When a comet passes by Earth, everyone is killed except for a handful of people who are left to find the zombie hoards of the undead.
Night of the Comet is about two sisters, Reggie (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelly Maroney) who were lucky enough to be surrounded by steel on the night the comet passed by. Anyone left out in the open was turned into orange dust and anyone who came into contact with the comet indirectly, meaning that they were only mostly protected, are now zombies.
Reggie and Sam are unlikely heroes being that one works in a movie theater and the other is a cheerleading valley girl but both handle themselves surprisingly well with an arsenal of weapons. They do, however, show their teenage side by going shopping and fighting for the affections of the only male left.
In addition to fighting off zombies, the girls have to fight against a group of scientists who were smart enough to build a comet shelter but too stupid to close the vents. They need the uncontaminated blood of the girls in order to find a cure before they turn into the undead.
Night of the Comet is a fun throwback to the End of the World sci-fi flicks of the 50’s with a touch of 80’s flare. The world has basically ended but the girls go shopping for trendy clothes instead of buying staples for survival. It is supposed to be campy and tongue-in-cheek, not to be taken seriously like other End of the World films that the film pulls from.
This was actually the first zombie film I remember seeing. It took me years to find out what film it was, being that the internet did not exist for several years of my life, but I always remembered the orange sky and blonde in the cheerleading uniform. It was not available for purchase until recently, when Shout Factory made it available on DVD and Blu-ray, which made it almost impossible to watch if your local video rental store didn’t have a copy but I made sure to snag myself a copy so I could watch it this Halloween season.
If you’re looking for a good laugh and some light-hearted horror, pop in Night of the Comet. If you were born in or grew up in the 80’s, you will fully appreciate the film and everything it has to offer.
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Ann Hale is the horror editor for Pop-Break.com and a senior contributing writer, reviewing horror movies and television shows. She is also the American Correspondent for Lovehorror.co.uk. Ann attended East Carolina University, majoring in English Literature. She is a collector of Halloween (the film) memorabilia and is a self-admitted opinionated horror nerd. You can follow her, her collection and her cat, Edward Kittyhands on Twitter and Instagram @Scarletjupiter
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