Stars: Randy Quaid, Nastassja Kinski

Director: Terence Gross

Summary: Doctor Stillman finds herself uncovering a dark and deadly secret when she takes a job at a school at the rural tow of Sierra Vista, Nevada.

This horror film involves a traumatised young boy and a creature that may or may not be the product of his imagination. This made-for-TV movie stars Randy Quaid and Nastassja Kinski.

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A far-fetched combination of psychological thriller and over-the-top horror movie, The Day the World Endedis a brash, rather ham-fisted piece of work. With Nastassja Kinski leading the cast, the odds were never on this being an example of great cinema, but Terence Gross's film is exceptionally ridiculous in parts.

The director manages to pull a range of clichés out of the bag, from the Lynchian small-town American weirdos to the handy thunder storm during moments of high drama. The premise of a lonely, gifted child hiding a dark secret has been explored before but never quite to such a bizarre extent--the events involved here leading to a gory, tasteless finale. Kinski sleepwalks her way through her role with little conviction, matched by Randy Quaid's caricature villain. Much is made of the special effects skills of Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Terminator 2), but without any degree of budget, his efforts are merely terrifyingly ordinary.

On the DVD:one thing becomes clear from the DVD version of the film--despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the makers of The Day the World Endedconsider it a fine example of the genre. The audio commentary from producers Winston and Shane Mahan is especially self-reverential, even going so far at one point as to praise the film's great character acting. A hectic visual style and suitably monstrous sound effects it may have (all admittedly enhanced by the digital format), but great character acting it does not. Likewise, there is an in-depth feature on the rather shoddy special effects. The last thing anybody wanted, the earnest voiceover tells us, was for the monster to look like some guy in a rubber suit. --Phil Udell

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Stan Winston And Shane Maham Commentary, Behind The Scenes From A Fans Point Of View Featurette, Photo Gallery, Trailers, Filmographies
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	2001
Release Date:	May 27, 2002
Runtime:	86 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 30986
Keywords:	World, Day, General, Wide, Screen, Ended, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult