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In the fall of 1959, for a time capsule, students draw pictures of life as they imagine it will be in 50 years. Lucinda, an odd child who hears voices, swiftly writes a long string of numbers. In 2009, the capsule is opened; student Caleb Koestler gets Lucinda's "drawing" and his father John, an ast β¦rophysicist and grieving widower, takes a look. He discovers dates of disasters over the past 50 years with the number who died. Three dates remain, all coming soon. He investigates, learns of Lucinda, and looks for her family. He fears for his son, who's started to hear voices and who is visited by a silent stranger who shows him a vision of fire and destruction. What's going on? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster filmscience fantasyparable |
Themes: | missing childpanicdysfunctional familysupernatural powerinvestigationreligiondeath |
Locations: | fire truckforest fireearthmuseumgas stationtruckairplaneschooltrainnew york city |
Characters: | single fatherprofessorbiblestudentalienteacherfather son relationship |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | animal on firesubway traindoomed civilizationsolar phenomenasolar flareprediction of deathmassachusetts institute of technologymagical stonefate of the worldtalking with a strangerboston massachusettshelium balloongrade school teacherwhite rabbitgrieving widower β¦american flagtruck car collisionstuffed animalhit by a truckexploding airplaneairplane crashhuman alientrain derailmenttrain crashperson on firedeath tollworld destructionshadowy figurepredicting the futurechristian propagandadark of nightworld's endemergency broadcast systemmental diarrheaend of the world scenariono escapepseudo intellectualfalse informationtree of lifesingle parent familydoomedinevitabilitydisturbed childozone layermisrepresentationsolarrefusalhelplesspredestinationtime capsulemeaninglessnessdeterminismpseudointellectualinsensitivitynumerologynon sequiturastrophysicistantelopeancient astronautdisembodied voicefatalismwatching news on tvwheatdistortionhelplessnessscratchingcrisis of faithpseudo sciencehearing aidpupilstubbornnessdefibrillatornumbermental disorderobservatoryrubik's cubepredictiondoomsdayphysicistenvelopedoomhijackraptureatheismcoderoad accidentmassachusettsrainingpassengershoeparamedicold dark housestonemysterious manclosetstolen carflagceremonynewspaper clippingsign languagefirefighterwilhelm screamdead mothervegetariansunprophecychaostelescopecelebrationend of the worldfatestrangerexploding buildingblockbustersurvivorheavy rainballoonrevelationdisastersisterufolong takegymrabbitangelpay phonewidowersearchspaceshipchild in perildrawinganimalsubwayambulancescientistcompetitionclassroomcar crashwatching tvcar accidentfiretelephone callchaseexplosionone word titledogbloodgun (See All) |
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | airplanetrain |
Characters: | studentteacherfather son relationship |
Story: | boston massachusettsexploding airplaneairplane crashperson on firedoomsdaymysterious manchaosend of the worldsurvivorrevelationdisasterpay phonesearchchild in perildrawing β¦subwayfirechaseexplosionone word titledogblood (See All) |
Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle β¦for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | trucktrainnew york city |
Characters: | single fatheralienfather son relationship |
Story: | solar flareboston massachusettsamerican flagairplane crashsunchaosexploding buildingblockbustersurvivordisasterufolong takespaceshipchild in perilsubway β¦watching tvcar accidentfiretelephone callexplosionbloodgun (See All) |
In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in β¦ San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | fire truckgas stationairplane |
Characters: | professor |
Story: | american flagairplane crashfirefighterchaosexploding buildingblockbusterdisasterlong takesearchchild in perilambulancescientistcar crashcar accidentfire β¦explosion (See All) |
In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testin β¦g how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | gas stationairplane |
Characters: | single fatherstudentfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagairplane crashtime capsulefirefighterchaosheavy raindisasterlong takewidowersearchchild in perilcar accidentfireexplosiondog |
Preacher Graham Hess, played by Mel Gibson, has lost his faith in God after his wife dies in a brutal car accident. He along with his son and daughter and his brother Merrill lives in a farmhouse. Crop circles begin to appear in their corn fields which Graham dismisses as mischief by miscreants. Aft β¦er hearing strange noises and watching news coverage on crop circles appearing all over the world, the family grows suspicious of alien activities. Now they must stick together and believe, as a family to survive the ordeal and find a way to escape. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerinvestigationreligion |
Characters: | single fatherbiblealienfather son relationship |
Story: | crisis of faithvegetariantelescopefateblockbusterufowidowerambulancewatching tvcar accidentone word titledogblood |
Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her fina β¦l hope - if she can only trust him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | gas stationairplanenew york city |
Characters: | single fatheralienfather son relationship |
Story: | exploding airplaneairplane crashhuman alienchaosend of the worldexploding buildingsurvivorrevelationdisasterufowidowersearchspaceshipchild in perilcar crash β¦car accidentfirechaseexplosiongunblood (See All) |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi β¦th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panicinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | fire truckgas station |
Story: | massachusetts institute of technologyboston massachusettsamerican flagmassachusettsfirefighterchaosexploding buildinglong takeambulancecar crashwatching tvcar accidentfirechaseexplosion β¦doggunblood (See All) |
Johnny Smith wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a 'gift' at first, but ends up causing problems...
