Doomsday Machine (1972)

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Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Meanwhile, Project Astra, a manned U.S. space mission to Venus, is in its final hours before launch when it is taken over by the military and nearly half of its all-male crew is replaced by women. The reason for this becomes apparent when, shortly after Astra leaves orbit, the Earth is completely destroyed in a global cataclysm! Is the human race doomed? What dangers and wonders await the crew of the Astra on their journey to Venus? Movie Tagline: See! The Earth Destroyed In A Nuclear Holocaust! Also Known As: Escape from Planet Earth Title: Doomsday Machine Release Date: July 08, 1976 Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Sci-Fi All Genres: Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 3.1 Brimstone Pit Rating: 4.1 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With D Director(s): Harry Hope Lee Sholem Cast: Bobby Van ...Danny Ruta Lee ...Dr. Marion Turner Mala Powers ...Maj. Georgianna Bronski James Craig ...Dr. Haines Grant Williams ...Maj. Kurt Mason Henry Wilcoxon ...Dr. Christopher Perry Essie Lin Chia ...Girl Spy Casey Kasem ...Mission Control Officer Lori Scott ...Lt. Katie Carlson (as Lorri Scott) Denny Miller ...Col. Don Price (as Scott Miller) Mike Farrell ...1st Reporter John Cestare ... Raymond Mayo ... Frank Gambina ... Mark Bailey ...Major / Astronaut Leo Ramirez ... Anthony Loder ... Win De Lugo ... (as Winston DeLugo) Gabor Curtiz ... (as Gabor Curtiz) Mary Meade French ...Woman Reporter Josh Peine ... Steven Roberts ... Michael Christian ... Robert Swan ... Ted Markland ... Karl Bruck ... Skip Battyn ... Stuart J. Byrne ... (unconfirmed) Harry Hope ... (unconfirmed) Jane Williams ... (unconfirmed) Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Harry Hope Oscar Nichols Writer(s): Stuart J. Byrne More Movie Taglines: See! The Earth Destroyed In A Nuclear Holocaust! Death in Space! Movie Quote(s): Katie: I've got myself railroaded into a stud poker game! Danny: We're picking up a bomb of static. Must be due to the Van Allen Belt. Katie: I came to see about supper. Price: Well, it's the altitude. It works up the appetite. Katie: You're very forceful, aren't you? Mason: Do I, er, need force? Katie: I was talking about vibrations. Mason: Oh. How are yours doing? Katie: What do they say? Mason: I'm not sure, but I like them. Katie: And they like you. In time. Mason: I don't believe it. I don't believe it! Danny: Well, there must be a practical side to having women along. Dr. Perry: You mean like having your socks washed? Movie Trivia: Most of the movie was filmed in 1967 but due to a lack of financing it wasn't completed until 1972 when the producers had acquired enough money to complete the film, but without any of the original cast members. Hosted by Elvira Mistress of the Dark on her show "Movie Macabre" on August 27 1983. This film uses several special effects shots from Yôsei Gorasu (1962) (including most of the exterior shots of space flight involving the ship and other space stations). Many of the other shots of both the spacecraft (showing a completely different craft than featured in the "Yosei Gorasu" footage) and interior shots of television screens are taken from The Wizard of Mars (1965). IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Venus, Space, End Of The World, Doomsday Device  ...[more] Keywords All: Strangulation, Radiation, Nuclear War, Space Travel, Independent Film Seen it? Rate it Currently 4.09/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 4.1 out of 10.0 - 54 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST