The film's storyline involves five survivors, one woman and four men, of an atomic bomb disaster. The five come together at a remote, isolated hillside house, where they try to figure out how to survive.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes awkward silences.
Production
Real abandoned locations, zero studio comfort.
Acting
Susan Douglas carries the emotional wreckage.
Director
Arch Oboler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First feature film shot on location at a real atomic test site — the desolation you see is actual Nevada fallout zone.
Arch Oboler made this for $75,000 after failing to get studio backing; the cramped house setting wasn't artistic choice, it was budget necessity that accidentally invented the bottle-episode apocalypse.
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