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | fire trucktruckschool |
Characters: | teacherfather son relationship |
Story: | truck car collisionfirefighterexploding buildingheavy rainrabbitpay phonewidowerchild in perilambulancecar crashwatching tvcar accidentfirechaseexplosion β¦blood (See All) |
The general public is concerned over having Superman on their planet and letting the "Dark Knight" - Batman - pursue the streets of Gotham. While this is happening, a power-phobic Batman tries to attack Superman.,Meanwhile Superman tries to settle on a decision, and Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermi β¦nd and millionaire, tries to use his own advantages to fight the "Man of Steel". (Read More)
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | fire truckmuseumairplane |
Characters: | alienfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagexploding airplaneairplane crashhuman aliennewspaper clippingfirefighterwilhelm screamchaosexploding buildingblockbusterheavy rainrevelationdisasterufolong take β¦spaceshipchild in perilambulancescientistcar crashwatching tvfireexplosionblood (See All) |
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomo β¦rrowland." (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdeath |
Locations: | fire trucknew york city |
Characters: | single fatherfather son relationship |
Story: | person on firefirefighterend of the worldfateexploding buildingheavy rainlong takepay phonewidowerspaceshipchild in perilambulancescientistclassroomcar crash β¦car accidentfirechaseexplosionone word titledoggun (See All) |
Four childhood friends, Jonesy, Beaver, Pete and Henry all share a special secret. Each year, they take a trip into Maine woods. This year is different. A blizzard occurs, and they recover a man found wandering around. Unbeknownst to them,this wandering individual isn't the only being to be found. N β¦ow they must act fast to stop the outbreak developing and to prevent the world from its doom (Read More)
Themes: | missing childsupernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | trucktrain |
Characters: | professorstudentalienteacher |
Story: | boston massachusettshuman aliendefibrillatordoommassachusettsparamedicrabbitspaceshipdrawinganimalambulancecar accidentfiretelephone callchase β¦explosionone word titledogbloodgun (See All) |
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Themes: | supernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | gas stationtruckairplaneschool |
Characters: | professoralienfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagexploding airplanehuman alienperson on fireancient astronautwilhelm screamchaosend of the worldexploding buildingblockbusterufospaceshipchild in perilscientistcar crash β¦firechaseexplosiondog (See All) |
Something unspeakably chilling is ultimately starting to heat up at The City of Los Angeles! Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city!
