Studies fifty films that illustrate the variety, range, and different categories of the genre.
Preface Overview: Cinematic Visions of the Apocalypse A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema:50 Films in Depth Appendices Index
CHARLES P. MITCHELL has served as director of a number of Maine libraries and has been Chairman of the Southern Maine Library District. He is the author of A Guide to Charlie Chan Films (Greenwood, 1999).
Recent years have seen an explosion of books on the topic of
religion and film, and due to the dawn of the new millennium and
the current state of international affairs, apocalyptic has risen
as an increasingly common theme in these works. Charles Mitchell's
^IA Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema^R offers a helpful resource on this
theme….This book provides a fascinating look at the phenomenon of
apocalyptic cinema in the 1950s and 60s….[t]his is a helpful
resource volume for those interested in treatments of apocalyptic
and eschatological themes in film.
*Restoration Quarterly*
Though this is a textbook and reference material, I cannot consider
it heavy reading. It was a breeze to go through, the examples used
were diverse in type and well placed through the book. This is a
recommended "Sit on the shelf, use when needed" volume for horror
buffs, film students, theology (eschatology) students…
*Zombieslam.com*
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