# Recommend a 1970s disaster/armageddon movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847 "2010-11-08T01:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/1 "2010-11-08T01:19:30Z")
…that I haven’t already seen. All I can think of is _The Andromeda Strain_, but I’ve seen that. Maybe one of the _Planet of the Apes_ sequels – isn’t there one where they go to (modern day) Earth or something? Not so much “disaster” movie as futuristic sci-fi: not so much _Airport_ or _The Towering Inferno_ as _Logan’s Run_ (seen it, own the DVD). And cheesy, schlocky, whatever – bad acting, silly period costumes and haircuts, low-budget recommendations – are encouraged! I’m in the mood for something stupid, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/2 "2010-11-08T02:40:40Z")
_The Poseidon Adventure_ - a classic of the genre. A cruise ship capsizes, trapping passengers inside. _The Swarm_ - African “Killer” Bees invade the US. _Kingdom of the Spiders_ - William Shatner vs hordes of tarantulas! ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/3 "2010-11-08T02:49:10Z")
Check out the Robert Altman / Paul Newman film **Quintet**. It’s a strange little 1970s film set during a future ice age where the survivors participate in a deadly game. Sort of cheesy and artsy at the same time, and has some striking scenes… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/4 "2010-11-08T02:55:37Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > And cheesy, schlocky, whatever – bad acting, silly period costumes and haircuts, low-budget recommendations – are encouraged! **Warning: Wiki links contain spoilers.** [_The Last Days Of Man On Earth_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Programme_(film)) (aka _The Final Programme_) [_The Man Who Fell To Earth_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(film)) [_The Bed-Sitting Room_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bed-Sitting_Room_(film)) . ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/5 "2010-11-08T04:11:38Z")
[Saturn 3](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079285/) (it’s from 1980 - hope that’s close enough). ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/6 "2010-11-08T04:13:01Z")
[Damnation Alley](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/), with the one and only Jan-Michel Vincent. Waaaayyy stupid. But fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/7 "2010-11-08T04:22:41Z")
[Logan’s Run.](http://www.scifimoviepage.com/logan.html) We re-watched this a couple of years ago, and it was fascinating - not the best movie ever, but full of interesting ideas. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/8 "2010-11-08T04:22:42Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > _The Poseidon Adventure_ - a classic of the genre. A cruise ship capsizes, trapping passengers inside. Classic. Also “Soylent Green” (even though it’s pre-spoiled, still worth watching.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/9 "2010-11-08T04:24:36Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > [Damnation Alley](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/), with the one and only Jan-Michel Vincent. > > Waaaayyy stupid. But fun. Oh yeah. I watched that sooo many years ago - have to watch it again someday. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/10 "2010-11-08T04:33:29Z")
Maybe _Westworld_? Not all that futuristic, but certainly a disaster movie. Along similar lines, there’s _The Stepford Wives_. And I hadn’t thought of it before, but those two would make a good double-feature. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/11 "2010-11-08T04:47:29Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Classic. Also “Soylent Green” (even though it’s pre-spoiled, still worth watching.) Even better is [Omega Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/) - Heston at his cheesiest, hokiest, shlockiest super-earnest best. And then there’s [Meteor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079550/) starring Sean Connery, Natalie Wood and an ALL STAR Cast! For a genuinely good, disturbing 70s armaggeddon flick, check out [THX-1138](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/) - It’s really more of an Orwellian, dystopian future movie - but does sort of imply the slow, gradual strangling of human civilization. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/12 "2010-11-08T05:02:27Z")
I think one of the more enjoyable of the grim future movies of the 70s was [Invasion of the Body Snatchers](http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Snatchers-Collectors-Donald-Sutherland/dp/B000QQJ3Q0%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid874509-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000QQJ3Q0) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/13 "2010-11-08T10:44:52Z")
The Towering Inferno with Steve McQueen, Earthquake. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/14 "2010-11-08T12:24:18Z")
“[Crack in the World](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/).” It’s what the SyFy Network would have made if they were making movies back in the 60’s. Great cheesy schlock. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/15 "2010-11-08T18:58:56Z")
Okay, some of these I’ve seen, and some are not available from Netflix, but I am putting a lot of cool stuff on my queue. Thanks, and keep it coming! ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/16 "2010-11-08T19:16:22Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > “[Crack in the World](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/).” It’s what the SyFy Network would have made if they were making movies back in the 60’s. Great cheesy schlock. hee. \*\*\*so \*\*\*true about skiffy. i sat through \*‘sharktopus’ \*last night, god help me. 😃 isn’t \*‘crack’ \*another of the ‘all star cast’ major wastes of celluloid so popular in the 70s? not that it doesn’t have it’s enjoyable popcorn (emphasis on corn) moments, you understand… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/17 "2010-11-08T19:59:58Z")
> [@Scubaqueen](#): > > hee. \*\*\*so \*\*\*true about skiffy. i sat through \*‘sharktopus’ \*last night, god help me. 😃 God help us both, then. My wife and I had an enjoyable time coming up with other ScyFy combinations… Llamasaur TigerSpider Wormrats! ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/18 "2010-11-08T21:25:46Z")
I have one but cannot remember, for the life of me, the title. Maybe you dopers can help. A group of men are on a giant ship somewhere around saturn. On the ship there are giant biodomes filled with plant and animal life. Something happens back on earth and they are told to jettison all the biodomes. Dont want to go any further as not to spoil. Really cheesy movie but fun. Loved the robots. Would love to watch again. Any clue guys? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/19 "2010-11-08T21:34:00Z")
Oh, Bruce Dern and Huey, Louie and Dewey - _Silent Running_. Yeah, seen that. The first time I saw it on a black & white TV when I was a kid and I was crying by the end. I wanted to go out and plant all the trees that I could. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847/20 "2010-11-08T21:34:04Z")
There’s [A Boy and His Dog](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/), an armageddon movie that stars Don Johnson. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-1970s-disaster-armageddon-movie/559847.md?page=2)