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | panic |
Locations: | fire truck |
Characters: | single father |
Story: | person on firerainingfirefighterchaosexploding buildingdisastersubwayambulancefireone word titledog |
Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by β¦ the alias L. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | fire truck |
Characters: | single fatherstudentfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagold dark housemysterious mannewspaper clippingexploding buildingheavy raincar crashcar accidentfirechaseexplosionbloodgun |
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this dis β¦ease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls. (Read More)
Themes: | panicinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | airplanenew york city |
Story: | stuffed animalhit by a truckairplane crashperson on firewatching news on tvchaosend of the worldheavy rainchild in perilscientistcar crashcar accidenttelephone callchaseexplosion β¦gundogblood (See All) |
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper pre β¦parations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world. (Read More)
Locations: | fire truckearthmuseumairplane |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | solar flareamerican flagairplane crashdoomedsolarfirefightersunchaosend of the worldblockbusterheavy raindisasterambulancescientistcar crash β¦explosiondog (See All) |
Themes: | panicreligion |
Locations: | airplanenew york city |
Characters: | biblefather son relationship |
Story: | rapturepassengerprophecychaosend of the worlddisasterambulancecar crashcar accidentfireexplosiondog |
An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.
Themes: | investigationdeath |
Locations: | fire truckgas stationtruckairplaneschoolnew york city |
Characters: | professorfather son relationship |
Story: | person on firemisrepresentationheavy rainrevelationwidowerambulancescientistcar crashcar accidentfirechaseexplosion |
Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband. So when an alien life form decides to model "himself" on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.
Themes: | supernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | forest firegas stationtrain |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | human alienheavy rainufolong takepay phonescientistcar crashwatching tvcar accidentfirechaseexplosionone word title |
When Wendy Christensen has a vision of an accident on the roller coaster, resulting in her and her friends' deaths, she instantly begins to panic and gets off the ride, causing a few of her friends to get off as well. The remaining friends, including Wendy's boyfriend, are stuck on the roller coaste β¦r and find themselves involved in the accident. With death waiting around the corner, Wendy and Kevin Fischer must try and work out death's plan, before they and the remaining survivors end up dead. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | helium balloontrain derailmenttrain crashperson on firefateheavy raingymsubwayambulancecar crashcar accidentfireexplosionblood |
Wealthy businessman Ross Webster ('Robert Vaughn (I)' (qv))discovers the hidden talents of Gus Gorman ('Richard Pryor' (qv)), a mischievous computer genius. Ross decides to abuse his talents, in a way to help Webster with his plans for economic control. When the man of steel interferes, something mu β¦st be done about Supes. When Gus' synthetic Kryptonite fails to kill Superman, it turns him in an evil incarnation of his former self. The tar-laced Kryptonite pits man against himself, setting up the Clark vs. Superman battle. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | fire truckgas stationtrain |
Story: | subway trainhuman alienfirefightercelebrationheavy rainballoonpay phonechild in perilsubwayambulancecar crashcar accidentfiretelephone callexplosion β¦dog (See All) |
Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The U β¦S military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions. (Read More)
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | earthnew york city |
Characters: | professoralien |
Story: | human alienwilhelm screamend of the worlddisasterufochild in perilscientistchaseexplosionblood |
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this β¦ button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | fire truck |
Characters: | alienteacherfather son relationship |
Story: | hit by a truckenvelopenewspaper clippingfirefighterstrangerrevelationpay phonechild in perilambulancescientistcar crash |
Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abil β¦ities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerreligiondeath |
Locations: | fire truckgas stationtruck |
Characters: | alienfather son relationship |
Story: | human aliencodefirefighterpay phonesearchchild in perilambulancecar crashwatching tvcar accidentfiretelephone callchaseexplosiongun β¦blood (See All) |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo β¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | panicdeath |
Characters: | bible |
Story: | american flagexploding airplanedoomsdayprophecychaostelescopeend of the worldfateheavy rainballoondisasterlong takesearchambulancescientist β¦car crashwatching tvcar accidentfiretelephone callchaseexplosiondoggunblood (See All) |
Superman does a lot in his newest adventure. Archvillain Lex Luthor, determined to make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man. The two super-powered foes clash in an explosive screen extranvaganza that sees Sup β¦erman save the Statue of Liberty, repulse a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China and perform many more spetactular feats. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | fire truckmuseumschooltrain |
Characters: | teacher |
Story: | american flaghuman alienflagfirefightersunexploding buildinggymspaceshipsubwayclassroomwatching tvfireexplosion |
The church has long known that vampires exist. However, it is discovered that a group of vampires are searching for a powerful doom for mankind. The Vatican then secretly enlists a team of vampire-hunters, led by Jack Crow, to hunt down and destroy the vampires before they find the crucifix.
