# Name the low budget nuclear war film. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266 "2008-12-22T03:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/1 "2008-12-22T03:09:06Z")
I believe I read about it here a number of months ago but I can’t find the thread. It’s a film set on the edge of LA I think, from the 1960’s and there’s been an alert that a nuclear strike is about to happen. It involves a cop several other characters. I read, either here, or on IMDB that you can buy it in a cheap DVD double pack in Walmart or somewhere like that. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/2 "2008-12-22T03:49:05Z")
Maybe _Seven Days in May_? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/3 "2008-12-22T03:50:48Z")
No, it’s not that. I think it’s set at a checkpoint and IIRC is in black and white. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/4 "2008-12-22T04:45:45Z")
That rules out _Miracle Mile_, then, I guess. That was color and the 1980s. _Panic in the Year Zero_, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/5 "2008-12-22T04:58:11Z")
[This is Not a Test](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_is_Not_a_Test_(1962_film)) And ironically, this thread kinda was. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/6 "2008-12-22T12:30:16Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [This is Not a Test](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_is_Not_a_Test_(1962_film)) > > And ironically, this thread kinda was. That’s the one. Thanks. I couldn’t for the life of me remember the title. ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/7 "2008-12-22T13:42:02Z")
That film sounds interesting actually? Is it any good? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/8 "2008-12-22T13:52:54Z")
> [@Buran](#): > > That film sounds interesting actually? Is it any good? I just found it on youtube. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMylmYd-fqY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMylmYd-fqY) ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/9 "2008-12-22T14:05:35Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/10 "2008-12-24T21:00:27Z")
**This is Not a Test** is redeemed by one wonderful scene in which the cop strangles a little yappy dog. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/11 "2008-12-24T23:27:49Z")
Really bad movie, actually. Stilted acting and the only one with the little bit of sense – and knows how to survive the blast – doesn’t bother to tell anyone about it until it’s waaay too late. It only looked good to me because it was one of four I picked up for $1 at Wal-Mart. The others were **Monsters From Space** , where earth is invaded by aliens that look exactly like Marty Feldman in **Young Frankenstein** (and I mean _exactly_; **The Wasp Woman** , about a woman who uses extract from wasps to look younger (if you’ve ever seen a horror movie – and even if you haven’t – you’ll know what happens next); and **Unknown World** , which is like **The Core** , but with even worse science. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/12 "2008-12-24T23:47:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It only looked good to me because it was one of four I picked up for $1 at Wal-Mart. The others were **Monsters From Space** , where earth is invaded by aliens that look exactly like Marty Feldman in **Young Frankenstein** (and I mean _exactly_; **The Wasp Woman** , about a woman who uses extract from wasps to look younger (if you’ve ever seen a horror movie – and even if you haven’t – you’ll know what happens next); and **Unknown World** , which is like **The Core** , but with even worse science. Not too hijack, but **[Cinematic Titanic](http://cinematictitanic.com/)** released a “Riffed on” version of The Wasp Woman. You [can get it](http://www.cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/wasp_woman.html) from their website. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/13 "2008-12-25T00:29:07Z")
Testment. Talk about low budget, you only see a flash then the horrible reality of common people trying to live normal lives as civilization is destroyed and everyone around them slowly dies. No missiles, armies, scenes of destruction just the drama of human loss and sadness. > **[Testament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(film))** > > A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last will and testament. > Testament or The Testament can also refer to: ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/14 "2008-12-25T00:44:30Z")
Here’s a post-nuclear war movie for your viewing pleasure: **I Was a Teenage Caveman** , which starred Robert Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/15 "2008-12-25T17:51:14Z")
> [@kitemaker\_chuck](#): > > Here’s a post-nuclear war movie for your viewing pleasure: > > **I Was a Teenage Caveman** , which starred Robert Vaughn. The fact that it is a post-nuclear war movie is the twist ending. So SPOILER ALERT! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/16 "2008-12-25T18:45:58Z")
Yeah, chuck! Damn you! Damn you all to Hell! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-low-budget-nuclear-war-film/478266/17 "2008-12-26T10:09:58Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Not too hijack, but **[Cinematic Titanic](http://cinematictitanic.com/)** released a “Riffed on” version of The Wasp Woman. You [can get it](http://www.cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/wasp_woman.html) from their website. Not to mention _Monsters from Space_ was done by The Film Crew so you can get both sets of MST3k alumni riffing on those movies.