Cult Labs - The Post Apocalypse Thread

At the beginning of the decade of self indulgence,otherwise known as the eighties,two films were released that earned enough money and critical success to have low budget filmakers reaching for the shoulder pads,motorbike leathers and studded belts all around the world.

The films in question were of course Carpenter's Escape From New York and Miller's Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior.If the original Mad Max gave us the run up to doomsday,then The Road Warrior gave us the full-blown apocalyptic wasteland.

Anyone who is a fan of Spaghetti westerns may notice the similarities between these films,and Miller's futuristic western.The lone hero,wandering the wasteland in search of civilization,the next best thing.The community,struggling against the maraurders,the bastard offspring of the nuclear ashes.

Carpenter's Loner,Snake,is slightly different,in that he is sent in to the nucleus of the scum,the dregs of humanity,sent in under duress in order to rescue someone.

Enter the low-budget fim moguls.

To jump on the Road Warrior bandwagon must have been a tasty proposition.A wide open space,some modified scrap cars,a handful of stuntmen,some cheaply made costumes,some good explosions and hey presto!The advertising and artwork/slogan machine kicks in to gear.
Similarities in doing the 'Fallen city' apocalypse scenario.Basically the same ingredients as above,with the exception that it is shot in a desolate,ruined part of a city or a disused industrial site,victim to an ecconomic holocaust,rather than a nuclear one.

No one can deny that these films are not cheaply made in comparison to the big two named above,but no one can deny either that they aren't hugely entertaining either.
Mad scripts,mad haircuts and makeup,mad stunts and mad costumes.Over the top violence;exploding bodies,decapitations and flattened and broken bodies.

These are the post apocalyptic films we love.And with SHAMELESS releasing THE BRONX WARRIORS,ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX and THE NEW BARBARIANS,what better excuse to kick off a Post Apocalyptic thread?
Hopefully Shameless have access to more of these 'mad gems' and intend to release them.
So let's hear what other films in this genre you'd like to see or you've enjoyed in the past.....