Tschernobyl, eine Chiffre des gescheiterten Fortschrittglaubens und ein dunkles Kapitel in der atomaren Menschheitsgeschichte. Die Chernobyl Diaries erzählen erstmals von den ungeschriebenen Seiten der Postapokalypse. Die Tagebücher begleiten eine Gruppe von sechs jungen Erwachsenen, die den ultimativen Kick auf ihrem Abenteuerurlaub abseits ausgetretener Pfade suchen und einen Extrem-Tour-Guide anheuern, der quasi mit Slogans wie diesem wirbt: „Experience the Fallout!“. Er führt sie gemäß ihrer Erwartungshaltung in die ausgestorbene Stadt Pripyat, die damals den Arbeitern im Atomkraftwerk als Wohnstatt diente. Auf den ersten Blick wirkt Pripyat wie eine gewöhnliche verwaiste Geisterstadt. Doch als die Nacht hereinbricht, müssen die jungen Abenteurer auf blutige Weise feststellen, dass sie keineswegs alleine sind…
STALKER: Monolith's Whisper tells the story of Alexey Savchuk, an exiled victim of the 1986 Chernobyl accident who enters the Exclusion Zone to find his lost brother after "The Second Catastrophe" where a mysterious second explosion takes place in 2006 at the Nuclear Power Plant. Helped by Seeker, he will experience the vicissitudes of "The Zone" and try to reach his objective. Stalker Team Uruguay has brought the video game to real life up to every detail, so get ready to enter "The Zone"!
Eight months after the Chernobyl disaster, a Chernobylite woman that stayed behind to care for her sick mother gives birth to a mutated daughter. She wakes up after giving birth to find her mother gone. Masha, isolated and suffering from cataracts from the radiation exposure, becomes fearful that soldiers will take her contaminated baby. While attempting to reunite with her family in Kiev, the blinding mother and infant become lost in a forest. Masha sees a figure chasing her and believes it's a soldier that wants her child.
On April 26th, 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over Northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger is kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population who go about their business as usual. May Day celebrations begin, children play and the residents of Pripyat marvel at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. After three days, an area the size of England becomes contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a 'zone' of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning book-length poem (split over two books), 'Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl', and the shorter version 'Half Life: a Journey to Chernobyl", tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, soldiers, 'liquidators', and their families.
The word Chernobyl became known worldwide shortly after the 1986 blast. The small town Pripyat, situated just 3 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, up to this day serves to remind about the extent of the tragedy. Pripyat used to be a lively little town, both a powerful nuclear centre and a conveniently planned city with schools and urban apartments. It is now a dead, lifeless stretch of land littered with scraps of the past.