealed in this video ). And, the EP Damnation Alley by the L A band Bitch. Not really pertinent, just wanted to be silly. I really dig the flying head fortress in Zardoz. That would be some really neat role playing stuff. Anywho- looking snazzy and sounding gravelly…… Thanks fer sharing!
Metal Storm is a great one, but also one of the toughest to find streaming wise. The bluray is still readily available, though. And it has both 2D and 3D versions. Of all the films that were viewer recommendations for the list, Damnation Alley was my favorite. I'm a big fan of the road movie, especially those in desert-like areas. Mix that with post apocalypse and win/win. Speaking of L.A. bands, have you ever seen the Inside Metal documentary series on Tubi? Really good.
@@AtomicSnackBarfor realz- I haven’t been able to find it yet. Yeppers , I know that series. There’s a couple of good ones detailing the birth and life of American thrash and glam metal hair bands. Murder in the Front Row is another good one.
Compare the opening talking head scene in David Lynch's "Dune" with the opening talking head scene in Zardoz. The second one is how not to do that. .... I see how "Damnation Alley" inspired the Fallout games.
I know sometimes my comments come off tongue in cheek, but I would be pretty interested in a top 5 floating head movies list especially from the Atomic Snack Bar. BANANA SPLITS! (still haven't gotten around to watching the movie version)
You know, that would make for some good Youtubin' right there. And I bet there's more out there than one would think. Just off the top of my head there's Time Bandits, Zardoz, Evil Dead II(sorta), and Star Trek V.
mate another great 4 movies ( zardoz um it is strange and i love weird movies maybe need another watch maybe lol ) the others i love damnation ally is still one of my favourites just love it, seen the crawler thing in other films since,the fred olen ray post apocalyptic film hybrid and dakota bound amongst others, seen it in real life a few times here in the uk at comic cons, once promoting a new crowd fund movie that never happened,man its big, metalstorm so cool, cheers man
Zardoz certainly isn't for every one. I wouldn't fault anyone for it not being their cup. But I have found that I do like it a bit more each time I watch it. I'm a big fan of Fred Olen Ray, but I haven't seen Hybrid. I just read that it's a remake of Creepzoids, which I dig. So that's interesting.
Suggest away. With the exception of Metalstorm, every film on this list was a viewer suggestion. I've heard of Goke, but haven't seen it. I didn't realize it was post apocalypse.
Glad you showed some of Hardware Wars! All 5 of the movies are fantastic and always worth watching! Damnation Ally still make cockroaches give me the creeps!
Nice catch. Thus far, you are the first person to have mentioned that/caught it. And you aren't kidding there. Roaches are such an effective, yet underused asset for pure creep factor. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I first saw Hardware Wars when it came out, in class during my second year of fifth grade and it grabbed a hold of my soul! "Help me Auggie Ben Doggie, you're my only hope!"
@@shallendor I saw it on TV as a young lad, but only the once and I'm not sure I even knew the name. But it really stuck with me over the years. At points I thought I may have even imagined it. But one day I ran across it on YT.
@shallendor - Ha! Ha! Ha! A Hanna Barbera reference. " My son, my son. " Those cartoons were more clever than we understood as kids. But a great time to be one.
Liked them all, but do not remover Jared Sin, I did hear of it though. Special fondness for the first movie to. scare the heck out of me, and get me eventually addicted to monsters. I was seven when I went to the movies and saw. The Day The World Ended. The Mutant terrified me. Did you see. 1984's Night of the Comet ? could fit on your list. Liked Boy and his Dog, and Damnation Alley.
Night of the Comet was household favorite when I was a lad. I remember seeing it at the theater and then numerous times on TV. I actually do have it earmarked for a future episode in this series. I probably have enough for about 3 more episodes. Maybe more.
Just a friendly reminder, this is the second part of an ongoing series. If your favorite didn't make the list, it might be in the first episode, which is conveniently linked below. It could also appear in a future episode.
Top Retro Post Apocalypse Movies Part I - ruclips.net/video/WsSkFP57enY/видео.htmlsi=wcwnUpHNcdZhuTWY
I'm 67 years old and love your channel. You are an old soul in a young body, Rock On
That's very cool to hear. Thanks, ST.
I think a big part of that comes from being a kid in the 80s. So much of the pop culture I was exposed to and loved was from the 60s. The Monkees. Lost in Space. Batman. Dobbie Gillis. Patty Duke. Mr. Ed. Green Acres. All this stuff started rerunning at the time. I'd say the 1960s shaped me just as much as the 80s.
@@AtomicSnackBar Interesting. I was a kid growing up in the '60s with those same shows, but, other than LIS and Batman, they didn't really imprint on me 'til the '70s when I was old enough to "get" them. What DID impact me to this day in the '70s were all the old '50s B-movies that were constantly being run on the local channels as the classic Universal horrors were still the territory of the big city TV channels (but it was about this time that this state of affairs was changing). In fact, you mention one of my very favorite ones here: "Day the World Ended", which, to me, is THE quintessential post-apocalypse film.
@@varanid9 It's interesting how that works. I was born in the late 70s, but was too young to really enjoy them. And I guess by the 80s when I was a lad, the 70s had been too recent. They weren't really rerunning any of that stuff yet. Or at least, not to my knowledge. I really didn't start digging into the 70s until I was an adult with the exception of some cartoons.
Great channel! Awesome video! Keep it wacky!
67 today and I have to agree 👍
Those ads you show during the break is a great touch! Brings back memories. Also, great film picks!
Thank you kindly. I like them quite a bit as well. I always try to give the episodes that feeling of watching late night TV back in the appropriate time period.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Another outstanding video, Mr. Sterling. The clips and backstories are excellent.
Thank you much. I must say, I was pretty darn pleased with this one.
Hey man, I thought I was the only person anywhere who loved (or even remembered) Zardoz. Great assessment, and great to know that there are enough other oddballs out there to raise the attention. Greetings to all of them.
And Zardoz is one of those films I seem to like more with each viewing. I would really like to see a nice, restored bluray release. Last time I watched it, not counting when I was editing this video, was a VHS rip.
Thanks for watching. Good to hear from you, Uncle.
The strange atmospheric effects in Damnation Alley were cool and memorable. There was a made-for-tv post-Apocalypse movie that aired around 1977. I only remember that the mutants had ridged skulls and there were old 60s-70s cars used in battle. I'm sure it was not too good but ihas remained in my memory.
Interesting you mention that. Just tonight I watched Planet Earth by Gene Roddenberry. It was from the 70s, set in the post apocalypse, and featured mutants with ridged skulls. Could it have been that one?
That was a great list! keep it coming.
As long as folks continue to watch, I plan to milk this series until there is nothing left. Thanks, Tom. Always a pleasure.
Love all those pictures!
Great choices. Saw 'Boy and His Dog' and 'Zardoz' in a double feature at a art theatre in a big city that shall go unnamed back in the 80's. Don't want to give away Mr. Crowley's true identity.
But of course. We wouldn't want all your clandestine and mysterious plans to come to light. Not yet, at least. No, not yet.
Howdy!
Happy "The Day the World Ended" made the list. Love that one! Didn't know that it was shot in 10 days. Good god, the pressure to get the proper coverage must have been unyielding, that or some hard decisions made in the edit.
I only know of "Zardoz" from it being referenced in other shows. Will need to check it out.
