Night of the Comet

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Night of the Comet

PG-13

Released Nov 16, 1984

1h 33m

Sci-Fi

Comedy

Horror

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After a rare comet sighting, teen sisters Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney) find that they're among the only survivors of a zombie attack. The girls partner with another survivor, Hector (Robert Beltran), but as they try to avoid the zombies, they're sought by scientists who want to experiment on their bodies in the hope of finding an antidote. Dodging both the doctors and the undead, they keep moving in the hope that they can continue to stay alive.

Critics Consensus

Valley Girl culture satire Night of the Comet gets lots of mileage out of its slapstick sci-fi zombie approach.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

For all this film’s Valley girl aesthetics, being reminded of what could happen if we don’t listen to science but do take one another for granted seems fairly essential. Bitchin’, isn’t it?

Dec 25, 2024

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Jennifer K. Stuller

Bitch Media

Night of the Comet is not really symbolic of anything quite so real world perilous, but it serves as a rare example of smart, resourceful and snarky butt-kicking women in film of that decade.

Dec 22, 2020

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

... a cheaply made science-fiction movie that enters the atmosphere without ever igniting.

Jan 3, 2018

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

There's a sense of fun amidst the semi-sincere peril, even when a juvenile, girlish dress-up montage segues into a machine gun shootout with sadistic, anarchic stockboys.

Rated: 6/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Amanda Greever

The Daily Times (Tennessee)

[Night of the Comet] is boring, unamusing and nearly as convoluted as Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.

Jan 29, 2019

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Jacob Knight

Birth.Movies.Death.

The bastard offspring of an entire drive-in era, Night of the Comet is one of the most unique motion pictures from any age, and it's a wonder that more modern filmmakers haven't used it as a cinematic template.

Jan 29, 2019

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bao s

Ten year old me and 51 year old me like it the same.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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Rachael B

This is one of my favorite campy horror films from the 80s.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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Nick O

It’s the end of the world and girls just wanna have fun! Just watch out for government sanctioned death-squads and teenage comet zombies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Melissa M

This is one of the few '80s films where the females are the protagonists. The valley girls kick zombie butt for sure. The scientists have really rad threads. The concept of the zombies is original. This movie definitely has brains. People turning into calcium dust puts a different twist to the whole zombie genre. And the way people becomes zombies is imaginative. Not your typical zombies mindlessly looking for brains & people to turn into Zeds. It's one of the few horror-comedies film that kids 12 or under could actually watch. There was definitely mall madness theme in horror movies back then. Some many horror flicks in the big 80's have scenes that take place in a mall. Mary Woronov who plays Audrey in the movie definitely fits into the Scream Queen Category. She appeared in many horror classics like Chopping Mall, Night Of The Comet, Warlock, & Terror Vision

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Robbie

Liked cast, story and just fun to watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/25

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Dan D

Time capsule of the 80s. Entertaining romp through post-apocalyptic LA.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Thom Eberhardt

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Catherine Mary Stewart

Regina

Kelli Maroney

Samantha

Robert Beltran

Hector

Geoffrey Lewis

Carter

Mary Woronov

Audrey

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Synopsis

After a rare comet sighting, teen sisters Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney) find that they're among the only survivors of a zombie attack. The girls partner with another survivor, Hector (Robert Beltran), but as they try to avoid the zombies, they're sought by scientists who want to experiment on their bodies in the hope of finding an antidote. Dodging both the doctors and the undead, they keep moving in the hope that they can continue to stay alive.

Director: Thom Eberhardt
Producer: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford
Screenwriter: Thom Eberhardt
Production Co: Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 1984, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m