Disaster movies are calamitous by their description, but some of them end on particularly dour notes that can be hard to stomach. A disaster movie is any thriller, horror, or action-driven movie that ...

Preface: Pompeii and 8/29 -- Unnatural disasters : race and poverty -- Does George W. Bush care about black people? -- The politics of disaster -- Hurricane and hesitation -- Levees and lies -- Follow ...