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A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a post-apocalypse American landscape in this sci-fi thriller. A horrific nuclear assault leaves only three survivors at an underground military facility, ... read more read more...so Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent), Denton (George Peppard), and Keegan (Paul Winfield) commandeer a special all-terrain land cruiser and head for Albany, NY, the only American city to be spared in the attack. As they travel through the desolate post-nuke wastelands, the soldiers pick up a beautiful woman (Dominique Sanda) and an incorrigible teenager (Jackie Earle Haley), as they battle huge mutant insects, packs of survivors turned violent and feral, and brutal electrical storms that savage the already barren plains. Damnation Alley was based on a novel by award-winning speculative fiction author Roger Zelazny. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Jack Smight

Release Date: October 21, 1977

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DVD Release Date: July 12, 2011

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  • July 15, 2007
    A hightly imaginative and trippy trip through a post-apocalyptic wasteland with Jan-Michael Vincent and George Peppard. I liked the experience. Those man-eating cockroaches were freaky however. It kind of loses track of the voyage near the ending.
  • January 27, 2008
    Whatever it has laughably bad effects, that include giant scorpions that are the worst superimposition job I've ever seen. It's got a couple cool part, with flesh eating bugs and a group of dudes gone crazy in the aftermath and are hostile to the crew, but above all it doesn't re... read moreally have anything that other films haven't done better.
    It did entertain me.
  • jusstpete
    May 13, 2012
    jusstpete
    Whatever it has laughably bad effects, that include giant scorpions that are the worst superimposition job I've ever seen.
  • January 3, 2012
    Gave the Blu of this a look when it was released as part of the Shout! Factory collection of Roger Corman films and was stunned to realize that I had never seen it before. I have no idea what film I was confusing this with from my youth, but I had somehow thought this was a cop ... read moredrama, not a post apocalyptic tale involving giant armored RV type vehicles.

    It's a fun watch and I particularly enjoy the on again off again indications of how fucked things are, as the weird colors in the sky come and go somewhat conveniently when they are involved in other things.

    Give it a rental.
  • June 2, 2007
    Interesting story w/ horrendous VFX considering Star Wars came out around the same time. But that car was cool as hell
  • May 9, 2007
    another sci-fi blast from the past... saw this when released at a drive-in when i was around 9 years old and loved it. seen again recently.

Critic Reviews


R. L. Shaffer
January 29, 2012
R. L. Shaffer, IGN DVD

Slow moving, with cheesy visual effects and some nasty B-movie trappings. But the story and setting are both dreary and fascinating. And performances are top notch. Full Review

Rich Cline
August 26, 2005
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

gonzo guilty pleasure

Steve Crum
May 31, 2005
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

The world is damned...if not for Peppard, a momma tank, and his early A-Teamers.

Widgett Walls
May 2, 2003
Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com

Ooooo, one large slice of delicious apocalyptic cheese, please.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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May 9, 2005
New York Times

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Dave Kehr
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
June 25, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Nicolas Lacroix
June 18, 2004
Nicolas Lacroix, EnPrimeur.ca

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Jeffrey Westhoff
November 14, 2002
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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