Solid material as always.
Cheers,
Joshua
PS: I'm crap at replying to previous replies. Need to break that habit.
Have you seen the remake of "Day the World Ended"? I heard it's actually pretty good. Buchanan is no Corman, but I'd be interested to see that plot in a 1960s setting.
Zardoz is a strange one. I do, though, find myself enjoying it a bit more with each re-watch. Maybe I'm just not getting enough Bikini Connery in my life.
And hey, no worries at all. Even the one comment is appreciated. Thanks, Joshua.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I bought that remake at the Dollar Tree on a Public Domain double disc a hundred years ago. Really washed out MST3 level stuff. I don't remember being impressed. But it's never going to hold a candle to the Classic Corman/ Blaisdell epic co-starring future Mannix star Touch Connors. And Man! That monster burned itself (radioactively) into my 10 year old brain when I caught it on TV back in the 60s.
@@tonysantiago255 The friend who was telling me he dug it grew up with it and hasn't seen the Corman version.
You need to read Roger Corman's memoir: "How I Made 100 Films in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime." 10 days is nowhere near his record for shortest shoot. Little Shop of Horrors took just 2.
@@unclenogbad1509 Fantastic book. I had actually wanted to do a video on it, but I generally don't have the best of luck with book reviews on the channel.
A Boy and His Dog..... fantastic film personality I think that it's a must see
I don't know. I think it's for the dogs.
I'll see myself out.
@@AtomicSnackBar honestly ASB... until earlier I never realized that it's the same dog from the Brady Bunch.... great vid hope you are having a great 4th weeks...till next week... Peace
@@Donathon-qx8kq I wouldn't have known had I not read it. He's pretty scruffy looking in A Boy and His Dog. Plus, there were a few different Tigers. I don't think I showed the right one in the video. But the footage was tough to find.
Thanks, Don. Hope yours was spiffy as well.
Hey now, I went to college with that dog.
Yeek. I sure hope not. He's a little ruff around the collar.
Fantastic reference to The Great Tim Thomerson. I met him briefly at a book signing and he couldn't have been a finer gentleman to me and my niece. Now the universe is demanding a special Atomic Snack Bar extended episode devoted to Tim Thomerson's career and achievements.
Did Thomerson write a book? If so, that sounds like a must read. I have always liked him. And a Tim Thomerson themed episode, you say? Not a bad idea. Not bad at all.
@@AtomicSnackBar Actually it was Lance Henrickson's book and he and Thomerson are apperently BFFs -- ? -- Henrickson was also a great guy that night. Cheers!
@@tectorgorch8698 Now that's a buddy film I want to see. Thomerson and Henriksen.
All excellent movies this week and another great episode. Had no idea Don Johnson was Falcon voice actor. And two Miami Vice was one of the first TV shows that hooked me and my Mom never missed a episode
I was very aware of Miami Vice, heard much talk about it, but I never watched it for some reason. Probably the lack of monsters and/or robots, I would assume. I might should go back and give it a looksee.
As far as a gritty 80s cop show of course based out of Miami. And Johnson character Crocket was an excellent character. It brought the 80s cocaine playground that was Florida at that time to the forefront
@@Craig-x2k Just seeing 80s Florida again has me interested. Though I wonder how much of it was actually filmed in Florida.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Most if not all of the series was shot there. I knew several local actors that had bit parts, as all the major roles were given to Union Hollywood actors. I auditioned for the Producer, who was quite a character himself. Really nice. Then I promptly got the boot.
@@tonysantiago255 Well, to be fair, you did keep screaming about how much you dislike Don Johnson.
From Australia, love this episode!! If you can, watch Wyrmwood, and another short film, Smoke "em if you Got "em.
Wyrmwood sounds familiar. Was that a zombie movie? Or something akin to it?
RUclips FINALLY decided to put you in the que! I've missed your episodes immensely.
That is good to hear, because I've been releasing videos every Friday evening for at least a year now. Probably more.
I can't believe you managed to work in a "Screaming in the Night" reference! Well done, sir. I always thought that video had its own post-apocalyptic feel; like Genesis II or Planet Earth by Gene Roddenberry.
Coincidentally, I watched Planet Earth for the first time last night. Too bad that one didn't make it to series. It had a lot of promise. Kind of reminded me of Star Trek mixed with the Planet of the Apes series.
Thanks for watching. Always very cool to see you here.
@@AtomicSnackBar Catch Genesis II if you can. It was the original iteration, and the lead actor (Alex Cord) is a lot less action-oriented than John Saxon. Fascinating to compare the two and see how Roddenberry was adjusting the concepts.
And of course both are, broadly, the core ideas behind Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
The Banana Splits ad made me realize that they were just preparing me as a kid to enjoy the Marx Brothers. Conspiracy? I think so. Anyway, I'm surprised that my wife hasn't purchased the DVD of Zardoz for the Ornery Connery. If it had been Burt Reynolds, well, I'm sure she would have already been on it.
If I had a nickel for all the Banana Splits conspiracies I've been a part of. Did I say a part of? I meant heard of. Yeah, that's the ticket. That I've HEARD of. Nothing to see here. Ignore the man in the Burt Reynolds mask.
@@AtomicSnackBarLol!
Always a pleasure, Mr. Sterling!
That pic of Richard Moll with a full head of hair is a trip 😀
@parisgreen4600 - Yes! I have never seen him with hair. I don't think I ever had that much. Lucky guy. But shaving it off clearly was a career making move. I wonder if those Reed Richards greying sideburns were his or for a part? Inquiring minds want to know, Sterling.
You should see him in The Dungeon Master with his magical mullet. Probably extensions, but still a wonderous sight.
Thanks, Paris. Good to hear from you again.
@@tonysantiago255 In that case I do believe they were for the part.
The Land-Master appeared in Apex too. I own Metal Storm in a big box VHS, randomly found it in Charity shop/Thrift Store. Awesome video, may the Cosmic Gods smile upon you 🫡
That is awesome. I've never run across any big box VHS tapes of actual movies. And what a great one to have too.
Looks like your channel is taking off. Congrats!
Many thanks, good sir. And nice to hear from you again. How's the sci-fi office coming along? You ever do a video for it?
@@AtomicSnackBar I did a short displaying my office. Its on the schreckpmc channel along with all my bronze age caveman videos which have improved considerably, in my humble opinion. As for you, keep up the good work.
Nice to see a clip of HARDWARE WARS
Nice catch. I'm glad a couple of folks recognized it.
I think you outdid yourself on this one, Rob. Jaded psychic dogs, mutant killer cockroaches, and 007 in a diaper… this channel really does have it all. 😆
Hey now, it's a sling bikini, not a diaper. That would be just silly.
@@AtomicSnackBar Don't you mean retro Mankini? It's just been a little weathered - rather like Mr Connery.
@@ICrazyGreggy And my sense of humor.
@@AtomicSnackBar I stand corrected… and a bit nauseated.
@@Gappasaurus Gotta be made of pretty tough speedo stuff to hang out at the Snack Bar.
Big ZARDOZ fan here, I first saw it in the theater when I was 10 years old. My mother and aunt would take us to rated R movies back then. I think that it really expanded my mind at a time when my parent's marriage was falling apart. ZARDOZ, FANTASM, Vanishing Point, Monty Python and the Holy Grail to name a few.
