The Day Time Ended (1980)

I love this movie so much

Powerful

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

After watching The Day Time Ended I'm left scratching my head wondering just what did I see? A whole lot of dazzling pyrotechnics that I can see at any light show, some ugly looking monsters and a little girl who is just taking it all in while the grownups are frightened out of their wits.Three generations of a family grandparents Jim Davis and Dorothy Malone, children Marcy Lafferty and Scott Kolden, Marcy's husband Chris Mitchum and their child Natasha Ryan check into a solar powered house on the desert which is to be a family vacation. Then everything starts going haywire including all their appliances even the car starting by itself, dazzling lights, and some ugly looking creatures. All adding up to what I don't know.The explanation is that not one, not two, but three stars went nova at the same time two hundred light years away and it's only reaching the earth now. The ending is a combination from Cocoon and Close Encounters done on the very cheap. I'll bet the actors weren't sure what was going on either.I've seen worse science fiction, but I've seen a whole lot better. No point to this one at all.

I bought multiple copies of this movie on VHS, DVD & taped it from TV trying to find a full clean version. All of those versions including the original VHS & DVDs were missing chunks, had very bad audio. The ending was missing and the video was poor resolution from one too many copies.Finally, the Sci-fi Invasion 50 pack has a complete version of the film with nice clear audio & video. After 35 years, I finally got to see a full clean version with the full ending. I suspect that most of you have watched the incomplete version with bad audio that someone hacked up for TV commercials & copied too many times and a chopped ending.The 50 pack must have found the original uncut film. It makes all the difference. This is the ONLY source I know which has the full, clean version of this movie.The story: the problems begin with a glowing alien time pyramid (about 6 ft tall the first time) in which a pony disappears & reappears. Plus the damages inside the house & other strange events disregarded as the child's imagination. Heavy smoke pours under 2 bedroom doors but not one person shows any concern that it could be fire related.Although we don't know why, the family home begins traveling through time & space in a vortex surrounded by zooming UF0's. Cars, lights & water turn on and off. The child & her mother fall out of the vortex & become separated for a while. The father was separated on a trip away from the family & headed back home when concerned.There was a time differential between the house & barn. Prehistoric dinosaurs (very bad renditions) appeared & battled during one of the time vortex trips. Various trucks & planes from different decades were sucked from the vortex into their yard.One good alien race was trying to protect them from a bad alien race. Perhaps the zooming sky lights were alien battles which opened the time vortex. Perhaps the family was transported for their safety.The child was a mischievous brat which never listened or followed instructions (nor did the adults). The child caused most of the trouble by carrying around the now thimble sized alien time pyramid in her pocket & talking to them.The mini alien creature was positively ludicrous & the enemy mini flying ship shooting lasers wasn't much better. It was a case of too many things being thrown at the audience.I also have a personal issue with blatant character stupidity where they do just the opposite of what any sane person would do such as go outside directly in harms way or let a child wander away unattended.Contrary to what other reviewers claim, there were NO Novas. A nova is when a sun explodes. There was NO Nova. However, there were multiple suns & multiple moons in the end which indicated they were not on earth.The house had disappeared into the vortex. If they had remained with the house instead of leaving on horseback, they would not have been displaced. When you leave the vortex, you become stuck in whatever time & place you landed.Fortunately, they were all reunited on a different planet with multiple suns of different sizes & distances & at least one giant moon & 2 small ones. There was also one large sun & 2 smaller ones. It was a little hokey when the child's mother reappears from the time pyramid with a knowing glow claiming esoterical knowledge of everything but can't give any real answers when asked. The entire family was headed toward a beautiful futuristic glass city at the end as glowing alien energy spheres lead the way and the glowing time pyramid (now house size) stands behind them.If you did not see this, then you need to get the Sci-fi invasion 50 pack. This movie makes more sense & has more plot than the overrated 2001.It isn't a great movie but worth a watch. I think this was one of the last movies by Jim Davis when he joined the cast of Dallas.

*Spoiler/plot- 1979, The Day Time Ended, A family moves into a house in a remote area. They are treated to several confusing mental and temporal 'flashbacks" about aliens invading their planet and time.*Special Stars- Jim Davis plays the father and Dorothy Malone plays the mom.*Theme- Badly done alien invasion theme.*Based on- Science fiction of the 70's.*Trivia/location/goofs- This film has many intelligible disjointed film scenes that does not move the plot forward clearly and leaves the viewer totally bored and confused on those matters.*Emotion- This film is utterly confusing and quite bad. Avoid it at all costs. It makes no sense and is a waste of your time.

The Williams family live on a ranch located in the middle of the remote desert. They find themselves in considerable peril when the place is suddenly thrust into a time vortex where the past, present and future collide in a wildly chaotic and unpredictable manner. Director John "Bud" Cardos begins the film on a compellingly mysterious note and gradually allows things to get stranger, crazier and more exciting as the loopy story unfolds. Moreover, Cardos fills the screen with plenty of dazzling visuals and does a nice job of creating a genuine sense of awe and wonder. The admirably sincere acting from a game cast qualifies as another major plus: Jim Davis as hearty patriarch Grant Williams, Dorothy Malone as his cheery wife Ana, Christopher Mitchum as the concerned Richard, Marcy Lafferty as his lovely wife Beth, Natasha Ryan as sweet little girl Jenny, and Scott C. Kolden as the gutsy Steve. The funky special effects offer an inspired combo of gnarly miniatures, neat stop-motion animation monsters (said creatures include a tiny spindly hairless guy, a big, lumpy, fanged beast, and a scrawny lizard dude), and nifty matte paintings. Richard Band's rousing full-bore orchestral score really hits the stirring spot. John Arthur Morrill's crisp, sunny cinematography likewise does the trick. A fun flick.