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* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: The survival team makes a brief stop in what's left of Salt Lake City. Of course, everyone's dead, and most of the taller buildings were leveled. The first clue that something hungry is afoot is a pair of human skeletons seated in a car, where even the upholstery is gone, leaving only the springs and frames. The team becomes target of a swarm of huge cockroaches, about 10 inches (25 cm) long. The protagonists bug out of there, minus Keegan, who was last seen about to be nibbled to death.
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* AfterTheEnd: WorldWarIII came and went and the world was devastated UpToEleven (the characters at one point discuss that the nuclear explosions ''changed the Earth's axis'').
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* AfterTheEnd: WorldWarIII came and went and the world was devastated UpToEleven (the characters at (at one point discuss point, it's revealed that ''Earth's axis has shifted by 90 degrees'').
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* RoadTripPlot: From the Nevada desert to Albany, New York (the only parent safe zone left in post-nuke America).
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* BigWallOfWateryDoom: The final obstacle before the film's end is a massive flood that wipes out Detroit.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: During the nuclear war in the prologue, one of the soldiers for some reason feels the need to clarify that the incoming Soviet nuclear missiles headed for major cities are hostile.
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* CreepyCockroach: A swarm of flesh-eating ones, capable of leaving their victims StrippedToTheBone, devours Keegan alive.
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* TooDumbToLive: Keegan takes cover from the flesh-eating cockroaches in a car containing the skeletons of two previous victims that he had seen earlier, because it [[SarcasmMode obviously worked for them!]]
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* ReclaimedByNature: The city of Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert (except for a few buildings such as the ''Circus Circus'' Casino) in the handful of years following WorldWarIII. The climax of the film involves the protagonists being smack in the middle of a freak storm that does this same thing to Detroit -- by means of a ''titanic flood''.
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* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Keegan gets [[DeathOfAThousandCuts nibbled]] to death by cockroaches.]]
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* TruthInTelevision: The accident that devastates the military base was a fire started by a guy who nodded off while smoking.
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The [=LandMaster=]. Armed to the teeth with [[StuffBlowingUp rockets, mortars]] and [[MoreDakka machine-guns]], amphibious, large enough to hold several people comfortably (complete with bathroom and shower), an internal navigation system and radio, with a triple-wheel arrangement on each axle that allows it to go over obstacles with minimum fuzz. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26n3RsXNyKE This interview by Dean Jeffries showcases the awesome]].
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The [=LandMaster=]. Armed to the teeth with [[StuffBlowingUp rockets, mortars]] and [[MoreDakka machine-guns]], amphibious, large enough to hold several people comfortably (complete with bathroom and shower), an internal navigation system and radio, with a triple-wheel arrangement on each axle that allows it to go over obstacles with minimum fuzz. fuss. Doubling the awesome is the fact that the thing ''actually worked.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26n3RsXNyKE This interview by Dean Jeffries showcases the awesome]].
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Strictly speaking averted, in that he's not the first to die, but he doesn't come close to surviving the trip either. The fact he is played by Paul Winfield assures his fate.
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* BigWallOfWateryDoom: The final obstacle before the film's end is a massive flood that wipes out Detroit.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Strictly speaking averted, in that he's not the first of the group of survivors to die, but he doesn't come close to surviving the trip either. The fact he is played by Paul Winfield assures his fate.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Strictly speaking averted, in that he's not the first of the group of survivors to die, but he doesn't come close to surviving the trip either. The fact he is played by Paul Winfield assures his fate.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: A small group of survivors (hinted to be cannibals) threaten the companions at one point. [[CurbStompBattle They are disposed of easily]], with a few [[BoomHeadshot head shots]], a well-thrown rock, and [[StuffBlowingUp the LandMaster's rocket launcher]].
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* WackyWaysideTribe: A small group of survivors (hinted to be cannibals) threaten the companions at one point. [[CurbStompBattle They are disposed of easily]], with a few [[BoomHeadshot head shots]], a well-thrown rock, and [[StuffBlowingUp the LandMaster's rocket launcher]]. They are the only human enemies that appear on the whole film.
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* CoolCar: If the [=LandMaster=] can be called a "car".
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WorldWarIII happens. The crew at a remote US U.S. Air Force missile base survive the war, but following an accident which kills several of them and destroys most of their supplies, the remainder decide to make their way across the country to the only part of the USA U.S. that is still inhabitable. Unfortunately, the only way to get there is a narrow strip of not-quite lethal wasteland, dubbed by the leader of the expedition as "Damnation Alley". As the name suggests, it's no picnic. They set out in a pair of "[=LandMaster=]" armored vehicles, encountering various dangers and other survivors as they travel east.
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WorldWarIII happens. The crew at a remote US Air Force missile base survive the war, but following an accident which kills several of them and destroys most of their supplies, the remainder decide to make their way across the country to the only part of the USA that is still inhabitable. Unfortunately, the only way to get there is a narrow strip of not-quite lethal wasteland, dubbed by the leader of the expedition as "Damnation Alley". As the name suggests, it's no picnic. They set out in two a pair of "[=LandMaster=]" armored vehicles, encountering various dangers and other survivors as they travel east.