My parents were the same way. I saw so many great movies in the theater. And since my hometown didn't have a chain theater until the late 80s, I was fortunate enough to see a lot of b-movies on the big screen.
Great list, AtomicSnackBar! Also, your channel runs the best ads on RUclips!!! Thanks for your hard work. I'll check out part one, later!
PS Great Krokus tune! I forgot about that one!
The Great Paul Blaisdell!!! I'm 100% on board with that! Shout out to his awesome, loyal wife, Jackie, too!
Oh, that's interesting. What kind of ads have you been getting? I have no say in that, other than allowing alcohol ads, and on my end it's often mobile games and random stuff like online universities.
And I think we should start a petition to have his name posthumously changed to the GREAT Paul Blaisdell.
@@AtomicSnackBar I mean the awesome ads you put up! Retro ads!
@@AtomicSnackBar Definitely! I'm glad Corman put Paul's name in the opening credits! I'll sign that petition!
@@voronOsphere Oh, of course. Silly me. I appreciate it. I do so enjoy doing that.
@@AtomicSnackBar When you say "It's time for a break," it's the only time I think, "Cool! Commercials!"
These old gems share a lot with humankind’s highest art form, burlesque. Oops, I meant Vaudeville.
Now, I'm not gonna say you were right the first time ... but I'm not not gonna say it either.
You sneaky yet brilliant man you got me with Zardoz and of course of my favorite Police Academy character. One of my friends in high school showed up to a Halloween dance dressed as Sean Connery's character. Red boots and everything I was proud to dance with him. I am excited to see what you have up your sleeve Sterling.
There was no way I could resist throwing a Zed joke in there. I would have had to turn in my wacky license. Unfortunately, can't keep much in the sleeve of a bowling shirt. Now what's inside the random accordion case ... I can't say.
Excellent list, some of my favorites and guilty pleasures.
Thank you much. I'm very fond of the genre. I imagine this series will see several more entries.
So many great films !!
One of my favorite genres of film.
Fun video. In an interview, John Boorman was discussing Zardoz, and the interviewer asked him why he did some of the stuff in the movie and Boorman couldn't give an answer because he using a lot of- "inspiration"- at the time.
Funnily enough, when I mentioned the film felt like a TTRPG, the original line was "It felt like a TTRPG ... while inspired."
I cut that second part because I wasn't sure if it was okay for advertiser standards.
Trivia Time: In 1955, Actor Justus E. McQueen made his movie debut in "Battle Cry" playing a character named L. Q. Jones. McQueen liked the name so much he used it as his stage name for the rest of his career.
That's interesting. I did not know that. Justus McQueen is such a good, leading man style name.
I knew that. Beat me to it
@@flyingwombat59 The knowledge of patrons here at the Snack Bar never ceases to impress.
@ AtomicSnackBar - 'ad obscurem infinitum.'
@@tonysantiago255 carpe carp
Nice continuation of the series!
I bet you say that to all the bowling shirt-clad weirdoes.
Damnation Alley is a personal favorite, I saw it on it's original TV airing on NBC in '83 (I don't think it had a Canadian theatrical release). Chef's Kiss for the Krokus reference :) I wore out that tape in my walkman back in the days lol!
When I first saw Zardoz on VHS in the 80s I just didn't get it and it bored me, it has since grown a lot on me and it's now a regular watch.
Metalstorm I have not seen since I rented it on VHS in the 80s, I am going to watch it again along with Damnation Alley this weekend! I never made the connection Bull was in Metalstorm!
When I did the first part in this series, quite a few people recommended Damnation Alley. I'm glad they did. I quite liked it. And it was nice to dig into more 70s post apocalypse as well.
Back in the day, I only knew Krokus from their covers. But about 10 years ago, maybe a bit more now, I saw Screaming in the Night on Metal Mania on VH1 Classics and I was blown away by it. And I just love that very NWOBHM looking music video.
Damnation Alley was released in Canada under that title. Saw it at a theater in downtown Toronto when it first came out.
Harlan Ellison didn't like the pancake make up for the underground dwellers in A Boy and His Dog either, but it was ultra low budget and Ellison picked LQ Jones to make the movie. Ellison refused a big studio making it. I like the movie over all and its a classic 70's cult film. Good picks on post apocalypse movies!
Yeah, that pancake make-up was kind of an odd choice. Kind of unintentionally creepy. Or heck, maybe it was intentional. Either way, it was unique.
Thanks for stopping by, Capt.
@@AtomicSnackBar Subbed ! Thank you.
@@captlazer5509 Even better. Welcome to the Snack Bar, Capt. If you like classic sci-fi presented in a positive way, you'll have a good time here.
In "The Boy and his Dog" the dog is NOT the original Tiger from The Brady Bunch. Tiger was hit and killed by a car after the first season 1969-70.
Well, no, he wasn't the original Tiger, but he was one of the Tigers. There were three if I'm not mistaken.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Dude. I was in the San Fernando Valley for 3 years. I never saw any tigers. I don't know what you guys are talking about.
@@tonysantiago255 A tiger hit me with his car once, does that count?
@ AtomicSnackBar - that's what happens when you fill your tank with Exxon gas. And forget to eat your Frosted Flakes.
I must confess, I’ve always had a slight man-crush on Don Johnson and have always wanted to see A Boy and his Dog. Lol, that Zed reference caught me off guard! 😂😂 Another fantastic vid!
He did rock a mighty fine, almost-mullet in the 80s.
But what do you mean? That was a perfectly normal scene from Zardoz.
i remember watching some of those movies back in the day 😀
The 70s and 80s were a truly wonderful time for the genre. I have a feeling this series will go on for a long while.
Thanks for watching, Eugene.
Excellent. I learned new stuff.....again.
We here at Snack Bar Inc. take no credit nor blame for any stuff learned. Says it right there in the terms of service near the section about ninja attacks.
@@AtomicSnackBar You just furnished the info. I'm taking the blame for the learning.
Another great video, you magnificent bastard 🖖
You know me. I try to make sure every video is both magnificent and bastardly.
I subscribed for the Damnation Alley and Krokus references alone. 🙂 I saw Damnation Alley on TV as a kid and loved it. I saw Krokus open for Judas Priest in 1986. Great show (I was just listening to their One Vice at a Time album the other day, as a matter of fact). I love sci fi and I love Metal. 🤘 I saw Metalstorm in the theaters, but I still need to catch Zardoz. John Boorman AND Sean Connery? Hell yeah! Great channel!
I missed out on Krokus back in the day. All I ever heard was their cover songs and I kind of wrote them off. Years later, I caught Screaming in the Night on Metal Mania on VH1 and I was blown away. Around 2007 I started going back and digging into bands I missed the first time around. King Diamond. Lizzy Borden. Thor. Grim Reaper. And most recently, Diamond Head.
Thanks for watching and welcome to the Snack Bar, Raymond.
I've unfortunately only seen one The Day the World Ended.
That just means you have some cool movies to check out. Sounds like a win in my book.
That means you have 4 more great movies to watch!
Visionaries is a post apocalyptic show.
Also defcon 4 is a fun one and surprised you didn't put hell comes to frogtown.
I have Hell Comes to Frogtown earmarked for probably the next episode. If not III, certainly part IV. Great creature effects.
Thanks for watching, Al.
Hilarious as usual, thank you.
