d. Fred F. Sears
A dedicated scientist invents a
machine that can forecast earthquakes just in time to predict that the world is
about to be destroyed by a series of uncontrollable explosions. The cause is
Element 112, a previously unknown type of rock that (rather like the stuff in
Monolith Monsters, but in reverse) increases its mass when it dries out, then explodes
with enormous force. Nobody is quite sure why
this is happening, or where all the stock footage came from, although a pretty
young scientific intern has a theory: ‘it’s like the Earth is paying us back
for stealing its natural resources’*.
An early-ish example of an
eco-disaster film, The Night The World
Exploded is cheap but charming, if slightly confusing (the disasters take
place during the day for a start). Despite being just over an hour long,
however, and being about exploding rocks and volcanoes and the end of the world, it does drag a little bit, not least in the scenes where we watch
people descending rope ladders into the Carlsbad Caverns for about ten minutes.
* Later on, the chief scientist comes up with a theory: 'it's like the Earth is paying us back for stealing its natural resources'.
* Later on, the chief scientist comes up with a theory: 'it's like the Earth is paying us back for stealing its natural resources'.
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