Night of the Comet (1984) (2025)

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• Review by Ian West ★★★★★ 11

  I’ve been having issues sleeping at night for the last two weeks, lots of stuff going on in my head yadda yadda, so I’ve been trying to pop in movies that I love but don’t watch often—personalized deep cut favorites that I love to cherrish via sparsed out viewings.

  Night of the Cometis one of those movies—a1980’s scifi horror end of the world comet zombie jam that emphasizes humor and thought provoking situations via Dawn of the Dead-esque consumerism anthropology.I love the cast, leftover human dust remains, that neon radio station, mall montage/shootout, and that score! Theres a specific piece of music that plays on the blu ray menu and throughout the film that’s one of my favorite soundwaves... sometimes…

• Review by Wood ★★★★★ 3

  A legit misunderstood masterpiece.

  "I'm not crazy, I just don't give a FUCK!" is one of the greatest lines of all time.

  There was more hair in this than on my back, and that is no easy task. Luckily if Reg falls off the motorcycle her perm will protect her melon.

  The constant switching of tones kept me on my toes and for such a low budget flick it is often very beautiful. The performances were terrible, but I was eating it up like the infected were eating humans.

  #fthismoviefest

• Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 2

  83

  "See, this is the problem with these things. Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.

  Nearing the mid-80s, Night of the Comet is by any standards stripped to the core of its being, and all the better for it. With a blaring red atmospheric haze, well-sketched characters, and hardly anything else, Thom Eberhardt's hilarious, satirical blast on Reaganism and the joy of consumer control is intermingled with a low-fi sci-fi hang-out vibe. It exists on the brink of a void, totally consumed in its premise, promising nothing more than the greatest version of itself. Samantha and Regina, in the face of desolation, know exactly what to do - embrace what you love.

• Review by Matt! ★★★½

  There’s a shot somewhere in the middle of this movie where our two heroines are perusing an empty shopping mall and Sam puts down her submachine gun to grab a pair of high heels off a boutique rack while “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” blares overhead—try to find me a more perfect thematic summation.
  
  I Am Legend meets Dawn of the Dead meets Thelma and Louise in this (extremely) 80s low budget horror/sci-fi gem where gorgeous orange/red hues highlight the abandoned city streets of LA and two teenage girls navigate a now desolate world filled with zombies, evil government scientists, degenerate minimum wage workers, and, most importantly, Reagan-era consumerism. Who fucking cares that all your friends and family…

• Review by Sally Jane Black 4

  Surprisingly subtle for a bright neon apocalyptic comedy.

  A subversion of the Valley Girl stereotype, this film presents us with two young women interested in boys, video games, and shopping, but they are not bimbos. They are not ashamed of their sexuality, nor do they allow themselves to be shamed for it. They are capable of survival with or without others, though they naturally gravitate toward bringing others in. And yet, a sarcastic "for sure" is not unheard of.

  The premise is also electrifying. Unsure of where the plot was going at the start, I found myself a little sad that our heroines apparently did not at first see the comet's light show. When it became clear why the plot…

• Review by Adam Loves Bad Movies ★★★★★ 3

  WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THERE WAS AN 80’S NEW WAVE POST APOCALYPTIC FLICK WITH TWO GORGROUS SPUNKY AWESOME LEADING LADIES WHAT THE FUCK MY WHOLE LIFE IVE MISSED THIS WHAT WHY HOW I LOVE IT SO MUCH

• Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★

  The Last Army Brat Valley Girls on Earth, or "Girls Just Want to Have Fun!"

  Glad to have had the chance to catch up with this very enjoyably weird and funny B-movie mix of post-apocalyptic science-fiction, zombie survival action-horror, and 80s consumerism satire/new wave teen girl hangout movie with a theater crowd having a blast. Not sure I could really argue it's a shining example of any of those genres individually (though it does the most justice to the last one if any—Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney just make for such an endearingly adorable teen sisters turned action stars), but it has an undeniably infectious amount of fun aimlessly mashing them together and changing gears to a different movie…

• Review by VIVE_le_FILTH ★★★★½ 4

  It's the end of the world as we know it
  - Let' go shopping!

  "Daddy would have got us Uzis"

  
  Excellent Sci-fi/Horror B-Movie, where a comet passes the earth and wipes out everybody or turns them in some kind of zombie - unless you'd been inside anything made of steel at the time (Don't know why, just because I guess?).

  Totally love Catherine Mary Stewart (Regina) in everything she's in, actually I love Catherine Mary Stewart full stop! (there I said it).

  Also I hope the arcade machine that Regina is playing at the start is the same one from The Last Starfighter? (probably not!?).

• Review by belial_carboni ★★★★ 6

  Night of the Comet is pure atmosphere. The orange skies and desolate streets, the upbeat 80s tunes, the bright neon colours, movie theatre and arcade games, department stores and dramatic fashion. Gnarly radioactive zombies hiding around every corner and our two charming leads having as much fun as they possibly can in a newly post apocalyptic world. Girls just want to have fun, while on the run, each has a gun, hair in a bun.

  This movie reminds me of the video game equivalent of Zombies Ate my Neighbours. Same colourful nostalgia and charm. And did I mention these gals have fun? Shopping montages, picking up boys, shooting up cars, beating up zombies, speeding through the empty streets and escaping…

• Review by 👽 Zara 👽 ★★★★½ 7

  oh to be in an abandoned mall in the 80s during the end of the world trying on clothes

• Review by Joe Lynch ★★★★

  Well this was a surreal experience.
  So originally this was going to be a Joe Bob Briggs screening for PanicFest but due to illness he couldnt show up so they asked me to step in to help Darcy The Mail Girl and if you know me you know Im a HUGE fan of The Last Drive In so this was like that moment in ROCK STAR when Mark Wahlberg’s character has to step in for Steel Dragon so I was nervous as fuck playing “FauxBob Briggs” but I think it went well!

  As for the movie, I love this “Romero Trilogy For Teens” (it really is all three DEAD movies in one film) as it was one of the great…

• Review by pd187 ★★★★★

  see, we worked really hard to get ahead in this business, girls. and we don't get shit for it! but we do it... because we know we can work our way up through the system... and the system works. why, just a few days ago, we were only stock boys. now we own the store! the american way.