Fresh
A successful pastiche of numerous science fiction films, executed with an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek flair that compensates for its absence in originality.
Variety Staff, Variety
Night of the Comet
They came. They Shopped. They saved the world!
1984 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Thom Eberhardt
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Night of the Comet
Overview
After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A good-natured, end-of- the-world B-movie, written and directed by Thom Eberhardt, a new film maker whose sense of humor augments rather than upstages the mechanics of the melodrama.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Suspecting that all this plus the cheerleaders might fail to excite, the film-makers also pack in twenty songs.
Time Out
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