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Amazon.com: A sleeper at the time of its release in 1984, Thom Eberhardt's Night of the Comet 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 (Star Trek: Voyager) 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. -- Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews:
- Awful, Awful movie!! I LOVE IT!!!!: Awful awful movie. I LOVE IT!! I grew up with this movie and it was great seeing it again!!
- A long time fave: "Night of the Comet" was one of the first video titles I ever owned - on an old RCA CED videodisc. When the CED discs and players became obsolete, I eventually sold them all off to someone with the desire and resources to try to preserve them. I was therefore delighted to find it on DVD.
The story is simple, but this is a film with a heart, featuring excellent performances all around. It's an apocalyptic film that can make you feel good about human survival without preaching to you. Highly recommended... - Back to the 80's: 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.
- Great 80's zombie flick!!: I watched this movie so many times on cable back in the day. I think this one is a cult classic for zombie flicks. Good Humor and the right about of chesseness. I love this movie.
- Night of the Comet: The DVD release is in 1:85.1 Letterbox but in actuality the movie was shot 1:33.1 Full Screen. All the past cable broadcasts were in the original full screen format. If you own the retail DVD you need only compare it to your retail VHS or a broadcast saved to VHS.
Don't get me wrong, I love the movie as indicated by my rating above but when the studios LTBX the original they are taking away, not adding and are in a sense re-directing the film. All movies should be released in the master ratio and if the viewer wants it to fit their TV screen it can be done with the remote.
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