Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They’re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones.
This episode dives deep into the world of disaster movies, unpacking exactly what makes the genre tick—from the required elements like impending catastrophe, stereotypical characters, and everyman heroes, to the debate over whether films like The Birds or zombie flicks even count. Josh and Chuck trace the genre's origins from 1930s spectacles through the Cold War nuclear anxiety films, then land on the massive 1970s boom led by producer Irwin Allen's blockbuster hits, exploring how star-studded casts and sky-high box office returns fueled a wave of imitators before the whole trend spectacularly crashed and burned by decade's end.
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