Tubi Thursday: In the Year 2889 (1969)

 On June 16, 1979, Svengoolie (then Son of) ran his first Episode.
He featured the 'classic' Film known simply as In the Year 2889.

On June 25, 2026, I watched said Film.

Nuclear War!

Survivors!

An old guy and his Daughter are hidden out in a Valley (sounds familiar) and survived.

Sadly, her Fiancee is dead, but they suddenly get lots of company in the form of 2 Brothers, a sneaky Couple and a drunk dude.

The Dad bonds with the non-irradiated Brother (who looks like Elvis' Stunt Double) and thinks that he can trust him.

He also wants him to bang his Daughter, but that comes later.

The drunk guy- who perved on the Daughter- and the creep- who first pulled a gun to blast open the door- are no help.

The former keeps going out to the yard for his jug of booze (why not put it in your room?) and the other guy lusts after the Daughter.

He's also no help.  At all.

The irradiated brother keeps wandering out at night and has weird urges (raw meat, but no water).

They learn that the radiation is making him evolve and, like everything in this Film, it takes forever!

The group is all worried that it will rain and bring down the radiation from the clouds.

That...doesn't sound like a thing.

Who cares- ladies in a pool!

It all comes down to them saying that a bunch of mutants- more mutated versions of the brother- are just outside of the fog surrounding the Valley.

We see one.

He carries the girl- in 1950's Cliche #27- and gets shot.
They all figure out that the water- being clean- can kill them.

The young couple walk towards the camera hand-in-hand.
The...Beginning?

A Film whose Plot has potential, but it never lives up to it.

For starters, the Title is a lie.  Here's the short version...

AIP optioned the Jules Verne Story of the same name...in 1961.  Years later, they hired Larry Buchanan to Remake a 1955 Film and just used this Title, since they already owned the rights.

No, really.

The concept- again- is not a bad one.  The Acting is just alright.  The Budget is super low.  The Pacing is really bad.  The payoff is not great.

The Film is dated in so many ways.  That is what happens when you do a line-for-line Remake of a 1955 Film in 1969.
It is like how I Eat Your Skin was dated in 1971, since it was made in 1964.

I really like to either find a hidden gem or give a new shine to an old Film like this.
No such luck- it's just kind of dull and generic.

Why can't we just get THIS instead?

A Film that is historic as Svengoolie's first Film and for being played so often.  That said, it kind of sucks.