Have Yourself a Post-Apocalyptic Christmas!

The world may be under attack and humanity on the verge of extinction, but people will still find a way to celebrate the holidays. We explain how you’ll celebrate Christmas at the end of the world.

“The Best Christmas Ever” by James Patrick Kelly: The last man on Earth tends to get depressed about his post-apocalyptic existence. So Aunty Em, one of the biops tasked with keeping him company, tries to cheer him up by having Christmas. But the only thing the last man wants for Christmas is a gun.

“The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke: An expedition to a far off star system discovers that the first Christmas was itself apocalyptic. The Star of Bethlehem shone so brightly on the night Jesus was born because it had gone supernova long before, killing all the inhabitants of an orbiting planet. That God would kill one civilization to light the night sky causes the journey’s Jesuit priest to experience a crisis of fate, but in The Twilight Zone adaptation, the civilization was aware of the significance of the supernova and accepted their fate without regret.

Peace on Earth: This 1939 cartoon from MGM was nominated for an Academy Award and, according to some reports, the Nobel Peace Prize (although the latter is likely just a widespread rumor). In a post-apocalyptic world populated entirely by animals, Christmas is still celebrated. When a pair of young squirrels ask who the “men” are in the carol lyric “good will to men,” their grandfather tells them about the pugnacious humans and the war that finally killed them off. Read more …

31 Days of Halloween 31 Movies To Watch by ray

Here’s the films I’ll be watching through the month of October. Unlike others, I’m mainly watching films I’ve already seen and love, with a few exceptions. I’m not so great at writing reviews, but I’ll put in my two cents.

Let’s do this thing.. Light this candle..

01. Halloween (1978)
02. Suspiria (1977)
03. The Evil Dead (1981)
04. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
05. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
06. Frankenstein (1931)
07. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
08. Ginger Snaps II (2004)
09. the Bat (1959)
10. Phantom of the Opera (1925)
11. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
12. White Zombie (1932)
13. Dementia 13 (1963)
14. Werewolf of London (1935)
15. Carnival of Souls (1962)
16. Nosferatu (1922)
17. a Shriek in the Night (1933)
18. Doomed to die (1940)
19. Halloween III (1982)
20. the Bad Seed (1956)
21. Dracula (1931)
22. the Thing (1982)
23. Zombi 2 (1979)
24. the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
25. the Wolf-Man (1941)
26. the Killer Shrews (1941)
27. Alien (1979)
28. the Mist (2007)
29. the Fly (1986) Read more …