Episode 54: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) & Long Weekend (1978)
About this episode
This episode explores ecological horror through the films The Day the Earth Caught Fire and Long Weekend.
Welcome to episode 54 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are plunging into the world of ecological horror, with two films that suggest that unless we learn to learn more harmoniously with the planet, we will suffer the consequences – one way or another First, we have The Day the Earth Caught Fire from 1961. This was written and directed by Val Guest and stars Edward Judd, Janet Monroe, L...
Topics covered
- ecological horror
- film analysis
- movie pairing
- consequences of environmental neglect
- 1960s cinema
- 1970s cinema
Keywords
- ecological horror
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire
- Long Weekend
- Val Guest
- 1961 film
- 1978 film
- environmental consequences
- film review
More episodes of The Horror Double Bill
- Episode 57: Peeping Tom (1960) & Tesis (1996)
- Episode 56: Les Diaboliques (1955) & The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)
- Episode 55: Onibaba (1964) & Tumbbad (2018)
- Episode 53: Fade to Black (1980) & Starry Eyes (2014)
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