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Movie: Noah

Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
posted by TheophileEscargot on Aug 21, 2023 - 5 comments

Class of '07: The Beginning of the End of the World  Season 1, Ep 0

A girls' school 10-year reunion coincides with a flood that seems to have wiped out the entire world. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on May 24, 2023 - 5 comments

Movie: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. [more inside]
posted by gofordays on May 15, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: The Park

After a virus kills all of the Earth's adults, rival children battle for control of an abandoned theme park. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 13, 2023 - 2 comments

The Last of Us: Look for the Light  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 9

A pregnant Anna places her trust in a lifelong friend. Later, Joel and Ellie near the end of their journey. [more inside]
posted by dis_integration on Mar 12, 2023 - 27 comments

The Last of Us: Left Behind  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 7

As Joel fights to survive, Ellie looks back on the night that changed everything. [more inside]
posted by dis_integration on Feb 26, 2023 - 9 comments

The Last of Us: Kin  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 6

After ignoring the advice of the locals, Joel and Ellie descend deeper into dangerous territory in search of the Fireflies - and Tommy. [more inside]
posted by dis_integration on Feb 19, 2023 - 10 comments

Movie: Knock at the Cabin

While vacationing, a young girl (Kristen Cui) and her dads (Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge) are taken hostage by a band of armed strangers (Dave Bautista, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn, Rupert Grint) who demand that the family choose one of themselves to sacrifice to avert the apocalypse. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 3, 2023 - 34 comments

Movie: The Happening

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister? [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Nov 10, 2022 - 11 comments

Book: Manhunt

Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival. [more inside]
posted by zeptoweasel on Oct 23, 2022 - 3 comments

Little Demon: Little Demon, Season 1  Season 1, Ep 0

The Antichrist is a 13-year-old girl; after her powers manifest following her first period, her dad (aka Satan) reappears in her life, much to the dismay of her mother, who has devoted her life to fighting Satan and his minions. It's the first adult animation show from Canada's Atomic Cartoons, and stars Lucy DeVito, Danny DeVito, and Aubrey Plaza voice-acting the above characters. [CW for animal sacrifice, nudity, and buckets of gore, sometimes in actual buckets IIRC.] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 22, 2022 - 9 comments

Movie: Night of the Comet

A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls (Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney) fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 28, 2022 - 16 comments

God's Favorite Idiot: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

Clark (Ben Falcone) is an IT guy. He's also starting to glow. He might be a key player in the Apocalypse. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jun 27, 2022 - 3 comments

Movie: Revealer

Tensions rise when a stripper and religious protester are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in 1980's Chicago. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 25, 2022 - 4 comments

Anna: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

In the near future, a pandemic kills everyone at/above the age of puberty. 13 year-old Anna has kept her half-brother Astor alive and hidden in their country home. Eventually, their bubble of isolation is ruptured, and soon Anna will have to pursue Astor into the darkest corners of the changed world, where a lack of structure and nurturing has left the remaining kids miserably lonely or utterly feral, some of them in thrall to older, more manipulative kids. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 31, 2021 - 5 comments

Movie: Don't Look Up

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon on Dec 25, 2021 - 95 comments

Movie: The Mitchells vs. the Machines

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
posted by m@f on Apr 30, 2021 - 25 comments

Movie: Cadaver

Amidst starvation and devastation in post-apocalyptic Norway, a couple and their daughter are invited to a mysterious theatrical performance at a local hotel. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 24, 2020 - 6 comments

Brockmire: Season 4 (Full Season)  Season 4, Ep 0

Fourth and final season, largely set from 2030 to 2033. Earth has been ravaged by the climate crisis; Brockmire is tasked with saving baseball.
posted by porpoise on Sep 5, 2020 - 2 comments

Movie: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. [Trailer with minor spoiler]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 27, 2020 - 2 comments

Daybreak: Josh vs the apocalypse: part 1  Season 1, Ep 0

Los Angeles is now a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but it's not all bad. In fact, for C-student Josh Wheeler, it's a big improvement.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 28, 2019 - 36 comments

Movie: Aniara

A ship carrying settlers to a new home in Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe. [more inside]
posted by Harry Caul on Jun 27, 2019 - 8 comments

Movie: I Am Mother

A child is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jun 7, 2019 - 20 comments

Movie: Rim of the World

Four misfit teenagers join forces to save the world when an alien invasion interrupts their summer camp.
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 25, 2019 - 9 comments

Supernatural: Moriah  Season 14, Ep 20

Because of Sam, Dean, and Castiel, Jack becomes disenchanted with all the lies. An old friend shows up. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Apr 26, 2019 - 19 comments

Black Summer: Season One  Season 1, Ep 0

Individuals struggle to survive and reunite in a zombie apocalypse. [more inside]
posted by mordax on Apr 15, 2019 - 23 comments

Doom Patrol: Paw Patrol  Season 1, Ep 5

With the Apocalypse in full swing, the Doom Patrol must work with an unlikely ally to stop the end of the world. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Mar 15, 2019 - 6 comments

Book: Good Omens

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . . [more inside]
posted by vverse23 on Mar 12, 2019 - 36 comments

Movie: How It Ends

After a mysterious apocalyptic event turns the Western half of the US into chaos, a man teams up with his pregnant fiance's disapproving father to head west and save her.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2019 - 16 comments

Movie: Bird Box

A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 25, 2018 - 49 comments

Book: The Book of M

A man in India suddenly loses his shadow, a phenomenon scientists cannot explain. As people around the globe watch, fascinated, from their TV screens, he unexpectedly begins to lose something else, too: his memories. Soon, he isn't the only one afflicted. In communities all around the globe, people's shadows disappear, and in their place come strange and unfathomable abilities that threaten humanity's very existence.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 19, 2018 - 8 comments

Mr. Robot: Eps3.7dont-delete-me.ko  Season 3, Ep 8

Elliot tries to get ghosted; it is the day of all days. [Official synopsis] [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Nov 30, 2017 - 16 comments

Book: On Such a Full Sea

In a future where US society has segmented rigidly into rich consumers, the poor, and a labor class who have occupied the buildings of former cities, one of these laborers sets out on a quest... [more inside]
posted by latkes on Jul 6, 2017 - 1 comment

iZombie: Looking for Mr. Goodbrain, Part 2  Season 3, Ep 13

Liv uncovers the shocking truth about the virus and the far-reaching consequences of the vaccine. Majors exams his future as a human. Blaine makes a business proposal. [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Jun 29, 2017 - 14 comments

Book: All the Birds in the Sky

Hugo and Nebula Award short-listed novel about the end of the world―and the beginning of our future. A sort of coming of age novel, philosophical exploration of nature and technology, action/adventure/romance with some bittersweet humor on top. [more inside]
posted by latkes on May 1, 2017 - 7 comments

The Magicians: We Have Brought You Little Cakes  Show Only   Season 2, Ep 13

Ember recaps things so far as only Ember can, which brings us to now: "a crisis comes to a head when the true power behind the troubles comes to party. Battles are won and wars are lost, as Q and the others must protect their kingdom. Alice makes a startling revelation and things may never be the same." Now, let's debate the merits of an open, informed democracy versus an authoritarian monarchy! [Season Finale; Season 3 due out in 2018]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 20, 2017 - 17 comments

The Magicians: We Have Brought You Little Cakes  Books Included   Season 2, Ep 13

Ember recaps things so far as only Ember can, which brings us to now: "a crisis comes to a head when the true power behind the troubles comes to party. Battles are won and wars are lost, as Q and the others must protect their kingdom. Alice makes a startling revelation and things may never be the same." Your books mean nothing here! [Season Finale; Season 3 due out in 2018]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 20, 2017 - 5 comments

No Tomorrow: Season One (All Episodes)  Season 1, Ep 0

Evie, a risk-averse quality-control assessor who falls for free-spirited thrill seeker Xavier only to find out he lives his life that way because he believes the apocalypse is coming.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 1, 2016 - 10 comments

Book: The Fifth Season

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. [more inside]
posted by dinty_moore on Aug 14, 2016 - 44 comments

Movie: X-Men: Apocalypse

After thousands of years asleep, Apocalypse, the first mutant, awakens and gathers his Four Horsemen intent on conquering the world. The only thing between him and victory are Xavier and the students of the Xavier's School for Gifted Children. [more inside]
posted by Atreides on May 28, 2016 - 46 comments

The Walking Dead: Not Tomorrow Yet  Season 6, Ep 12

Rick and the others determine that the only way to keep peace in Alexandria, is to wage a war with a new enemy.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 7, 2016 - 65 comments

Movie: Miracle Mile

Late for a date, a young man receives a chance phone call with disturbing news. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 1, 2016 - 18 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: CITY LIMITS  Season 4, Ep 3

"Just beyond our time, heroic young warriors stand between civilization and destruction." "On the border of adventure. At the edge of danger." It's after the apocalypse again, teenage motorcycle gangs rule the city streets, and a corporation wants to take over because EVIL. A classic episode, with many memorable bits: Joel's umbrella in the theater, Crow's fixation on Kim Cattrall, and two whole segments in which the guys invent members for their superhero team, the Fantastic 85. "Man Man! He has all the powers of a man, but he's a man!" Ernie was played by Dean Devlin, who produced Independence Day, the first Hollywood Godzilla (the one with Matthew Broderick) and Stargate. According to the IMDB, how actors were mentioned in the credits depended on their fate in the movie. So, John Stockwell IS Lee because his character survived, but Dean Devlin WAS Ernie because he kicked the bucket. YouTube (1h31m) Premiered June 20, 1992. [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Oct 21, 2015 - 5 comments

Apocalypse Fiction Club schedule and discussion area

I propose we read a book a month, with a scheduled discussion on the first Wednesday of each month. Here’s what I propose to launch this club, with a focus on which books I’d like to start with. I am open to suggestion and feedback here. Yay! [more inside]
posted by latkes on Oct 21, 2015 - 16 comments

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Zeppo  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 13

A sidelined Xander's search for purpose and identity takes centre stage while the rest of the gang fends off yet another apocalypse in the background.
posted by yellowbinder on Jun 24, 2015 - 12 comments

Last Man on Earth: Sweet Melissa  Season 1, Ep 4

A run-in leads to a new friend. Phil tries to fix a door. [more inside]
posted by inturnaround on Mar 15, 2015 - 35 comments

Last Man on Earth: Alive in Tucson/The Elephant in the Room  Season 1, Ep 1

After a virus wipes out humanity, Phil Miller searches the country for survivors. The series was created by Will Forte (Saturday Night Live, MacGruber) and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative team behind "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "The Lego Movie" based on their idea. [more inside]
posted by inturnaround on Mar 2, 2015 - 35 comments

The Blacklist: The Kenyon Family (No. 71)  Season 2, Ep 12

Red has the FBI investigate a notorious apocalyptic polygamist cult in the mountains of Tennessee, then jets off to Russia to access Alan Fitch's safe. Director Cooper worries about his future.
posted by Small Dollar on Feb 21, 2015 - 4 comments

The Walking Dead: What Lies Ahead  Rewatch   Season 2, Ep 1

The Group stops to have a tailgate party on their way to Fort Bennett, but it gets crashed by a throng of ne'er-do-wells. T-Dog gets a boo-boo. Sophia goes for a jog.
posted by escape from the potato planet on Dec 18, 2014 - 9 comments

The Walking Dead: TS-19  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 6

In the Season 1 finale, the group finds shelter at the CDC, and Rick learns a disturbing secret. Of course, the relative safety and comfort doesn't last long...
posted by escape from the potato planet on Dec 13, 2014 - 10 comments

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