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''Damnation Alley'' is a 1977 science-fiction thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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''Damnation Alley'' is a 1977 science-fiction thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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* ActingForTwo: Only one [=LandMaster=] was actually built for the movie. One of the "twins" gets destroyed early on.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: A teenage JackieEarleHaley is one of the survivors.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Minor example: the "computer guidance system" on the Landmaster was actually an advanced (for the film's production year) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments Texas Instruments]] desk calculator.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Minor example: the "computer guidance system" on the Landmaster was actually an advanced (for the film's production year) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments Texas Instruments]] desk calculator.
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* RoadTripPlot: From the Nevada desert to Albany, New York (the only parent safe zone left in post-nuke America).
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The [=LandMaster=]. Armed to the teeth with [[StuffBlowingUp rockets, mortars]] and [[MoreDakka machine-guns]], amphibious, large enough to hold several people comfortably (complete with bathroom and shower), an internal navigation system and radio, with a triple-wheel arrangement on each axle that allows it to go over obstacles with minimum fuzz. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26n3RsXNyKE This interview by Dean Jeffries showcases the awesome]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: A teenage JackieEarleHaley is one of the survivors.
* SafeZoneHopeSpot: Blithely subverted with Albany. Although it's discussed early on that it could be this trope played straight (an automated radio broadcast, etc), the town survived.
* SafeZoneHopeSpot: Blithely subverted with Albany. Although it's discussed early on that it could be this trope played straight (an automated radio broadcast, etc), the town survived.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: A small group of survivors (hinted to be cannibals) threaten the companions at one point. [[CurbStompBattle They are disposed of easily]], with a few [[BoomHeadshot head shots]], a well-thrown rock, and [[StuffBlowingUp the LandMaster's rocket launcher]].
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Very [[InNameOnly vaguely inspired]] by the [[Literature/DamnationAlley novel of the same name]] by RogerZelazny.
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''Damnation Alley'' is a 1977 science-fiction thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world.
WorldWarIII happens. The crew at a remote US Air Force missile base survive the war, but following an accident which kills several of them and destroys most of their supplies, the remainder decide to make their way across the country to the only part of the USA that is still inhabitable. Unfortunately, the only way to get there is a narrow strip of not-quite lethal wasteland, dubbed by the leader of the expedition as "Damnation Alley". As the name suggests, it's no picnic. They set out in two "[=LandMaster=]" armored vehicles, encountering various dangers and other survivors as they travel east.
The [=LandMaster=] prop is arguably the best thing in this movie, and went on to have almost as long [[PropRecycling a career in cinema]] as the human star, Jan-Michael Vincent.
Very [[InNameOnly vaguely inspired]] by the [[Literature/DamnationAlley novel of the same name]] by RogerZelazny.
!!The movie contains examples of:
* ActingForTwo: Only one [=LandMaster=] was actually built for the movie. One of the "twins" gets destroyed early on.
* AfterTheEnd
* AlienSky
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The cockroaches
* BaseOnWheels
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Strictly speaking averted, in that he's not the first to die, but he doesn't come close to surviving the trip either. The fact he is played by Paul Winfield assures his fate.
* CoolCar: If the [=LandMaster=] can be called a "car".
* CosyCatastrophe: The people of Albany have apparently been doing quite well despite the catastrophe.
* DuringTheWar
* SafeZoneHopeSpot: Blithely subverted with Albany.
* ScaryScorpions: Giant mutated ones make a brief appearance.
* TheSwarm: The cockroaches again.
* ThereWasADoor: The [=LandMaster=] is used to blast into and out of a parking garage.
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WorldWarIII happens. The crew at a remote US Air Force missile base survive the war, but following an accident which kills several of them and destroys most of their supplies, the remainder decide to make their way across the country to the only part of the USA that is still inhabitable. Unfortunately, the only way to get there is a narrow strip of not-quite lethal wasteland, dubbed by the leader of the expedition as "Damnation Alley". As the name suggests, it's no picnic. They set out in two "[=LandMaster=]" armored vehicles, encountering various dangers and other survivors as they travel east.
The [=LandMaster=] prop is arguably the best thing in this movie, and went on to have almost as long [[PropRecycling a career in cinema]] as the human star, Jan-Michael Vincent.
Very [[InNameOnly vaguely inspired]] by the [[Literature/DamnationAlley novel of the same name]] by RogerZelazny.
!!The movie contains examples of:
* ActingForTwo: Only one [=LandMaster=] was actually built for the movie. One of the "twins" gets destroyed early on.
* AfterTheEnd
* AlienSky
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The cockroaches
* BaseOnWheels
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Strictly speaking averted, in that he's not the first to die, but he doesn't come close to surviving the trip either. The fact he is played by Paul Winfield assures his fate.
* CoolCar: If the [=LandMaster=] can be called a "car".
* CosyCatastrophe: The people of Albany have apparently been doing quite well despite the catastrophe.
* DuringTheWar
* SafeZoneHopeSpot: Blithely subverted with Albany.
* ScaryScorpions: Giant mutated ones make a brief appearance.
* TheSwarm: The cockroaches again.
* ThereWasADoor: The [=LandMaster=] is used to blast into and out of a parking garage.
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