I saw the first two movies, but not the others. I read _A Boy and his Dog_ in college. I read several of Harlan Ellison's story collections and his TV criticism, _The Glass Teat._ I liked everything I read by Ellison.
Thanks, Jerry. That is, unless you are talking about my fashion sense again.
@@AtomicSnackBarNot at all.
@@jerryrichardson2799 Oh man, I just now got the rest of your comment. All I saw earlier was the first sentence.
I'm curious, if you recall, if the ending to the book was the same as the ending to the film? Other than the piece of dialog Ellison hated so much.
@@AtomicSnackBarI added to it, a little later. It's been decades since I read the story or watched the movie, I don't remember.
Love your channel!
Always nice to hear, Thumbs. Thank you kindly.
Seen the first two.... sooo.......that's a start!!
That is a start. It's neat when I cover stuff folks like. But it's equally as rewarding, if not more so, to turn folks on to something new.
I'd love to see a list of Top Obscure Retro Films that use Stop-Motion Animation Special Effects.
That is an excellent suggestion. But man that would be a tough list to narrow down.
@@AtomicSnackBar Definitely. That's why I was thinking more obscure films, skipping the obvious Ray Harryhausen productions.
Stuff like, The Day Time Ended, The Crater Lake Monster, Laserblast (I guess it's not too great, but interesting), Planet of the Dinosaurs, and hopefully some stuff I haven't discovered yet.
@@voronOsphere Funnily enough, The Day Time Ended was the very last movie I ever rented on betamax. Seeing that cover, I just had to rent it.
@@AtomicSnackBar I still need to sit down & watch it. I found it on RUclips awhile back, but it wasn't the right time to watch the whole movie. I saw the famous publicity still of the three stop-motion models and have always wanted to see it since!
@voronOsphere - Sorry, but if Bubo the mechanical owl can't be considered... I'm out.
True classics:) Love Zardoz! And Excalibur is AMAZING!
That Boorman, he sure knew how to make a visually interesting and unique movie.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yup, I've seen all these films, and that one is a personal favorite:)
@@georgesulea I don't think it gets enough credit for its effects either. All the scenes of the flying head look great.
@@AtomicSnackBar Agreed!
Another super video reflective of outstanding research. I have always found Jan-Michael Vincent to be an interesting person; however, I had no clue, until now, that his family background is quite colorful.
That tidbit was news to me as well when I started doing research for the episode. Thought it was kind of neat.
If I remember correctly there was a Metal Storm video game on the Commodore 64 or Nintendo. Quick search, it was a Japanimation game for Nintendo.
Oh yeah, there sure was. I kinda remember that one. Or at very least, the cover art.
Hard to believe I was falling asleep in the theater trying to get thru Damnation Alley only a few months after That Other Movie came out in '77. Not surprisingly, I ended up seeing That Other Movie in the theater well over 100 times, but Damnation Alley only once. No surprise, right? Later, in the late 80s or early 90s, I frequently drove past the LandMaster when it was parked at Dean Jeffries Automotive, 3077 Cahuenga Blvd. The shop was owned by the late, legendary custom car painter - who also painted the Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" and many other classic show cars.
While Damnation Alley induced narcolepsy, "The Day the World Ended" scared the absolute freakin' crap out of me when I saw it on tv after school in the very early 70s. Amazing how much your windows of perception change in just a few short years!
When I was doing research for the episode, I was really surprised just how much information was out there for the Landmaster. It even had its own wikipedia page. I think it may be just as popular as the film itself.
Speaking of scary childhood movies, monster movies didn't really scare me as a lad, but Carnival of Souls sure did. And it wasn't even the film itself. Just the trailer, which I had on the Horrible Horror VHS tape, used to all kinds of creep me out.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I didn't see Carnival until I was an adult, but it's still a great film!
I wouldn't be surprised if Elon based Cybertruck on the LandMaster - he's such an admitted SF geek!
By the way - inspired by your video, I just purchased one of the vintage Aurora Creature kits from eBay! Of all the kits I have in my Creature Case, that one original classic has never been among them.
@@atlanteum Funnily enough, I didn't actually see Carnival in full until I was an adult as well. It was just too creepy for kid-me.
And that is awesome to hear, especially that you have a Creature Case as well. Toys and collectables are one of my biggest interests. I've just never had much luck with covering them on the channel.
Do you happen to have any photos of your Creature Case floating around online?
@@AtomicSnackBar No, but your video inspires me to put some kind of presentation together! I have some cool creature stuff, but no full-vintage 60s kits [well... until that Aurora kit arrives from eBay next week!]
By the way, are you in the UK [you said "lad" and "funnily enough"!] or just up late in the US?
@@atlanteum I would like to see that. Do let me know.
And I'm U.S. based, just nocturnal with a very random use of slang and expressions. I just grab stuff I like. Could be too that a good number of my VIPs here at the Snack Bar are from the U.K. and I'm just picking up their slang.
I grew up watching post apocalypse movies like Damnation Alley and The Day After, but never went this far back - I guess b&w wasn't that popular on network tv by then. Interesting to see some of these golden oldies.
It is interesting looking back at these early post apocalypse films. Many folks don't realize that Robot Monster also has a post apocalyptic setting. Heck, there are only 7 people left on Earth.
Thanks for stopping by, Mr. Hobo.
@ AtomicSnackBar -😆😆😆 slipped in a Robot Monster reference. Slick Slim.
@@tonysantiago255 Any excuse to bring up toys, Robot Monster, and The Dungeonmaster, and that sleazy tiki weirdo from the Atomic Snack Bar will do it.
I'd forgotten completely about the day the world ended. Saw it years ago, and vaguely remember loving it, so not have to watch it again
Always glad to cure a little movie amnesia.
Great video. A Boy and his Dog and Metalstorm both sound awesome. Zardoz has been on my wanna watch list for a while. Krokus!!!!!
What video about movies is really worth its salt without a Krokus reference? None, I say.
@ AtomicSnackBar - definitely not my generation, but Krokus sounds like a frog band to me.
@@tonysantiago255 I need to go stand in the Corner of Shame. It took me a good five or so seconds to catch what you meant.
@ AtomicSnackBar - some jokes have a built in delay response. Also, they self destruct after 10 seconds.
There were various pre-production titles for Zardoz, which were dependent upon the various themes being considered. The first was THE SHAPE OF THONGS TO COME. Then, when Connery suggested his outfit was like a truss from outer space, they tried FROM RUPTURE WITH LOVE. Given the revelatory properties of the outfit, UNDERBALL was considered, as well as YOU ONLY LIFT TWICE, due to Connery's continuous adjustments to his outfit. In a meeting with the producer, Connery suggested they put sparkles on his loincloth and call the movie ON HIS MAJESTY'S SEQUINED SURFACE. However, they eventually settled on ZARDOZ, which was also the proprietary name of the psychotropic drug that was taken by whoever wrote this piece of garbage.
You know, Adam, you are a delight.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thank you thank you thank you. It is my pleasure to serve.
@@w.adammandelbaum1805 All good, but "The Shape of Thongs to Come" actually got an out loud laugh out of me. That's tough to do.
@@AtomicSnackBar Rob, you should just say it made you “LOL”. It’s what all the really cool kids are saying 😎
@@Gappasaurus I assume that stands for Lord of Light, the Jack Kirby designed film based on the novel by the same gentleman that wrote Damnation Alley.