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | gas stationtrain |
Story: | person on firedoomold dark housestolen carceremonyexploding buildingpay phonesearchambulancecar crashcar accidentfirechaseexplosionone word title β¦blood (See All) |
This suspense thriller unfolds as the audience is introduced to David Dunn. Not only is he the sole survivor of a horrific train-crash that killed 131 people he doesn't have a scratch on him. Elijah Price is an obscure character who approaches Dunn with a seemingly far fetched theory behind it all.
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | train crashnewspaper clippingblockbustersurvivorsubwaycar crashcar accidentone word titlegun |
Two decades after the freak alien invasion that nearly destroyed mankind a new threat emerges. This Alien mothership is more than twice the size as the last one and once again, the world's armies must band together to save the world. Do they have enough firepower or will this battle change and will β¦aliens take over? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster filmscience fantasy |
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | earth |
Characters: | alienfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagdead motherchaosend of the worldexploding buildingblockbusterdisasterufowidowerspaceshipscientistwatching tvfirechaseexplosion β¦dog (See All) |
H.G. Wells' classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly.
Themes: | panic |
Locations: | forest firetrucktrainnew york city |
Characters: | professoralien |
Story: | person on firehearing aiddoomsdaytelescopeexploding buildingufopay phonespaceshipscientisttelephone call |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Themes: | supernatural powerinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | gas stationtruck |
Characters: | single fatherfather son relationship |
Story: | american flaghit by a truckperson on firesunstrangerpay phonechild in perilwatching tvcar accidentfirechaseexplosionblooddoggun |
SPOILER: Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing hi β¦s pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents' house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and tells him he has won a free cleaning service of his home. Rhoda wins the writing contest, but meanwhile John and she have fallen in love with each other. Rhoda has to take a decision whether she goes or stays, but she wants to tell John the truth first. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | earthschooltrain |
Characters: | professorstudentfather son relationship |
Story: | massachusetts institute of technologyboston massachusettsamerican flagastrophysicistwatching news on tvrubik's cubetelescopecelebrationwidowercompetitioncar crashwatching tvcar accidenttelephone call |
SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries β¦to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined. (Read More)
Themes: | panicinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | forest firegas stationtrain |
Characters: | single fatheralienfather son relationship |
Story: | train derailmenttrain crashchaosspaceshipchild in perilscientistcar crashwatching tvfireexplosionblood |
Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United S β¦tates and Russia to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to go to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdeath |
Locations: | fire trucktruckairplane |
Characters: | alienfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagstuffed animalexploding airplaneend of the world scenarioancient astronautnewspaper clippingchaosexploding buildingblockbusterspaceshipscientistcar crashcar accidentchaseexplosion β¦dogblood (See All) |
Famous symbologist on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unlea β¦shing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. (Read More)
Themes: | panicreligiondeath |
Locations: | fire truckmuseumairplanetrain |
Characters: | professor |
Story: | codefirefighterheavy rainrevelationambulancescientistcar crashcar accidentchaseexplosionone word titleblooddog |
Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas ('Anton Yelchin' (qv)) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs - predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction - Odd knows that his town is in serious t β¦rouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy ('Addison Timlin' (qv)) and the local sheriff ('Willem Dafoe' (qv)), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerinvestigationdeath |
Story: | truck car collisionhit by a truckperson on fireold dark housemysterious mannewspaper clippingfatestrangerrevelationdisasterchild in perilcar crashcar accidentfirechase β¦explosiondogblood (See All) |
Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. With time runni β¦ng out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | fire trucktrucknew york city |
Story: | firefighterchaosdisasterchild in perilambulancecar crashcar accidentfireexplosionone word titledog |
Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant all played classic arcade video games as teenagers. But now they have to use their skills to try to save the world from aliens. The aliens watched video feeds that they thought was a declaration of war. So they send down β¦the classic arcade games to destroy earth. They also get help from a military specialist. They have three lives and if all three get used then earth will be destroyed, and every time they lose a live the aliens take someone's life. Who will win, us or the aliens? It's an all-out battle to save our planet and everyone on it. (Read More)
