End of the World story

movie: End of the World (1977) · 1977-10-12

A research scientist discovers strange radio signals in outer space that appear to originate from the Earth. The signals seem to predict natural disasters that are occurring around the globe.

10 total · 5 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
alien living secretly among us major The alien Zindar had murdered Father Pergado and assumed his identity. Aliens likewise killed nuns and assumed their identities.
attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy major Alien invaders plotted to destroy the world with the natural disasters because it was a hotbed of disease that could not be permitted to continue polluting the galaxy.
extraterrestrial being major The alien Zindar had murdered Father Pergado and assumed his identity. Aliens likewise killed nuns and assumed their identities.
husband and wife major Andrew Boran and his wife Sylvia Boran.
romantic love major Andrew and Sylvia were in a loving relationship.
Christianity minor We saw a Catholic nunnery that was infiltrated by aliens.
early computer minor Professor Andrew Boran worked on a 1970s era computer, which took up the better part of a room, to decode a messages that he presumed to be of extraterrestrial origin.
human cloning minor Zindar explained how he made a clone of Father Pergado, and he must have somehow inhabited the clone's body, although he did not explain this part.
utopia minor Zindar was from a world with no disease and no war. Andrew called it a utopia.
the religious end of the world not In spite of the title, the film did not play on the notion of the end of the world from Christian lore.