History Film / TheDayTimeEnded

** Though it's probably still better than the alternative of ''[[{{Squick}} following her into]]'' [[{{Squick}} the bathroom]].

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A 1980 science fiction/horror film produced by Charles Band prior to becoming one of the biggest names in B-movies with his studios Empire and Full Moon. [[Series/{{Dallas}} Jim Davis]] plays Grant Williams, the patriarch of a family who moves into a strange house in the middle of the desert. The day they arrive sees a triple supernova, and the family soon finds themselves dealing with all manner of otherworldly weirdness.

* TimeyWimeyBall / TimeCrash: There's ''some'' kind of time/space travel shenanigans going on, but it never becomes clear just what they are.

* TheUnreveal: A trinary supernova? Hmm. A shrinking pyramid? Hmm. A tiny green alien? ''Hmm''... At the start, the movie can be rather engrossing, leaving you wondering in anticipation at how all these weird occurrences turn out to be connected... [[MissingSecret but then the movie ends without ever revealing anything]].

* TimeyWimeyBall / TimeCrash: There's ''some'' kind of time/space travel shenanigans going on, but it never becomes clear just what they are.

* TimeyWimeyBall: There's ''some'' kind of time/space travel shenanigans going on, but it never becomes clear just what they are.

A 1980 science fiction/horror film produced by Charles Band prior to becoming one of the biggest names in B-movies with his studios Empire and Full Moon. [[Series/{{Dallas}} Jim Davis]] plays Grant Williams, the patriarch of a family who moves into a strange house in the middle of the desert. The day they arrive sees a triple supernova, and the family soon finds themselves dealing with all manner of supernatural weirdness.

* RandomEventsPlot: The script seems to be little more than the writers throwing in every random idea that pops into their heads, with very little attempt to connect any of it into something resembling sense. All we really know is that a trinary supernova is somehow causing temporal physics to screw up. The glowing green pyramid and the tiny alien that came out of it seem to be benevolent, but it's unknown if they came on purpose to help the family, or if it's just a coincidence that they're here. The "flying betamax recorder" robots and the alien monsters are malevolent, but it's unknown what they want or whether they came on purpose either. As for the [=UFOs=], the DerelictGraveyard, the earthquakes, whatever caused the destruction in the living room before the family moved in, and just what the Hell is up with the ending... no one knows, probably not even the filmmakers.

* RandomEventsPlot: The script seems to be little more than the writers throwing in every random idea that pops into their heads, with very little attempt to connect any of it into something resembling sense. All we really know is that a trinary supernova is somehow causing temporal physics to screw up. The glowing green pyramid and the tiny alien that came out of it seem to be benevolent, but it's unknown if they came on purpose to help the family, or if it's just a coincidence that they're here. The "flying betamax recorder" robots and the alien monsters are malevolent, but it's unknown what they want or whether they came on purpose either. As for the [=UFOs=], the DerelictGraveyard, the earthquakes, or just what the Hell is up with the ending... no one knows, probably not even the filmmakers.

* RandomEventsPlot: The script seems to be little more than the writers throwing in every random idea that pops into their heads, with very little attempt to connect any of it into something resembling sense.

* ItWasHereISwear: The pyramid disappears by the time Jenny gets any adults to follow her. It had actually become about one inch tall, something no one noticed until the adults left again, at which point Jenny puts it in her pocket and never thinks to mention it to anyone again.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The camera is left running as Jenny gets out of bed, goes to the bathroom and gets back in again.
-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow T. Robot]]''': Look, I appreciate the cinéma vérité approach, but do we really have to wait here while she goes tinkle? What's the point? Why?

* TimeyWimeyBall: There's ''some'' kind of time travel shenanigans going on, but it never becomes clear just what they are.

* GainaxEnding: Not that the rest of the film makes any more sense.

* MumLooksLikeASister: Gender-flipped version- Jenny's dad, Steve, looks more like he should be her older brother.

* PlayingGertrude: Male version. Steve Williams, the father of Jenny, was played by an 18-year-old Scott Kolden.

* AngstWhatAngst: Grant, Barbra, and Steve all tend to have limited reactions to the events. Especially Grant and Barbra- after being buzzed by UFOs, they flee for the house, then decide that they really aren't going to worry about it and go to bed.

* ItWasHereISwear: The pyramid disappears by the time Jenny gets any adults to follow her.