Post-Apocalyptic movie geek out! Check your fuel gauge, load your shotgun, put on your leather pants. Game designer and movie buff Ty Rucker joins me on the podcast to discuss classic end-of-the-world movies. We start in 1955 and work our way up to 1987. The movies take from Roger Corman to Vincent Price to Charlton Heston to George Miller and more. Needless to say, we will need a part 2 to cover more of our favorite PA movies.
Learn More About Ty Rucker
Follow the links below to learn more about Crypt Monkey Games and Ty.
- Crypt Monkey Games – Crypt Monkey Studios is a publisher of roleplaying games, primer games, and card games with themes of dark fantasy and comedy.
- Ty’s Boardgame Geek Profile
Listen to Ty’s first interview on the podcast: Realms of Understreet, Crypt Monkey Games, and Gamemastery with Ty Rucker
Post-Apocalyptic Movies Discussed in the Podcast
- Day the World Ended (1955) – Director: Roger Corman | Writer: Lou Rusoff
- On the Beach (1959) – Director: Stanley Kramer | Writers: John Paxton, Nevil Shute (novel) | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
- The Last Man on Earth (1964) – Star: Vincent Price | Director: Sidney Salkow | Writers: Richard Matheson, William F. Leicester
- Planet of the Apes (1968) – Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Writers: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
- The Omega Man (1971) – Director: Boris Sagal | Writers: John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington
- Where Have All The People Gone (1974) – Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Writers: Lewis John Carlino, Sandor Stern
- A Boy and His Dog (1975) – Director: L.Q. Jones | Writers: L.Q. Jones, Harlan Ellison
- Damnation Alley (1977) – Director: Jack Smight | Writers: Roger Zelazny (novel), Alan Sharp
- Dawn of The Dead (1978) – Director: George A. Romero | Writer: George A. Romero
- Ravagers (1979) – Director: Richard Compton | Writers: Robert Edmond Alter (novel), Donald S. Sanford
- Mad Max (1979) – Director: George Miller | Writers: James McCausland, George Miller
- Escape from New York (1981) – Director: John Carpenter | Writers: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
- The Road Warrior (1981 – “Mad Max 2”) – Director: George Miller |Writers: Terry Hayes, George Miller
- Warlords of the 21st Century (1982 – “Battletruck”) – Director: Harley Cokeliss | Writers: Michael Abrams, Irving Austin
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) – Director: Lamont Johnson | Writers: Stewart Harding, Jean LaFleur
- MetalStorm: The Destruction of Jared Sin (1983) – Director: Charles Band | Writer: Alan J. Adler
- The Day After (1983) – Director: Nicholas Meyer | Writer: Edward Hume
- Le Dernier Combat (1983) – Director: Luc Besson | Writers: Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet
- Night of The Comet (1984) – Director: Thom Eberhardt | Writer: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran
- The Terminator (1984) – Director: James Cameron | Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie | Writers: Terry Hayes, George Miller
- Radioactive Dreams (1985) – Director: Albert Pyun | Writer: Albert Pyun
- Steel Dawn (1987) – Director: Lance Hool | Writer: Doug Lefler – Check out my interview with Doug Lefler the screenwriter of Steel Dawn
- Cherry 2000 (1987) – Director: Steve De Jarnatt | Writers: Lloyd Fonvielle, Michael Almereyda
- World Gone Wild (1987) – Director: Lee H. Katzin | Writer: Jorge Zamacona