Hey Rob! Awesome vid man. So many post apocalyptic goodies here....and bonus points for that Police Academy reference! 😁You know I always thought Richard Moll looked bad-ass as Big Ben in 'House'...but his makeup in 'Metalstorm' makes him look even more bad-asserer. (that''s a word, but don't look it up, it's new so they haven't added it yet) Hope your week has been going well! Lata! 🤜🤛
House was a Household favorite when I was a kid. Saw it at the theater several times too. And I get that the movie is quirky, but I just don't understand why Big Ben isn't a more talked about monster. Incredible performance and great make-up design. Bonus points to you, good sir, for mentioning it.
(2) I really LIKED 'Zardoz". Mostly because it had Sean Connery (almost) bare-arsed nekkid during the whole thing. WOOT!!!.
That's the main reason everyone likes this movie, right?
I must have been about 7 years old when I turned on the tv really late one night and A Boy and His Dog was half way through. It was a very confusing but fascinating twenty minutes of viewing until my mum came in and made me go to bed
Yeah, maybe not the most 7 year old-friendly film, especially the ending, but it's well worth a re-watch.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
I enjoy your great reviews.
Thank you much, Larry.
Absolutely outstanding list ASB! & as always, I must applaud your level of research! Thank You!
Your channel has marvelous judgment! If not particularly... Good Taste! (Sorry Friend! Couldn't resist!)
I've told you and told you, Pondo, you've got to stop trying to chew on the channel. It's just going to taste like martinis and stale donuts.
That Krokus video is one of my favorite things ever, and I am dismayed by how many people in my life don't know it exists.
Not only is it an amazing song, I just love that video. There was a very short time in the 80s where metal videos had that look. Something about the film quality, I'm not sure. But it's great and always makes me think of NWOBHM.
@@kellswitch yup. Headhunter was a pretty successful album for Krokus. I have a copy somewhere stashed away with all my LPs.
@ chrisbridges4885 - Congratulations on being smart enough to hang on to all your LPs. It's my constant regret that I gave most of mine to a Thrift store during the "CDs are the New Wave!" propaganda campaign. Now, I have a ridiculous amount of CDs, but there was a richness to the sound of vynil. And what gets a $30 vynil release today? Taylor Swift. "Oh...HELLS NO!"
@@tonysantiago255 alas I don’t have em all. Hurricane Ivan destroyed over 100 LPs and singles
@ chrisbridges4885 - My deepest sympathies. I can relate. In 197...4(?) I experienced The Great Leaky Bedroom Roof Flood of Hollywood, Florida, which not only took all of my childhood drawings, but perhaps worse yet, my early 70s Jack Kirby DC comics. Ist issues of all the books he was creating when he left Marvel. Soaked. Totally destroyed. To quote Dr. Zachary Smith: "Oh the pain... the Pain."
"A Boy and his Dog" (1975)
"Day the World Ended" (1955)
"Zardoz" (1974)
"Damnation Alley" (1977)
"Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn" (1983)
I was a bit more 70s focused than usual on this one. The first volume was more 80s-centric.
Excalibur was a very good movie! I watched it a lot back then. I think it was one of those that came out on video right when VCRs started hitting… and a player had a price around a thousand bucks. We actually shelled that out and got one. I hooked it up to my stereo… and the rest is history. Bam! Check and Chong and Time Bandits, played very loudly. 😂
Thanks for the Cool video!
I guess you wouldn’t believe me if I told you I worked on the Atari assembly line, would ya?!
I did. Me and bunch of ladies sat at tables, passing the unit down the line to each other… as each of us put on the next part. I was in charge of rubber feet, as I recall. It was very technical! Again I say😂😂!
We had a betamax really early on. And that high price tag is why my parents took awhile to switch over to a VCR. At first it was fine. But as the beta section started to shrink and the VHS section started to grow, the grass certainly was greener.
And speaking of, I had Time Bandits on tape on beta.
Ha ha, That’s great! Time Bandits was fun, man!!
So many good movies. I lost my mind over Airplane. It doesn’t hit now, but it’s a classic!
The Great Paul Blaisdel. The mutant monster was another memorable creation. I once saw a figurine of the mutant at a comic book convention(my very first visit). The figurine was well detailed. I told the dealer that was selling it that the mutant is great one. He didn’t know what the significance was, so I explained to him. It was selling for about a hundred bucks at the time. The actor Touch Connors will be later known as Mike Connors in a detective series called Mannix.
L.Q. Jones was director and possibly co-writer of a horror movie called The Witch Maker. He was in the classic Casino.
Damnation Alley. I have seen snippets of the movie here and there. I don’t have any thoughts about it as yet. Jackie Earle Haley was also in The Bad News Bears:Breaking Training as the mature beyond his years Kelly.
The Visionaries. If my memory serves, was created by the creative team behind The Transformers. It had a short-lived cartoon series in 1987, that had Jonathan Harris as the Wizard who endows the knight with their powers based upon their personality traits. There was another toy line called the Air Raiders. It was created by the creative team that was behind G.I. Joe. Toys in the 80’s were the best.
Metal Storm: The Destruction Of Jared-Syn. I remember watching a report about the death of a stunt man during production(in fact, it was at the time of the accidental death of actor Jon Erik Hexum). Richard Moll did an interview with his Bull puppet on his favorite films. One of them was The Dungeon Master.
Great video, great memories, my friend 😎👍✌️
Oh, do tell. When and where was the comic book convention? I have a real interest in con culture before it got all super popular in recent years, especially in the 80s and before. My first was back in '87.
Which, coincidentally, is when Visionaries aired. Talk about an underrated show. I watched it again a few years ago and it held up really well. Not only did Jonathan Harris provide a voice, so did Jim "Winnie the Pooh" Cummings.
I hadn't heard that about Richard Moll. That's great to hear. Too often actors are embarrassed of their early work. But I just love that film.
@@AtomicSnackBar It was in Weston, Florida at a Marriott hotel. I think it was in 2007. There were so many cosplayers there. Especially those cosplayers who are fans of anime. Some costumes were bought from a store and others, a good majority were homemade and you can see the love that was put into every single detail. And the props were all to exact details, too. I was very impressed with the fan’s dedication and love for the characters that they were portraying. There were so many comic book sellers and sellers that sold other rare treats like toys and DVDs(mostly bootlegged, but some bootlegged DVDs are better than others). I hadn’t been to another comic book convention since then. I had always wanted to go to G-Con and another sci-fi convention in Pennsylvania with Creepy Classics in Pennsylvania ( those conventions have visits from legendary sci-fi stars like Caroline Munro and other notable actors in the genre. They even have a Saturday morning breakfast where everyone enjoys cereal while watching movies and cartoons. Just like we all did on Saturday mornings.
Richard Moll was in the film Caveman with Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, Dennis Quaid, Jack Gilpin and Barbara Bach(whom he met and married)among others. Ringo was on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and he had brought a clip from the film. Aside from meeting Barbara Bach, he didn’t like the film.
Richard Moll’s role was the abominable snowman creature who kept Dennis Quaid’s character on ice. I haven’t seen Caveman in years but it was no surprise that taller actors played monsters (Kevin Peter Hall played an alien hunter in the film Without Warning, seven years before he gained fame for playing the Predator and Harry from Harry And The Henderson). The last film I saw Richard Moll in was But, I’m A Cheerleader. He also did voice acting work on episodes of Justice League and others.
