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Great Disaster Movies Part II : Earthquakes and Volcanoes!
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EarthquakeEarthquake
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $5.91
The most famous earthquake film. made in 1974, Sensurround is what made this film; it has okay acting, and only mediocer effects, but the plot is on shaky ground, yet it is still worth watching.
Dante's PeakDante's Peak
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.47
The Best volcano film, good actors, good plot, good effects, just a great film. Basically, the dormant volcano of Dante's Peak erupts & destroys the nearby city
The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeThe Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Buy used from: $0.77
A very well done TV movie about The Big One hitting LA and Joanna Kerns (from Growing Pains) is trying to warn the city & state of the impending disaster, much better than any TV movie I've ever seen.
VolcanoVolcano
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.50
A Volcano erupts from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles and slowly creeps through the city, destroying everything in its path, and only Tommy Lee Jones & Ann Heche can save the city.
10.510.5
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The NBC miniseries about the whole West Coast being shaken by massive earthquakes and nearly getting knocked off the map; it was pretty dull and poorly acted out, the fx were ok. (Stop shaking the freakin' camera!)
Krakatoa, East of JavaKrakatoa, East of Java
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.96
Finally Available again! This film is really just a 1960's "effects film" as the special fx are the real star of it; the plot is rather stupid, the acting is ok, but if you're not a die hard fan of such films, it may not hold you.
Death Quake [VHS]Death Quake [VHS]
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A dubbed Japanese film made in 1975 (or 1980) following in the footsteps of and surely surpassing the 1974 "Earthquake."
Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkAftershock: Earthquake in New York
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A really well done TV movie, not to be confused w/ the British film, "Earthquake In New York." It features good effects, but not many building collapses, and the acting is very good at parts.
EpicenterEpicenter
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.68
A cheap, B-Budget film about a computer hacker who is being chased by an FBI agent and the Russian Mafia and ends up in the center of The Big One in LA
10.5: Apocalypse10.5: Apocalypse
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Huh, another 10.5 movie, how 'bout that...huh...
San Francisco [VHS]San Francisco [VHS]
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A 1936 movie about a couple who fall in love in San Francisco, but the great 1906 earthquake hits and...
Earthquake: Nature UnleashedEarthquake: Nature Unleashed
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A joint Russian and American TV film that uses all of the earthquake footage from "Dante's Peak" for it's special effects; the film has a decent TV story but it's really not special.
Terror PeakTerror Peak
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.79
Another volcano film, kinda sounds interesting...
Magma: Volcanic DisasterMagma: Volcanic Disaster
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.17
Oh Pink Power Ranger, how we missed thee...this was an ok TV film from what I remember, but nothing special
Power PlayPower Play
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Another B-grade disaster flick centered in LA, this one is about a company trying to find a new energy source, but it ends up causing a bunch of earthquakes (the fx are actually pretty decent, though) and a peacefull environmentalist group protests and the company sends out an elderly hitman to despose of them I don't remember how ther hero figures into it though...
ShakedownShakedown
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Another B-Budget film which is basically "Die Hard" during an earthquake w/ a religious psycho + cult, a deadly super-virus, and loads of stock footage + bad special effects.
Quake [VHS]Quake [VHS]
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A San Fanscican lawyer is saved from an earthquake by a mysterious man who turns out to be a psychotic killer. Obviously a junky B-movie but it features footage from the ever elusive Nippon Chinbotsu
Volcano: Fire on Mountain [VHS]Volcano: Fire on Mountain [VHS]
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The Television version of Dante's Peak, same basic plot with far less impressive effects and only mediocer acting
When Time Ran Out [VHS]When Time Ran Out [VHS]
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It's "The Poseidon Adventure" on an island. A luxury hotel is threatened by a volcanic eruption and a group of hotel guests go on an odyssey around the island to reach safety, while everyone else dies
St. HelensSt. Helens
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A TV movie about the eruption of Mt. St. Helens; it is a horrible attempt at movie making! The story is dull and pointless (although some of it was based on real events) and the fx, some of the worst!
The Devil at 4 O'ClockThe Devil at 4 O'Clock
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Two men attempt to save the children from a hospital in the mountains of an erupting volcano
Eruption [VHS]Eruption [VHS]
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A reporter is trying to get an interview with a revolutionist or someone who lives as a recluse atop a mountain about to erupt; from what i read about it, it sucks.
The Volcano DisasterThe Volcano Disaster
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Evidently a rather bizarre film that doesn't have too much to do with a volcano--or a disaster for that matter--but I'll put it here for posterity.
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New YorkDisaster Zone: Volcano in New York
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really crappy! Just awful!
After the Shock [VHS]After the Shock [VHS]
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A Docudrama about the emergeny service people who are trying to save lives during the 1989 San Fancisco earthquake
DescentDescent
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B-budget ripoff of "The Core"