Inspiration: Post-Apocalyptic Movies & TV Show Resources

Fans of doomsday shows will love this collection of the best post-apocalyptic movie and TV resources from Envato Elements to help you create your own hair-raising projects.

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2. Post-Apocalyptic Movies/TV Show Inspired Motion Graphics

Taku / Dark Atmospheric Intro for Premiere

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Movie intros don’t get more dystopic than this one. The Premiere Pro template captures the post-apocalyptic aesthetic perfectly and is an excellent choice for your project opener.

Nuclear Mushroom Destroying City at Sunset 

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Before we get to post-apocalypse, we first have to pass through the apocalypse. If you’re looking for a clip that sums that up in a moment before you move on to the aftermath, this clip of a nuclear mushroom cloud over a destroyed city is an excellent choice.

Post-Apocalyptic Aesthetic Cinematic Trailer

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Use this terrific After Effects template for your movie trailer, opener, or title sequence. It’s fully customisable, and there’s a tutorial included to help you in case you get stuck.

Disaster Opener

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Whether your flick is about the aftermath of climate disaster, war, pandemic, or something else, this disaster movie or TV opener is hard to beat. Created using After Effects, it’s bound to deliver the chill your audience needs to keep watching.

Zombie Woman Clip

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Nothing says “post-apocalyptic aesthetic” louder than zombie land. Before, we presented you with a still image of a zombie, and here we’re providing you with a moving clip. Use as you will. 

Post-Apocalyptic City

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This clip is a simple but chilling one. A man walks past the town hall supermarket in a small town. It sounds normal, but he is dressed in full protective gear with an oxygen canister on his back. The film is grainy and glitchy. Something bad has clearly happened here, and something even worse is bound to occur.

3. Post-Apocalyptic Movies/TV Show Inspired Fonts  

Woodman Slab Serif: Falling Skies Font Inspiration (TTF, OTF, WOFF)

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Love the Falling Skies font? Create your own terrific title Falling Skies inspired text with Woodman Slab Serif Font. The font includes three weights—regular, thin, and heavy—and each weight offers four different styles: normal, rounded, press, and grunge.

Roads Block: Mad Max Font Inspiration (TTF, OTF, WOFF)

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Roads Block is the Mad Max font inspiration you’ve been looking for. A great choice for making your own post-apocalyptic logos, this font comes in untextured and textured styles that offer a touch of distress for added punch. This display sans serif font offers bold strokes that command attention and make it hard to forget. 

Oliver Sans: Station Eleven Font Inspiration (TTF, OTF, WOFF)

Hey, Station Eleven fans, looking for a post-apocalyptic font inspired by the title of the show? How about Oliver? You can’t go wrong with this awesome sans serif, which comes in three weights: light, regular, and bold.

Duster Grunged: The Walking Dead Font Inspiration (TTF, OTF, WOFF)

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Duster is The Walking Dead font inspiration that will help you take your project to the next zombified level. It’s an excellent display sans serif for all your post-apocalyptic projects, from movies to TV shows, posters, etc.

Devant Horgen: The Last of Us Font Inspiration (TTF, OTF, WOFF)

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Looking for The Last of Us font? Well, there’s no such thing, but there is Devant Horgen. So if you love that cool, condensed sans serif from The Last of Us, Devant Horgen can help you create your own post-apocalyptic logo or title.

4. Post-Apocalyptic Movies/TV Show Inspired Royalty-Free Music    

Mournful Apocalyptic

Great post-apocalyptic scenes, movies, and TV shows need an epic soundtrack to keep audiences engaged. When you’re looking for a soundtrack that moves from the hauntingly mournful to the dystopic, you can’t go wrong with Mournful Apocalyptic. 

Apocalyptic World

Apocalyptic World is a terrific cinematic score that builds tension and anticipation. Use this royalty-free audio track for any project that needs an apocalypse sound to enhance the action.

Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

If you’re wondering what the ideal soundtrack would be for a scene where you need to amplify the feeling of foreboding and pending doom, check out Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland. 

Chase

Chase certainly embodies its name perfectly. If a character is being chased in a “fight for your life” scene, this is the soundtrack you want to accompany the action.

Fear

Creepy, scary, and completely disturbing are the only adjectives to describe this terrifying soundtrack. It captures the post-apocalyptic aesthetic in sound perfectly.

6. Post-Apocalyptic Movies/TV Show Inspired Sound Effects

Zombie

You have the zombie photos and videos, but what about the zombie sound? That’s where this royalty-free sound effect comes in. It’s perfect for any project where the sound of zombies is needed.

Crow Cawing

Ahhhhh! The ubiquitous sound of the cawing crow that accompanies every hair-raising movie. How can you create a post-apocalyptic scene without it?

Female Agony Long Scream

Raise the hair on the necks of your audience with this blood-curdling scream. Wherever and whoever it’s coming from, you want to run in the opposite direction.

Zombie Swarm

Where there’s one zombie, there’s bound to be another… and another, and another. This sound effect captures the sound of the swarm. They’re out to get you. 

Spirit Screech

There’s nothing more capable of generating fear than the unexpected sound of some unidentifiable creature crying out in the distance. This effect is a must-have for raising the terror thermometer.

Zombie Eating

Zombies must feed, and this soundtrack is created to capture the moment, bite after repulsive bite.

Choose Your Favourite Post-Apocalyptic Show Inspired Resources

Now that you know just where to find the best post-apocalyptic resources when you need them, head to Envato Elements and download your favourites today. 

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