@@garyreid2178 That's an interesting tidbit there. I don't think I knew the snowman creature was Richard Moll. I was all about that movie as a kid. I want to say we had it taped on beta and I would watch it a whole lot.
1. A Boy and His Dog - Don Johnson definitely had his priorities straight in this movie - he starred in Nash Bridges too
2. The Day the World Ended - a Favorite of mine, I have it up there with 'Time Machine, Panic in Year Zero, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and World without End',
3. Zardoz - a good movie about immortals vs mortals with the name taken from Wizard of OZ, a good movie with Sean Connery when there were few special effects but good acting and makeup
4. Damnation Alley - Hannibal Smith and Stringfellow Hawke, two great characters and a good movie.
5. Metal Storm was good to watch with a bucket of popcorn and Mt Dew
A TV Apocalypse show was ARK 2 a very young adult show with morals like Shazam, and Isis
Oh man, a Stringfellow Hawke/Hannibal Smith TV series. Now that would have been a team-up for the ages. Throw in a Michael Knight cameo and it would have broken the 80s.
I haven't seen Ark II, but it co-starred a chimp voiced by Lou Scheimer. Sounds like a winner to me.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yes it would have been a great crossover for all three, you’re correct about the chimp, it usually opens up with the chimp playing chess with one of the youngsters
The Day The World Ended is a movie I remember two versions of, and especially for the gallery of three portraits of mutations from an atomic test. I REALLY like A Boy And His Dog.
Ah, Visionaries! I wonder if Orbital Bacon got over his problems with the strikes against him - that was a fascinating cartoon.
Damnation Alley was an incredible film surviving Peppard and Vincent and a perennial favorite. Metalstorm is a great top choice. Richard Moll AND Tim Thomerson are two great actors.
When you say you remember two versions of Day the World Ended, do you mean the original and the remake? Or two different versions of the original?
Visionaries holds up really well. I re-watched it a few years ago. Refresh me on who Orbital Bacon is?
Thanks, Doug. Always a pleasure.
Some classic apocalyptic scifu there, Day the World Ended is one of my favourites. Cool advert as well, sure I had some of those action figures back in the day.
I only had a few Visionaries, but I thought they were awesome and I loved the cartoon. They were kind of like G.I.Joes/Action Force, but much bigger.
@AtomicSnackBar Yeah, had a couple of them, never saw the cartoon here in UK tho, so never really knew what they were about. I remember liking how articulated the figures were, bit like Micronauts
@@paulbowler5345 As an adult I don't care for articulation, but as a kid I thought it was great. They had so much more playability than your usual 5.5 figures with some kind of useless play feature.
I haven't missed many Corman movies..tdtwe is no exception.
It's a good one. And I dug how Touch Connors character felt like a bad guy from a gangster movie or a film noir. Unique for sci-fi.
As time goes drifting by, I can't believe I saw all these 70's films at the theater, including METALSTORM in 3D! There sure were lots of "Visionaries" in those days. I think you should go for a Corman retrospective for sure!
I picked up the bluray for Metalstorm not terribly long ago. It has both the 2D and 3D versions. Pretty neat and a nice picture. I missed that one in the theater, but I sure as heck saw The Dungeonmaster. Not sure if I've ever mentioned that film before...
Seeing the clips of the Thing From Another World, it occurred to me that, in the amazing kerosene fight scene (not appearing in this video), it wasn't just the James Arness risking life and limb, but also the costume was getting flambéed.
Regarding that Crocus reference, maybe an episode could be done around sci-fi themed music videos. I'll suggest "Tower of Strength" by the Mission, which has a great low-fi, psychedelic, Warhammer 40k feel to it.
An intriguing idea. I will put my thinking brain on that one. It would probably be pretty easy to come up with a list as well.
I'm not familiar with the Mission, but I shall run take a look right now.
Zardoz AND Damnation Alley in one outing?? I'm impressed! Honestly, I hadn't thought about Damnation for years even though I have Zelazny's book. I loved both in their time and kind of regret never having been able to pick them up as DVD's ( I'm sure I would have jumped at the chance upon encountering them) Thank you Sir. I really mean that, I most sincerely do.
Glad I was able to fill the mustache quota this weekend. I've been slacking a bit. So I squeezed in some Burt for good measure.
As far as the physical media, both Zardoz and Damnation Alley are still fairly easy to get ahold on DVD here, but they do seem a bit more rare in Australia.
And thanks really must go to you. Thank you much for continuing to visit the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I look forward to getting a new installment of retro sci fi goodness every week and would miss it should you ( heaven forbid! ) ever give up on your channel.Keep those wonderful outings coming Sir! Does me good to have the occasional memory jog to prompt recollection of things passed though much enjoyed.
@@ICrazyGreggy I don't think you'll have to worry about that anytime soon. I would like to get to the point where I can do two big episodes a month rather than one big episode and three small ones, but I'm still a ways off from that I imagine.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Yeah... you're no where near the beach, my friend. You chose to move to the middle of Florida. So... " No toes in the sand and pina~colados for you! "
@AtomicSnackBar - If you keep up the good work, I might consider sending you a coconut colada donut. With a fancy paper umbrella. No sprinkles.
“A Boy and His Dog” is a must see. “Zardoz” was good, too, and weird.
I think Blood would agree with you. Or maybe not, he was a bit pessimistic.
I’d love to see your take on Neon City with Michael Ironside, Vanity, Lyle Alzedo, and Monte Markham.
I am glad you said that. I saw that one on cable many years back, but couldn't for the life of me remember the name. Just a film with Ironside with a ponytail. It's now on the list for future episodes.
Thanks, Kurt.
@@AtomicSnackBar Glad I could lend a paw! I remember seeing it on SciFi Channel back when it actually ran sci-fi, and then spent years trying to find it. I think someone uploaded a version to YT. I really thought that it had some very cool ideas and they did a lot with what was clearly a very limited budget.
@@kfeltenberger Not to mention a great cast. Ironside and Vanity. That's almost enough for me right there.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm a Monte Nation fan myself. He was very popular back in the early 70s and did a lot of TV shows that I enjoyed. And he was, I believe, A Florida native.
Monte MARKHAM! Spellcheck SUUUUUCCCKKKSSSS!!!
Awesome video Slim. I saw a boy and his dog is a movie that I saw way too young. I was afraid women would milk me. Not in a good way either lol. I haven't seen the day the world ended since I was a kid. I have zardoz but never watched it. I'll have to check if I have damnation alley. I'm pretty sure I've seen it. Metalstorm, love it. Saw it with my father in 3D when it came out.
The 70s and 80s, a wonderfully lawless time when we were able to watch movies that we probably shouldn't have been watching yet they did us no harm. Other than your fear of women and the fact that you always hang out with psychic dogs.
And I still need to check out Megaforce. It just never seems to come down under 30 bucks. Thanks, J-Man.
If we learned anything from these movies, the best part of the post-apocalypse era will be the vehicles.
Apparently there will be lots of spiffy leather clothing as well.
lol I’ve still got Damnation Alley on VHS taped off the TV up in my mum’s attic somewhere.
That's good stuff. I should have a bunch of VHS tapes at my mum's house as well. I was an avid taper back in the day.
One of my favorites nothing beats Sean Connery in a diaper grinding through to finish the movie
I prefer to think of it as a sling bikini. You know, it's a bit classier.
