This encyclopedia offers profiles of more than 800 end-of-the-world movies, with copious photos. Author Moore's touchstones among these are Mad Max and The Terminator. These, he believes, created templates for the genre. Among his other well-known favorites are Escape from New York, and Night of the Living Dead. Moore conducts numerous interviews with directors, writers, and other creators of the films. He personally watched every film in the book, and rates each one on a five-level scale from "Toxic" to "The Bomb." Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)