This was no simple turning of the calendar page though — it was Y2K and the entire globe was on edge as Jan. 1, 2000 drew near, anxious the world's computers would not recognize the new century ...

and this is true of the disaster horror comedy Y2K. The A24 release opened on Dec. 6 and has grossed a mere $3.8 million on a $15 million budget. It didn't light the box office on fire ...

"The dawn of Y2K was a yawner at the city’s nerve center in a corner of the new Sheldon Fire Station," reported Scott Maben. "A crew of more than a dozen monitoring police, fire, medical ...

The "Y2K bug" whipped up concerns across the globe about a technological collapse ... up a system where a siren would sound outside the fire hall with the press of a button in case phone lines ...