@@AtomicSnackBar At least it's not a banana hammock...
@@voronOsphere So that's not a good look? I may need to switch accountants.
I remeber seeing metalstorm in theaters!!! Great memories!! Damnation alley i remember as the movie of the week. The coachroach scene was awesome
That would have been awesome to see on the big screen. Thinking about it, I don't remember seeing very many 3D films as a kid, yet my family went to a ton of movies.
Yeah man! Loved those giant hissing cockroaches!
@ chrisbridges - Growing up in South Florida as I did, I LOATH cockroaches. I'm keepin' an eye on you Bridges. First, it's My Little Pony. And now this. Yer lookin' a bit sketchy my friend.
@@tonysantiago255 No, no. He wears that trench coat, fedora, and dark glasses all the time for unrelated reasons.
@@tonysantiago255 yeah, but these were Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Believe it or not, one used to be able to purchase these guys in pet stores. They made great pets. Perfect guard animals. I mean heck, you put one these things on your PB&J and who is gonna dare try to take it?
I always liked post apocalypse movies
Its my favorite genre next to horror
It's one of my favorite genres as well. Heck, I have a whole book based on it coming out this month.
@@AtomicSnackBar you keep teasing a release. Details man, we need details!
@@chrisbridges4885 Well, let's just say a little announcement will be announced this Friday.
@@AtomicSnackBar awesome sauce!
@ AtomicSnackBar - Uh...link in 'pinned' description, I hope. Impulse buying. Sell! Sell! Sell! "BUY MY BOOK, you Magnificent Bastiches! ". Papa's jones'en fo some donuts!" Wit some sprinkles.
'On the Beach' (1959) An American submarine crew in Australia await the fallout to spread after a nuclear war. Not a 'B' movie, but presented in a downplayed, intelligent and believable way. A thinking man`s post apocalypse film with fine performances by Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire in a non dancing role.
Nice deep pull there. I don't think I've ever heard of that one. And I received a ton of suggestions when I did the first episode. Though it's possible I did and forgot. Either way, I will look into that now. Thanks, Rabbit.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Thinking man's film is code for slow moving and very 'talky-talky'. Nooooo action. Not even a nuclear explosion I think. Right in your wheelhouse, Sterling. Creation of the Humanoids without the fantastic elements, on a 'A' studio budget. And with a cast like that, definitely worth a watch. Gregory Peck in anything.
@@tonysantiago255 I do like the talky. But it has to be intriguing. That's the important part.
That first film got me to thinking…. Which movie set in a “future” which has now passed us by, depicted the future are you most bummed to have missed out on? Running Man, Soylent Green, Escape from New York? Mad Max? The Omega Man? Oh some fine post-apocalyptic fun to be had in this list…
Man, certainly none of those films. Talk about bleak futures. I'd have to go Star Trek TOS where things are good and colorful. Though I guess that hasn't passed yet. Something tells me the future won't be that awesome.
@ AtomicSnackBar - If you were a suburban kid in the 60s, looking back in hindsight, it isn't. We just have access to more 'stuff'. But then that's why your channel strikes a cord with your patrons.
@@tonysantiago255 I'd take robots and 3D chess over tik tok and the book of faces any day of the week.
I think it all depends on where you are in the society! Robcop’s a fun future if you are the “I’d buy that for a DOLLAR” guy! 1984 bites for everyone…
I’ll pick Runaway! House robots to do it all as long as you don’t piss off Gene Simmons!
I’d also like Alien Nation. I’d love to have an Alien Buddy to kick around with!
@@TbeariusAndrew Blade Runner wouldn't be too bad a choice either. And not angering Gene Simmons ... always a good idea.
I freaking love Zardoz.
And that's the kind of person that is welcome here at the Snack Bar. Thanks, Tad.
gotta love Zardoz for how blatantly, unapologetically weird it is...its aesthetic, its period and how this future came to be...all nicely brushed aside in favour of strange, "civilized" brutality. when the name of Zardoz is finally explained it makes about as much sense as anything else in the film, where poetic license seems far more important than any kind of realism. I'm not sure that such a style would be able to be made on a big budget today, given our need for a lot of unnecessary specifics and hard tech visuals. Even the latest Dune features don't seem as strange as Zardoz, both then and now.
Something I have noticed over the years, many people(and not just average movie viewers) associate strange with bad. When something is really weird, it's automatically bad. Zardoz is strange as all get out, but none can truly say it's a poorly made film. Good direction. Good acting. Creative. But it's so darn weird, I think that throws many. And at the end of the day, you do walk away knowing what happened. It just happened in the weirdest possible way.
@@AtomicSnackBar agreed! weird, confusing, convoluted etc aren't red flags for me... unless those flags are to draw me in!. So much of what I enjoy in fantasy (or fantasy adjacent) films are often edging on alienating, and prepared to go beyond simply pandering to some corporate expectation that creators of such cinema are there only to make the big bucks. the illusion of the "mainstream'! i worry about how many supposed rough-edges are smoothed over during the development process of scripts and were in fact the very things that excited interest in the first place.
@@jackfriend4u Well said, good sir. Well said, indeed.
Wow!!! What a list.. I haven’t seen a single one of these films. Not a single one. Now some might think that’s not a good thing. And maybe it’s not to a certain extent, but as a person that always needs new movie ideas, it’s list just like this one that offers some great suggestions.
I think Metal Storm in particular seems the most interesting considering my love for early Charles Band films.
And I also have a love for anything with Roger Corman name attached to it. I couldn’t imagine the fun seeing a double feature of The Day The World Ended and The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues would have been way back in 1955. Anyway that’s all I have for this one good buddy. Keep It Snacky!!!
I'm right there with you. Since I take such joy in turning folks on to new stuff, it's fine by me when this stuff is new to people. I'm glad that was the case too. Because other than Metalstorm, these were all suggestions from viewers for this list.
Metalstorm could have easily been an Empire Picture. It really has that feel. The Bluray is nice because it has both 2D and 3D.
Thanks, Pal-o-mino. Keep it slashy.
Any movie about the future hellscape that is 1999 is always a good watch
You can say that again.
You might think about The Final Programme for a future episode
I haven't seen that one yet. I have it on my list, though. I've heard really good things.
@@AtomicSnackBar seeing Zardoz reminded me of it
@@Madmax-rz5hz Oh yeah? Is it kind of trippy as well?
@@AtomicSnackBar definitely, similar late 60s Brit vibe, based on a Michael Moorcock book. Will score many trippy points
A fun bunch of movies!
I generally try to go with fun whenever possible. Surprising how many post apocalypse films are actually fun and not just doom and gloom.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is also a good Post Apocalypse Movie.
That is a good one. I was thinking about saving it for another Space Opera episode, but it could probably work for something like this as well.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Well, you know that's got my vote. Despite my addled old brain being unable to recall the full title last night. As I know how much you luvs you some sweet Ernie Hudson action.
@@tonysantiago255 I am all about the Hudson. I don't have many Pop figures, but I do have an Ernie.
@ AtomicSnackBar - You own an action figure of Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters? I am impressed.
I remember seeing Spacehunter at the theater when it came out, an underrated movie and available to watch on RUclips, free.
Yes, do a Corman episode. So many great movies.
I've been mulling the idea over in my head. Man, talk about a tough one to narrow down.
