Night of the Comet

Night of the Comet

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

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Thom Eberhardt
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
1984
95
1,938 Views
It was the last thing on earth they ever expected.
They came.  They Shopped.  They saved the world!
The comet's coming, and the world will never be the same.
The last time it came the dinosaurs disappeared

Samantha:
  [calling across street to others after Regina pushes crosswalk button]  What are you waiting for?

Hector:
  We're waiting for the light to change.

Regina:
  We do not cross against the light!

Samantha:
  [looks at red crosswalk light]  Are you nuts, "Auntie Regina"?

Regina:
  [sighs]  You may as well face the facts, Samantha: the whole burden of civilization has fallen upon us.

Samantha:
  What's that supposed to mean?

Regina:
  It means we do not cross against the light!

Samantha:
  [walking out into street]  That's totally stupid: there's nobody here!  See?  We're talking ghost town!  [runs out of way of Mercedes-Benz 380SL that suddenly comes speeding around corner]

Regina:
  [to Brian]  See what happens?

Danny:
  [after turning his car around and stopping next to Samantha]  God, I'm sorry, but you shouldn't cross against the light like that.  [pause]  Hey, you guys are survivors, too, huh?  [Samantha looks upward, mouths "thank you"]  What?

Samantha:
  Nothing.  Great car.

Danny:
  Thanks, I have twenty-three of em'.  You want to go for a ride?

Samantha:
  More than you know.

Hector:
  [to Regina]  We don't know anything about this guy.  Where's he from?  What's his name?

Samantha:
  [to Danny]  What's your name?

Danny:
  Danny Mason Keener.

Samantha:
  [to others]  Danny Mason Keener, okay?

Regina:
  Yeah, alright, well—just be back by midnight, okay?

Danny:
  Midnight?

Samantha:
  The burden of civilization is on us, okay?

Danny:
  Oh, yeah.  Bitchin', isn't it? [last lines]


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