The Day the World Ended

The Day the World Ended is a 2001 American science fiction/horror television film and is the fourth in the Creature Features series broadcast on Cinemax. It stars Nastassja Kinski, Randy Quaid, and Bobby Edner.

While not being a direct remake of the 1955 film with a similar title (Day the World Ended), it utilizes the original film by showing segments on a TV seen within the story and showing that the VHS video box cover as part of the child's interest in aliens. Some scenes were filmed in Wrightwood, California.

Plot
This film finds an alien, who is misunderstood, bent on hunting down and devouring people. A school psychologist, Dr Jennifer Stillman (Nastassja Kinski) investigates the death of a student's mother and finds that the boy (Bobby Edner) believes he is the son of the being. His earthling father (Randy Quaid) is also a doctor, who has the boy in his care and holds that it is all in the boy's imagination.

Cast

 * Nastassja Kinski as Dr. Jennifer Stillman
 * Randy Quaid as Dr. Michael McCann
 * Bobby Edner as Ben Miller/McCann
 * Harry Groener as Sheriff Ken
 * Lee de Broux as Cook Harlan (as Lee DeBroux)
 * Stephen Tobolowsky as Principal Ed Turner
 * Debra Christofferson as Nurse Della Divelbuss
 * Nik Dressbach as Buzzcut
 * Brandon de Paul as Frankie Carter
 * Kate Fuglei as Waitress Carlita
 * Neil Vipond as The Judge
 * Brian Steele as The Creature
 * David Getz as Deputy #1
 * Kathryn Fiore as Maggie Miller
 * David Doty as Nice Guy
 * Samantha Sansonetti as Crosswalk Child #1

Production
Produced as a series of cable TV movies which remade many movies originally by American International Pictures, although this film has little in similarity to the original, Day the World Ended, other than its title, and some clips from the first film seen on a TV.

Release
The film was released on Cinemax on November 23, 2001.

Reception
One review said, "It may be far from what Nastassja Kinski is capable of, but DAY THE WORLD ENDED is a fine film in its own right. Genuinely creepy and a real find for people who can't decide between psychological terror and popcorn-munching exploitation.". Moria gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding the movie the dullest of the Creature Feature Series.