Night of the Comet

Buy This Item Night of the Comet by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $7.49  on 11-25-2008     A sleeper at the time of its release in 1984, Thom Eberhardt's <i>Night of the Comet</i> has built a small cadre of fans thanks to its breezy performances and blend of comedy and tongue-in-cheek science fiction. Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney are thoroughly likable as a pair of San Fernando Valley sisters who find themselves completely alone after the arrival of Halley's Comet reduces their affluent community--and most of Los Angeles--to dust. Their subsequent nonstop shopping spree is soon interrupted by predatory zombies, as well as a sinister scientific cabal (led by cult favorites Mary Woronov and Geoffrey Lewis) with designs on the girls. Stewart and Maroney are terrifically game as the heroines (especially Maroney, whose flair for bubbly comedy was never given another chance on screen), and Robert (<i>Star Trek: Voyager</i>) Beltran is also on hand as a fellow survivor and romantic lead. Fun for '80s enthusiasts and sci-fi fiends who don't mind a little fizz in their end-of-the-world scenarios. <i> -- Paul Gaita</i> Reader Reviews Great movie and evoked a lot of memories from the 80's era. There is a lot of tension and not so much gore, which movies today seem to have overdone to cover up bad plots. So, OK the plot is a little unbelievable but it has a good story line and could be the precursor to the Will Smith recent zombie movie, I Am Legend. Definitely worth a first look if you haven't seen it yet or a re-look if it has been a while.

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