Locations: | fire truckearthnew york city |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | time capsulefirefighterchaosend of the worldrevelationdisasterufospaceshipchild in perilambulancescientistcar crashcar accidentfirechase β¦explosionone word title (See All) |
In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of β¦ one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdeath |
Locations: | fire truckairplane |
Characters: | professorstudentteacher |
Story: | american flagchaoscelebrationsistersearchambulanceclassroomwatching tvfiretelephone callexplosionbloodgun |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate β¦ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Themes: | panicinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | trainnew york city |
Story: | stuffed animalnumberstonenewspaper clippingheavy rainrevelationchild in perildrawingsubwayambulancewatching tvchaseexplosiondogblood |
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband- β¦and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | truck |
Story: | hit by a truckperson on firenumberwilhelm screamsunstrangerexploding buildingrevelationchild in perilcar crashcar accidentfireexplosiondogblood |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerdeath |
Locations: | airplane |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | defibrillatorparamedicheavy rainrevelationpay phonewidowerdrawingambulancecar accidenttelephone callchaseone word titlegun |
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along β¦Lola's run. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | train |
Story: | subway trainfaterevelationpay phonesubwayambulancecar accidenttelephone callchasedoggun |
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his actions against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his bosses son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9 year old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for M β¦addy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who is bullying her at school, and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
Locations: | fire truckgas stationschooltrain |
Characters: | single father |
Story: | stuffed animalexploding buildingpay phonewidowerchild in perilambulancecar crashcar accidentfirechaseexplosionone word titleblooddog |
Themes: | panicsupernatural powerinvestigation |
Locations: | fire trucknew york city |
Characters: | professor |
Story: | physicistfirefighterend of the worldexploding buildingballoondrawingsubwayscientistcar accidentfiretelephone callchaseexplosionone word title |
On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, pilot β¦ed by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day... (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | alienfather son relationship |
Story: | airplane crashnumberchaosend of the worldexploding buildingblockbusterdisasterufospaceshipscientistcar crashcar accidentfireexplosiondog |
After a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself in a mysterious bunker with two men named Howard and Emmett. Howard offers her a pair of crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the bunker. She has β¦been given the information that there has been an alien attack and the outside world is poisoned. However, Howard and Emmett's intentions soon become questionable and Michelle is faced with a question: Is it better in here or out there? (Read More)
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | gas stationtruck |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | emergency broadcast systemdoomsdayend of the worldrevelationufospaceshipdrawingcar crashwatching tvcar accidentfiretelephone callchaseexplosiongun β¦blood (See All) |
Elliot Moore is a high school science teacher who quizzes his class one day about an article in the New York Times. It's about the sudden, mysterious disappearance of bees. Yet again Nature is doing something inexplicable, and whatever science has to say about it will be, in the end, only a theory. β¦Scientists will bring out more theories, but no explanations, when a more urgent dilemma hits the planet. It begins in Central Park. Suddenly and inexplicably, the behavior of everyone in the park changes in a most bizarre and horrible way. Soon, the strange behavior spreads throughout the city and beyond. Elliot, his wife, Alma, and Jess, the young daughter of a friend, will only have theories to guide them where to run and where to hide. But theories may not be enough. (Read More)
Themes: | panicdeath |
Locations: | schooltrainnew york city |
Characters: | studentteacher |
Story: | boston massachusettsamerican flagsurvivordisasterlong takechild in perilclassroomcar crashwatching tvdogblood |
Earth's future has been riddled by disasters, famines, and droughts. There is only one way to ensure mankind's survival: Interstellar travel. A newly discovered wormhole in the far reaches of our solar system allows a team of astronauts to go where no man has gone before, a planet that may have the β¦right environment to sustain human life. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | truck |
Characters: | single fatherprofessorteacherfather son relationship |
Story: | american flagsolarphysicistwidowerspaceshipdrawingscientistfirechaseexplosionone word title |