the audience applauded

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Absolutely Fantastic

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Night of the CometIn the 80's, the resulting fallout of a passing comet caused every human in contact of it to turn into into a flesh eating zombie before bursting to oblivion. Meanwhile, few survivors were lucky to survive but are facing a new dilemma. A group of scientist is hunting these survivors to capture and turn into their very own source of energy.Night of the Comet is your average run-in-the-mill popcorn flick but churned with the right amount of sense and consistency that you could give it a second chance. Everything about it screamed mediocrity. Acting. Script. Visuals. But its own easy-breeziness and simplicity lifts its material from becoming into another forgettable 80s trash. Cute actress too. Wonder why they did not make it big? [3.5/5]

Night of the Comet (1984) ** (out of 4) Everyone on Earth is awaiting a comet to come close but what no one knows is that it's going to have catastrophic consequences. The morning after the comet Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maaroney) find that they're the only ones alive and they must try and survive the zombies that have overtaken the land.NIGHT OF THE COMET is a movie that a lot of people love. It wasn't the biggest box office hit but it gained a nice cult following over the years but I must admit that it just didn't work for me. I can honestly look at the movie and understand why some might love it but personally speaking there really wasn't anything here that kept me glued to the movie. While nothing in it is horrible there's also nothing good either.The film is a homage to those horror and science fiction films that would play in drive-ins back in the 1950s. There are a couple nice winks to those types of movies scattered throughout the running time but these things certainly can't save the picture. Both Stewart and Maroney are good in their parts but I can't say I loved either character. There certainly wasn't enough zombie action.Again, if you love this picture then I can understand why. At the same time, I really don't think there's anything great here.

I saw Night Of The Comet way back in 1985, on a bad Betamax copy. I remember liking it back then. Now I got my hands on the newly released Bluray edition and well, the movie has dated a bit. Sure, Night Of The Comet was has a bit of tongue in cheek and it kind of never takes itself too seriously, but even at that, it does contain some truly creepy moments. The movie deals with a comet passing near Earth's orbit and scientists predicting a dazzling spectacle of lights and a meteor shower. SInce it's a once in a lifetime event, most of the residents in L.A. gather outside the streets to catch a perfect view of this comet passing by. It later appears that all that were exposed to the comet's radiation disintegrate, turning humans into dusty red clay. Only two girls seem to survive, Regina and Sammantha, both of them were miraculously hidden from the radiation. When they become aware that everybody around them is dead, they desperately try to communicate with other possible survivors. The empty streets of L.A., the automatic gardening devices, clocks, street lights, etc., seem to function normally, giving us a glimpse that machines can go on their own without humans. It is these scenes that I found the creepiest, reminding me of movies like The Omegan Man and 28 Days Later, which I think borrowed heavily from this picture.The girls then find and befriend a truck driver and for a moment it appears that they are the only survivors. One thing that is never fully explained is that, some of the people that didn't die, turned into Zombies. Unlike the Zombies in George Romero films (slow and dumb) or in 28 Days Later (fast and furious), these zombies actually speak and think. It is never specified why they didn't disintegrate and why they necessarily have to turn into zombies. To make matters worse, a team of scientists also survive, but they too have been exposed to the comet and need contaminated free survivors in order to make a serum that can save them. Maybe if the movie had a more serious tone (like those scenes of empty LA, that are truly creepy)it would've been a far more interesting movie, yet Night Of The Comet manages to entertain. Those of us who grew up during the 80's will surely find the soundtrack of electronic and new wave music very appealing (yet it also severely dates the movie).I enjoyed Night Of The Comet, but I'll be the first to admit it's not Oscar material.

This film just reeks of the 80's and I had a lot of fun watching it. The film follows the story of a group of people who are the only people left alive following the arrival of a comet to earth which simply turned people to dust. The film tells the story of the survivors journey and how they adapt to life following the event. The film has some good comedic moments in there too and a great 80's soundtrack through out. The special effects have not aged well and the main effect used was a red tint throughout the film showing the comet dust I'd imagine but although the film isn't perfect it's a lot of fun. The main performances are done well enough but there are a few ''wooden'' actors in the films running time overall they were fine. It's a film that doesn't take itself too seriously with some laughs thrown in I'd recommend this to fans of 80's films for sure. 7/10