Damnation Alley story
The films depicts a future where the Earth has been tilted off its axis by the nuclear detonations of World War III; radiation has mutated giant scorpions, the planet is wracked by massive storms, and the sky is in a perpetual aurora borealis-like state. It is loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny.
7 total · 6 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. beast | major | The people versus the giant mutated scorpions and killer cockroaches. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | We saw the destruction of civilization in a nuclear Third World War and the subsequence post apocalyptic aftermath. |
| planet being knocked off its axis by nuclear blast | major | The nuclear bombs that rained down in World War III knocked the Earth off its ordinary axis of rotation, which resulted in abnormally dangerous weather, and a group of people who survived the horror worked to get the planet back on its proper axis of rotation. |
| post-apocalyptic dystopia | major | We saw the destruction of civilization in a nuclear Third World War and the subsequence post apocalyptic aftermath. |
| romantic love | major | Jake Tanner and Janice. |
| World War III | major | We saw the destruction of civilization in a nuclear Third World War and the subsequence post apocalyptic aftermath. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | Dangerous radiation storms were a menace to those people who lived to see the post nuclear holocaust world. |