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]

Fantastic 80's apocalypse film. Its not a sci-fi that appears to have deeper levels, but is a great package of a film which makes it very remember-able. The characters and actors are appealing and believable. The atmosphere via filming, filters, background music is excellent and gives a great feeling of place, desolateness and the films own personality. Also the two main characters go and do exactly what any sane human would do in this situation too.(no spoilers) This film probably has many of the same ingredients that made Dawn of the Dead so good but with a more comedic side.A fantastic Saturday night film and easy entertainment.(its not too scary or gory although effective) One of my all-time favorites. Its a 10/10 for what it is.As for much of the films scenes and imagery, the films last scene and bad joke will for some reason stick in your mind.

A fun diversion from the traditional zombie & post-apocalyptic fare. Scary situations & deadly dangers are still present to threaten our heroines & heroes, but "Night of the Comet" also has an infectious sense of free-spirited fun to lighten things up. Cathrine Mary Stewart & Kelli Maroney are terrific as two teenaged sisters who battle zombies & other end-of-the-world hazards, in between bouts of giving each other stylin' make-overs and trying on all the latest totally cool new outfits at a nearby mega mall. Like totally, fer sure! A young Robert Beltran impresses as a fast-on-his-feet trucker who chances upon the sisters at a local radio station and decides to stick with them and see what this uncertain new world has in store for them all. A simple but effective red gel overlay used on the camera lens during all the outdoor shots reminds you that things are no longer what they used to be thanks to that deadly meteor. Bummer, dude! Solid, straight-forward direction from Thom Eberhardt keeps the proceedings moving along at a steady clip. A tight script with a few clever ideas keeps this from just being another doom-laden end of the world flick.Some great performers here, starting with Kelli Maroney as the younger sister. She's been in a few other films. The other main stars, Robert Beltran and Catherine Mary Stewart were fine, but I've never heard of them since. If the movie had taken a more serious note, this film wouldn't have been so much fun to watch, to see the zero budget special effects, to listen to the cheesy 80's songs, and as for the end, yes it all kind of neatly plays out, but sometimes you don't need a severed head in a box to make a film work. Plus isn't it nice to know that DMK was one of the survivors too...Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

A B-movie cheapie that found its audience on cable television, "Night Of The Comet" not only survives but thrives both as an amiable genre mash-up as well as testament to the fact that cinematic smarts can trump a low budget, especially when combined with a sense of humor.The end of the world has come in the form of a mysterious comet that turns people either into red dust or nasty walking corpses (zombie- ish, if not actual zombies), depending on their level of exposure. Army-brat sisters Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney) are apparent lone survivors left to fend for themselves in a deserted and dangerous Los Angeles.One doesn't expect much from a film like this going in, one of "Night Of The Comet's" secret weapons. Another is the genre- twisting: Consider it "Planet Terror" meets "Thelma And Louise" with a John Hughes rewrite in there somewhere. Director Thom Eberhardt employs a formula exemplified by a graffito we see in an alley during an early brawl: "Entertainment Or Death." There's a lot of death in this movie, an entire city's population at the very least, yet it's entertainingly delivered, with tongue always in cheek. Yes, you have a good deal of suspense, and some scares, but mostly you have mordant moments like when Regina is trying to tell Samantha what happened to their wicked stepmother by shaking a dusty blouse she scoops off the lawn:"I'll show you Doris! Here's Doris!"If you can't laugh at something like that, you are watching the wrong movie.Both Stewart and Maroney are superb in giving you a rooting interest. Reg is the older, hyper-competitive teen, who can't bear the idea of someone else cutting into her list of top video game scores. Sam is a Valley Girl who still wears her pep-club togs and cuts a dance move after knocking down an armed adversary. While Robert Beltran is first-billed for contractual reasons, he actually plays a character more interesting for the rivalry he prompts in Reg and Sam as the last man on Earth than what he brings to the table himself. (He does have a funny scene trying to outrun a kid who has been turned feral by the comet.)Great support is given by Geoffrey Lewis as a menacing scientist and Mary Woronov as his conscience-ridden assistant. My favorite character is a leering ex-stock boy named Willy (Ivan E. Roth) who takes over a mall with his goons and sees the comet as his ticket to the capitalist dream: "Now we own the store! The American way!"The movie suffers from a weak resolution of the scientist situation, the only time the plot seems labored. One also wishes at times for more chances for Reg and Sam to use their automatic weapons, especially when Sam squints like Clint Eastwood discharging her MAC- 10. There are times L. A. seems a little too desolate. But overall, the film makes the right choices keeping things light.There's a wonderful visual style to the movie that marks "Night Of The Comet" as a product of the 1980s, but in a very fun way, with bright pastels and neons in evidence. I even love the light-pop score, which exudes a kind of cheerful counterpoint to the stalkings and standoffs.Some reviewers here call "Night Of The Comet" cheesy, and perhaps it is, as long as you are thinking Brie and not Velveeta. At least for me, it brightened many nights on cable back in the 1980s, and still works today.