@ AtomicSnackBar - definitely have to separate the sci-fi movies from his Poe films. But are those still within the parameters of the SnackBar?
@@tonysantiago255 Probably not, but I'll talk with my PR team.
@ AtomicSnackBar - just don't bring the lawyers in. They'll come at you with their legal briefs. And nobody wants to see those. One word: thongs.
@@tonysantiago255 The underpants talk is spreading to other threads now. It's an under pantspocalypse.
Damnation Alley was re-release in some markets as Survival Run and I believe on early bootleg videos.
@ garfieldsmith332 - Not nearly as cool a title as Damnation Alley! Maybe certain markets were squeamish about the 'D' word.
Not a bad title per se, but like Tony said, not nearly as cool. I wonder if perhaps they did that so folks wouldn't think it was a horror movie.
@@tonysantiago255 Probably. One market was Japan. Guess the translation to Japanese might have not had the same meaning.
@ garfieldsmith332 - interesting point. I'm a big fan of Ultraman '66, but when I bought the bluray set, which only had the original subtitles in English, the characters were saying "Damn it!" constantly. Definitely kiddified for 60s Saturday morning audiences. The show was in Prime time in Japan and sold as a fantasy series for adults. A couple of the episodes may have never made it to American kiddie audiences, as they are down right scary and trippy.
@@tonysantiago255 Probably Damnation Alley did not translate so well. In a sens the film is a survival run. Yes the translation can vary. I have two copies of a French film and the subtitles were updated for the new release. Ultraman, eh. I have the dvd sets of the first colour series. Called Ultraman but the titles on screen show Ultra Q. Original Japanese with English subs. Noticed the recycled Godzilla suit in one episode.
My personal favorites from t this list is Damnation Alley. But my all time favorite post apocalyptic movie is the Omega Man.
That's a favorite of mine as well. Really quite good and different enough from the Vincent Price version that it stands on its own. I discussed it in part one of the series.
Thanks for watching, Mike.
Great video!
Thank you much.
Solid list! I’ve seen and enjoy most of these, except Metal Storm. On your recommendation, if I can find it streaming somewhere I will rectify that situation this weekend.
Damnation Alley is probably my fave of these. In fact, I have the triple dip ( of a sorts ). I’ve got the VHS, the book ( the cover of which is shown on the left of the ones you revealed in this video ). And, the EP Damnation Alley by the L A band Bitch. Not really pertinent, just wanted to be silly.
I really dig the flying head fortress in Zardoz. That would be some really neat role playing stuff.
Anywho- looking snazzy and sounding gravelly……
Thanks fer sharing!
Metal Storm is a great one, but also one of the toughest to find streaming wise. The bluray is still readily available, though. And it has both 2D and 3D versions.
Of all the films that were viewer recommendations for the list, Damnation Alley was my favorite. I'm a big fan of the road movie, especially those in desert-like areas. Mix that with post apocalypse and win/win.
Speaking of L.A. bands, have you ever seen the Inside Metal documentary series on Tubi? Really good.
@@AtomicSnackBarfor realz- I haven’t been able to find it yet.
Yeppers , I know that series. There’s a couple of good ones detailing the birth and life of American thrash and glam metal hair bands. Murder in the Front Row is another good one.
@@chrisbridges4885 I like the ones about individual bands as well. I Am Thor is great. As is I'm Too Old for This Sh*t.
@@AtomicSnackBarI haven’t seen the Thor one. Im assuming it’s about the musician and actor Thor?
@@chrisbridges4885 That it is. It reminds me a bit of the Anvil documentary, but I thought it was much better.
Compare the opening talking head scene in David Lynch's "Dune" with the opening talking head scene in Zardoz. The second one is how not to do that. .... I see how "Damnation Alley" inspired the Fallout games.
I've heard that, but I haven't played those myself. In what way do they take after the film?
@@AtomicSnackBar the giant scorpions and other insects. Wander into the desert areas and those are the main baddies.
@@EndingSimple Makes sense. Giant scorpions would make for good foes.
Post-Apocalyptic movies….. my one weakness! That, and combs. Damn combs!
So if they made a movie about combs taking over mankind after an apocalypse, would it be the greatest or the worst?
@@AtomicSnackBar yes
@@haitch2676 That's the kind of thinkin' we need here at the Snack Bar. Both inside and outside the box.
@@AtomicSnackBar a kind of Schrödinger's opinion, if you will
@@haitch2676 Yes. Yes, I will.
I know sometimes my comments come off tongue in cheek, but I would be pretty interested in a top 5 floating head movies list especially from the Atomic Snack Bar. BANANA SPLITS! (still haven't gotten around to watching the movie version)
You know, that would make for some good Youtubin' right there. And I bet there's more out there than one would think. Just off the top of my head there's Time Bandits, Zardoz, Evil Dead II(sorta), and Star Trek V.
I've only seen a handful of these
That's good, though. Gives you some really cool stuff to check out.
mate another great 4 movies ( zardoz um it is strange and i love weird movies maybe need another watch maybe lol ) the others i love damnation ally is still one of my favourites just love it, seen the crawler thing in other films since,the fred olen ray post apocalyptic film hybrid and dakota bound amongst others, seen it in real life a few times here in the uk at comic cons, once promoting a new crowd fund movie that never happened,man its big, metalstorm so cool, cheers man
Zardoz certainly isn't for every one. I wouldn't fault anyone for it not being their cup. But I have found that I do like it a bit more each time I watch it.
I'm a big fan of Fred Olen Ray, but I haven't seen Hybrid. I just read that it's a remake of Creepzoids, which I dig. So that's interesting.
For Part 3 might I suggest 1968's Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell? A very strange film from Japan.
Suggest away. With the exception of Metalstorm, every film on this list was a viewer suggestion.
I've heard of Goke, but haven't seen it. I didn't realize it was post apocalypse.
Glad you showed some of Hardware Wars!
All 5 of the movies are fantastic and always worth watching!
Damnation Ally still make cockroaches give me the creeps!
Nice catch. Thus far, you are the first person to have mentioned that/caught it. And you aren't kidding there. Roaches are such an effective, yet underused asset for pure creep factor.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
@@AtomicSnackBar I first saw Hardware Wars when it came out, in class during my second year of fifth grade and it grabbed a hold of my soul! "Help me Auggie Ben Doggie, you're my only hope!"
@@shallendor I saw it on TV as a young lad, but only the once and I'm not sure I even knew the name. But it really stuck with me over the years. At points I thought I may have even imagined it. But one day I ran across it on YT.
@shallendor - Ha! Ha! Ha! A Hanna Barbera reference. " My son, my son. " Those cartoons were more clever than we understood as kids. But a great time to be one.
Liked them all, but do not remover Jared Sin, I did hear of it though. Special fondness for the first movie to. scare the heck out of me, and get me eventually addicted to monsters. I was seven when I went to the movies and saw. The Day The World Ended. The Mutant terrified me. Did you see. 1984's Night of the Comet ? could fit on your list. Liked Boy and his Dog, and Damnation Alley.
Night of the Comet was household favorite when I was a lad. I remember seeing it at the theater and then numerous times on TV. I actually do have it earmarked for a future episode in this series. I probably have enough for about 3 more episodes. Maybe more.
Great video...👍
Thanks, Allan. And thanks for watching.
@@AtomicSnackBar>>> You're Welcome.