Sometimes quiet little boys have terrifying secrets.
The Day the World Ended is a creepy, suspenseful sci-fi thriller starring Randy Quaid (Independence Day, National Lampoon's Vacation Series) and the beautiful Nastassja Kinski (Town and Country, Terminal Velocity).It also features terrifying effects by legendary Academy Award winning monster-maker Stan Winston (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park, Aliens).
Dr. Jennifer Stillman (Kinski) is a New York City therapist who takes a job as an elementary school psychiatrist in the rural town of Sierra Vista, Nevada.Her presence is greeted with a collective cold shoulder, and it soon becomes clear that this backward little town has a deep, dark secret that its inhabitants are determined to keep buried.When she befriends an odd and gifted young boy, Dr. Stillman finds herself in the middle of a battle between a vengeful and horrifying monster and the unspeakable evil at the heart of the town itself.