Night of the Comet (1984)

Great 80's movie!

This film is so underrated, and is one of the best movies of the 1980's. The movie is a great campy version of the 1960's B-rated sci-fi movies, with a 1980's Valley girl spin. Robert Beltran (later of Star Trek Voyager) and Mary Catherine Stuart, do a great job in the film. June 17, 2008

NIght of the Comet

THe Ordering of the product was easy, and fast. The shipping of the product was timely. The movie arrived in good condition. The actual feature on a scale of 1 to 10 was a 6. It was a story I had seen back in the 80's. I liked it so I purchased it. June 6, 2008

Just what is a valley girl?

In the past, I saw brief clips of this film on the Sci-Fi channel. I was never able to complete the film, and for some odd reason, I never saw the beginning of the film. For the longest time, I wondered what was the name of this film. Finally one day I got the name by accident before I had to leave for somewhere. Shortly after, I went on Amazon and bought the full length dvd.

Many reviews of the film indicate that the movie is a mixture of 80's pop culture with a blend from earlier apocalypse themes of the 50's. Call me blind or dumb, but after watching the movie, I didn't see a single thing that indicated to me that it was the 80's and not a single scene reminded me of a 1950's era of end-of-the-world movies. The only thing that reminds me of the 80's would be the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," and the only thing that reminds me of the 50's would be the secret underground laboratory where scientists are more eager to save themselves than people. Unrelated to the movie, but I can't believe how old that song, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is. Over 20 years old. The sad fact about this movie is that it's now a "classic." The sad thing is, pretty soon us 1980s folks will be "oldies."

The movie starts out like most teen movies: a group of young high school girls enjoying the life and making excuses to not be with their "lame" parental units. Suddenly, like a bad comedy, the world ends and it seems like only two sisters, Reg and Sam, are left alive. They go out on an adventure into an unknown world talking about boys, going on a shopping spree, and unlike most girls, they know how to defend themselves when the times comes. Suddenly, that times come to where they have to defend themselves for the sake of surviving in such a brutal, new world. The sistes have to defend themselves with TNT, Mac-10s, and using clever tactics such as tossing a shoe at machine gun wielding foes. In the end, everyone walks away unharmed and they live happily in a world where no one else survives. Sounds to me like a commercial for the deadly effects of LSD.

In the end, I loved the movie for some reason. Logic would dictate that this movie flat out sucks, and should be avoided like a plague. However, something about the film sticks to you. Every time I watch it, I get a fuzzy feeling all over like I'm on a bad trip or something. Perhaps it's Sam, played by Kelli Maroney, who saved the day. Sam plays a wonderful stereotypical blond teenager who cares more about fashion than the destruction around her. I think she did wonderful in the film and she quickly drew on me. If the movie wasn't about some post- apocalypse where mutated half-dead people running around scaring the living day lights out of you, I think she would have been a fun person to hang out with.

In all, the movie was a disaster but it's really a "love it or hate it" type. Either you'll like it and admit it sucks, or you'll hate it and curse it's very existence.
June 2, 2008

poorly made but fun to watch

i am a little ashamed to admit but i have always found this movie a funny alternative to the dawn of the dead zombie movies and who doesn't like catherine mary stewart and the big hair days along with 80's music June 1, 2008

80's Campy Fun

This is one of those classic campy movies from the 80's. I was probably 15 the first time I watched this and instantly had a fascination with it. Okay, the acting isn't great, the effects aren't great and the zombies are kind of laughable. But, I don't think this movie was really intended to be taken seriously. I think it was intended to be campy and tongue-in-cheek and it does that very well. After all these years the fascination hasn't held up well but I still had to purchase this DVD when it was released. It's a fun movie to watch and would be great at your next Halloween party. I love it but have to be realistic and only give it 3 stars. May 28, 2008

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