13 Apocalypse Horror Movies You May Not Have Heard Of
Funny or frightening? You decide.
Apocalypse horror movies are all about survival.
They’re not even so much about the monsters, but about humans surviving against the odds. We’d all like to believe we’d be tough enough to survive.
You may not have heard of some of the following thirteen apocalypse horror movies.
There’s a range of different takes on apocalypses and dystopian societies caused by apocalypses. From vampires, to aliens, to zombies, to androids, even musicals.
There should be something here for you if you love apocalypse stories.
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1. Stake Land (2010)
“The Most Dangerous Thing Is To Be Alive.”
Stake Land is a vampire post-apocalyptic horror movie, starring Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, and Kelly McGillis.
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.
Ratings
IMDB: 6.4 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 62% | Amazon: 4.6 out of 5
2. Housed: The Feature (2017)
“This party is lit but it’s only because of the Hellfire.”
Housed is a comedy apocalypse horror movie, starring Sean Welsh Brown, Joe Cilio, and Kelsey Coughlin.
Will millennials find a way to survive the apocalypse? No, but they’ll definitely tweet about it.
When the zombie apocalypse hits Katie’s college party, a small group of survivors decide to record the events. They have to deal with zombie invaders, demonic influences, night-time terrors, party crashers, and worst of all, each other.
Ratings
IMDB: 6.3 out of 10 | Amazon: 3.0 out of 5
3. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is an Australian action comedy zombie apocalypse horror movie, starring Jay Gallagher and Bianca Bradey.
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister is kidnapped by a team of soldiers and experimented on by a psychotic doctor.
While she plans her escape, Barry goes on the road to find her, teaming up with Benny to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
Ratings
IMDB: 6.2 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 58% | Amazon: 4.4 out of 5
4. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
“A Zombie Christmas Musical”
Anna and the Apocalypse is a comedy musical zombie apocalypse horror movie, starring Ella Hunt and Malcolm Cumming.
When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven at Christmas, Anna and her high school friends fight, sing, and dance to survive. Anna has to fight her way through zombified snowmen, Santas, elves, and Christmas shoppers to get across town to the high school, where they’ll be safe.
But they soon discover that being a teenager is just as difficult as staying alive, even at the end of the world.
Ratings
IMDB: 6.0 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 62% | Amazon: 4.4 out of 5
5. Freaks of Nature (2015)
“Get out undead or alive.”
Freaks of Nature is a comedy sci-fi apocalypse horror movie, starring Nicholas Braun and Mackenzie Davis.
In Dillford, everything is peaceful and business as usual: the vampires are at the top of the social order, the zombies are at the bottom, and the humans were getting along in the middle.
But this delicate balance is ripped apart when the alien apocalypse arrives. Now it’s humans versus vampires versus zombies, and all of them are on the run from the aliens.
Three teenagers – one human, one vampire, and one zombie – have to team up and figure out how to get rid of the interplanetary visitors.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.9 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 45% | Amazon: 4.4 out of 5
6. The Seventh Sign (1988)
“It was foretold there will be seven signs. The seventh sign will be a woman. Her hope is all we have left.”
The Seventh Sign is a supernatural apocalypse horror movie, starring Demi Moore and Michael Biehn.
In Haiti, the sea and its lifeforms die. In the Middle East, a town is frozen. The Vatican investigates these signs of the apocalypse, but Father Lucci says that they’re a hoax or can be explained by technology.
In California, Abby Quinn is scheduled to give birth on 29 February. She rents a garage apartment to the mysterious David Bannon and begins to have nightmares. She soon recognizes the signs of the apocalypse around the world.
Is she is the Seventh Sign, and can she save her unborn son and mankind?
Ratings
IMDB: 5.8 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 49% | Amazon: 4.6 out of 5
7. Night of the Living Deb (2015)
“It’s a Rom-Zom-Com!”
Night of the Living Deb is a comedy romance zombie apocalypse horror movie, starring Maria Thayer and Michael Cassidy.
After a girls’ night out, Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. She’s thrilled, but she can’t remember much of what got her there.
Ryan only knows it was a mistake and ushers her out the door into a full-scale zombie apocalypse. A walk of shame becomes a fight for survival for the mismatched pair.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.5 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 32% | Amazon: 4.3 out of 5
8. The Colony (2021)
“Will Earth wait for us?”
The Colony is a sci-fi post-apocalyptic horror movie, starring Nora Arnezeder and Iain Glen.
Earth’s elites have left a decimated Earth and now live in a space colony that has made them all infertile. Three astronauts are sent back to Earth to see if it’s now suitable for habitation and reproduction.
They discover hostile local tribes, as well as survivors from an earlier mission, and the sole surviving astronaut from the latest mission has to decide the right thing to do and what to tell the elites back in colony.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.4 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 36% | Amazon: 3.9 out of 5
9. Legion (2010)
“When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.”
Legion is a fantasy apocalypse horror movie, starring Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid.
A group of strangers come under attack by demonic forces at a dusty roadside diner.
Their only chance for survival lies with the archangel Michael, who tells a pregnant waitress that her unborn child is humanity’s last hope.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.2 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 31% | Amazon: 4.5 out of 5
10. The Bad Batch (2016)
The Bad Batch is a dystopian horror movie starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and Jim Carrey
Arlen is left in a Texas wasteland fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape, she’s captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the Miami Man.
She escapes and makes her way to The Dream, a bizarre settlement run by a charismatic leader. She soon discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who’s standing next to you.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.2 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 30% | Amazon: 4.0 out of 5
11. The Day (2011)
“Fight. Or Die.”
The Day is an action post-apocalyptic horror movie, starring Shawn Ashmore and Brianna Barnes.
A group of five try to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future. They find a farmhouse that they think is safe but before long they’re fighting for their lives against tribes of cannibals.
Ratings
IMDB: 5.2 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 28% | Amazon: 3.9 out of 5
12. Better Off Zed (2018)
“It’s a great day for a zombie apocalypse.”
Better Off Zed is a comedy zombie apocalypse horror movie, starring Christine Woods and Graham Sibley.
A lazy thirty-something is happy to sit out the zombie apocalypse in his fortified suburban abode, until his wife acts on a more pragmatic strategy for survival, forcing him to become the zombie killer he was trying to avoid.
Ratings
IMDB: 4.5 out of 10 | Amazon: 3.1 out of 5
13. Android Apocalypse (2006)
“Mankind must survive.”
Android Apocalypse is a sci-fi post-apocalyptic horror movie, starring Scott Bairstow and Wendy Anderson.
On a post-apocalyptic Earth controlled by androids, Jute, a human, is convicted of murdering an android. When the prison transport is attacked, Jute escapes with an android and they’re forced to work together to survive the harsh desert.
As they’re on the run, they stumble upon a plot by the android leader who hopes to wipe out humans forever.
Ratings
IMDB: 4.0 out of 10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9% | Amazon: 3.3 out of 5
Published: 9 November 2022
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