Night of the Comet (1984)

Directed by

Thom Eberhardt

Genre

comedy film, action film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 449 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two sisters and a truck driver survive a comet that turns most people into dust or zombies. They try to stay alive and have fun in a mostly empty Los Angeles.

tongue-in-cheekretroupbeatcampyquirkyfunlow-budget80s-vibe

What happens

Night of the Comet is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney as survivors of a comet that has turned most people into either dust or zombies. Night of the Comet grossed $14.4 million in the US on a $700,000 budget. It received positive reviews according to Rotten Tomatoes and has since become a cult film, influencing the creation of Buffy Summers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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