recommended

Good start, but then it gets ruined

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I am a sucker for the post-apolitical, last people of earth types of films and Day the World Ended (1955) is one of them. This one I find really good. It's suspenseful, eerie, claustrophobic, intense and just an all around good sci-fi horror film. I really enjoy this one.There are 7 people who believes they maybe the last people on earth. 2 women and 5 men are alone in the world - one of them has half mutated after the atomic explosion that left them trying to survive in the contaminated climate. What they don't know is the fact there is a complete mutant - a monster hunting them down. Will they all survive?The movie mainly focus on the 7 characters: how they are surviving, how it's effecting their physical and mental health, their relationships with one another and their unawareness of the mutant monster lurking about makes the film more intense.We don't see the mutant monster until the end of the film and that is fine by me... it's the character interactions and their survival that makes this film worth watching.I'll plug two good films in the vein of this film: 'The Last Woman on Earth' and 'The Last Man on Earth'.9/10

Roger Corman directed this doomsday science fiction monster thriller, as a disparate group of survivors converge at a ranch house. There, they bicker with each other over what to do next, and petty jealousies between the men and women. Meanwhile, there is a mutated creature roaming the area, which complicates an already desperate situation. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, Mike Connors, and Paul Birch star. Another memorable monster suit creation is the only noteworthy thing in this poorly made farrago, with an absurd story and remarkably slow pace. Very little action, just a lot of dull and tedious talk. An early effort from Corman, who would later improve.

"Day the World Ended" is a better than average "B" movie. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson and Paul Birch shine in their roles as does Mike "Touch" Connors. Nuclear war destroys most of mankind except for a lucky few. The handful of survivors are huddled together in a house clear from fallout and have to fight to survive from mutants as well as each other. The directing is well done and the acting is very good for a low budget film. The pace moves along well and there is enough action to keep the viewer interested. I would say this is one of Roger Corman's better efforts and a must see for fans of 1950s Sci-Fi. Catch this one if you get the chance.

I saw the remake of this film, "In The Year 2889", before I saw the original, and I have to say that the experience made me appreciate the good points of this Roger Corman quickie much more than I might have otherwise."2889" was a piece of dreck, while this is an actual movie, with actual actors, that a person can watch with some enjoyment...once, anyway.Denning (a geologist) and Connors (a crook) give their usual snappy performances in this movie, and Paul Birch (the fellow who owns the house that the cast of characters take refuge in) is given better direction, better lines, and a part that shows his strengths to much better advantage than the previous movie I saw him in ("Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes").On the other hand, Corman's usual problems with pacing and energy and rhythm manifest themselves immediately. There are too many talky scenes that go nowhere (especially between Connor and the girlfriend);too many plot holes that the movie hopes we will overlook; too many badly choreographed action sequences (except for one beautifully staged scene where Denning/"Rick" fires a rifle at the advancing creature as the camera stays behind Ricks shoulder - that was NICELY done) and too many moments of glib hand waving pretending to be actual major movie elements (did you know that mutants with diamond hard skin are created by H-bomb blasts and die when exposed to non-poisoned water?) And if you're going to invoke God in a Doomsday scenario, you need to do it a lot more convincingly than Corman's screenplay does at the end.Oh, and the monster is ridiculous. He's just another prototype/ variation of the Giant Pickle from "It Conquered The World". I'm not casting aspersions on Paul Blaisdell, I'm sure he did his best with no time and a tiny budget...but the monster is ridiculous.Still, there was plenty to like about it. I always enjoy watching Richard Denning, Lori Nelson makes a great Barbie Doll, and there is a nice sense of claustrophobia and paranoia as the plot advances. Worth seeing once if you are interested in the history of Science Fiction movies, or Corman, or Giant Pickles.