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The Apocalypse will be Automated

The Apocalypse will be Automated

2019
Comedy Horror Science Fiction
9 min NR USA
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In the year 2021, a virus wreaks havoc in Melbourne. Quarantine is established as recently-dead roam the streets. Three friends make a run for it, using all the…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Melanie Killingsworth
Starring
Jessica Tanner / Dushan Philips / Johnny Carr / May Jasper / Sophia Davey

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

tense gripping unsettling desperate technological urban survival gritty bleak resonant immediate

Reviews

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Isabelle Moreau
Apr 8, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

The premise of 'The Apocalypse will be Automated' is undeniably intriguing: a virus transforms Melbourne into a quarantine zone in 2021, with the recently deceased posing a threat. The film focuses on three friends' technologically aided escape. While…

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Arthur Finch
Apr 8, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

A sharp and unsettling vision of a near-future catastrophe, 'The Apocalypse will be Automated' excels in its palpable sense of dread. Set against the backdrop of a quarantined Melbourne in 2021, the film's narrative of three friends using…

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Genevieve Dubois
Apr 8, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

This Melbourne-based apocalypse thriller offers a timely, if somewhat predictable, premise. The narrative follows three friends utilising technology to flee a city overrun by a virus and its recent victims. Jessica Tanner and her co-stars deliver earnest performances,…

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Marcus Thorne
Apr 8, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

'The Apocalypse will be Automated' presents a stark, grounded vision of a city under siege. The film's strength lies in its immediate setting of Melbourne in 2021, creating an unsettling resonance. The performances are commendably gritty, particularly from…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 8, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Melbourne's familiar streets become a chilling battleground in 'The Apocalypse will be Automated.' The film plunges viewers into a tense, virus-ridden 2021, where quarantine measures are as desperate as the escape attempts. Performances from Jessica Tanner and Dushan…

FAQs

Absolutely. The film is specifically set in Melbourne during a dire pandemic scenario, featuring a quarantine and the eerie presence of the undead. This localised setting and the focus on a group of friends making a desperate run for it give the narrative a distinct Australian flavour, exploring survival within a familiar, yet terrifyingly transformed, urban environment.