Every week on "The Horrid Macabre" we will review a retro horror or Sci-Fi flick from the 70's through the 90's.
This weeks offering is the 1984 classicly-bad flick- NIGHT OF THE COMET
"Night of the Comet" is a fun film, although with a corny premise- I mean, what do you expect from a film originally titled "Teenage Mutant Horror Comet Zombies"? The movie stars Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina, a cheer-leading, mall-loving valley girl (who also happens to be a kick-ass gamer) who wakes up one morning after falling asleep at her job at the movie theater to find that everyone's been reduced to piles of red dust in the night by a passing comet. Regina soon discovers that others, including her younger sister, have survived and that most of them have become flesh-eating zombies! Regina and the few "normal" survivors hole up in a radio station and spend the majority of the movie coming to grips with their new reality and fighting to stay alive. It's "Valley Girl" meets "Maximum Overdrive" meets "Return of the Living Dead"! Worst of all, there are other survivors from a secret goverment installation that Regina and her new "crew" have to stop from taking over whats left of L.A.
This movie is standard 80's Sci-Fi fare. Although I would classify Night of the Comet to be above the usual fodder of the first half of the pastel decade.
3 out of 5 stars. "Check it out!"
This movie is standard 80's Sci-Fi fare. Although I would classify Night of the Comet to be above the usual fodder of the first half of the pastel decade.
3 out of 5 stars. "Check it out!"
3 out of 5 stars is pretty generous if you ask me. I always thought this movie looked cool at the video store, but when I got the chance to see it, I was disappointed. I was expecting something along the lines of Dawn of the Dead, not something campy. Don't get me wrong, it's no Troll 2, but not a personal favorite, lol.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Sorry, I was in the shower (I mean, the grave).
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