The Apocalypse comedy Rapture-Palooza will make you hail Satan

There’s not a lot of movies that would have audiences crying out “Hail, Satan!” at the end of them, but Rapture-Palooza is one of them. Thanks due entirely to Craig Robinson, better known as Daryl on The Office, who plays the Antichrist with such a filthy flair as to carry the entire movie, out today.

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This is the End clips reveal a much funnier movie than we'd expected

Good news! This is the End, the post apocalyptic horror show featuring comedians playing themselves, looks actually funny. Like laugh out loud funny. Plus Emma Watson shows up in two of these clips and absolutely steals the show.

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13 Post-Apocalyptic Stories That Actually Teach Valuable Lessons

A lot of post-apocalyptic tales look really awesome with their explosions and rotting monsters, but they don't have a lot of philosophical depth. Here are 13 stories about armageddon that actually teach valuable lessons about the real world — and its demise.

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How To Survive the Economic Apocalypse

Even as the U.S. is lashed by hurricanes and tornados, the disaster that most people worry about isn't a super storm. It's economic collapse. How do you prepare for a catastrophe like that? We asked a founder of the American Preppers Network, as well as economist Brad DeLong. Surprisingly, they agreed on an answer.

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The 9 Sexiest Doomsday Scenarios

We already know there are some pretty smokin' disasters that await us in real life, like mega-volcanoes (what could be hotter?) and flooded coastal cities (everybody in bathing suits!). But it's only in fiction that doomsday gets truly sexy. Here are nine of the most alluring.

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Mockumentary from 2068 recalls the devastation caused by the Internet

Ever feel like you're wasting your life looking at cat pictures on the Internet? In this short parody documentary, The Internet: A Warning From History, Brits in 2068 recall the tragedy that was constant Internet access, and the disaster that followed.

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A critical analysis of David Bowie’s crotch bulge in Labyrinth

Besides the subject mentioned in the headline, today’s “Postal Apocalypse” includes a historical look at butt-wiping technologies, how Cobra gets its funding in G.I. Joe, the worst Star Wars prequel quote, and more. It is possibly my favorite “PA” ever. Please, please keep those awesome questions comin’ to

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Can the Doomsday Argument predict our odds of survival?

The classic form of the Doomsday Argument says it’s more likely that we’re closer to the end of our civilization than the beginning. In other words, apocalyptic destruction awaits us in the not-too-distant future. But a recent re-interpretation of this argument has slightly improved our prospects for survival.

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A zombie-bitten father tries to save his infant daughter in this…

So you've been bitten by a zombie. So long, conscious brain activity, hello craving for human meat. But the protagonist of the short film Cargo has bigger problems than his impending demise: he has to find a way to save his infant daughter, even if he has to die first to do it.

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