Night Of The Comet 1984
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Film Review:

Nearly everyone I speak to that remembers this film holds it in nothing but high regard with fond memories and long lost love. Its been unavailable on VHS or DVD since the original release in mid eighties, which was when most of these people last saw it. So, digging it out the vault and running it again after a long abscense, one can only ask how well its stood the test of time?

I suppose at the time we all saw it, we were all young and easily impressed. Add a couple of decades, a family and a mortgage and one wonders how easily we were amused in those simpler days. For those of you that don't know the film, think Day of the Triffids meets The Breakfast Club. Seriously.

The last teens in LA (Catherine Mary Stewart and Zoe Kelli Simon) survive the night of the comet, which turns everyone in the open into little piles of red dust, and those under some cover into rambling decaying zombies. It also causes a nasty case of red filters in the sky, anytime anyone ventures outside. So given this cataclysmic event - our heroines find themselves running around LA shopping and fighting other survivors in fancy malls. They team up with a truckin' cowboy (Robert Beltran) and rescue some kids from some nasty vampiric scientists and ponder the nature of existence.

Big 80s hair, hip teen attitude, comic book capers and cheesy touches of bygone technology masquerading as high technology help this little potboiler bundle along nicely. One can also keep an eye out for the hints of classic Sci-Fi films of bygone eras. But really, its fair to say that its far from amazing - in fact it sucks at times and entertains at others. Worth a look for a slice of 80s lotta heat little light postmodernism - but seriously, about as lightweight as Catherine Mary Stewart's feathery back-combed frightwig.

Video Capture Comments:

This is a poor qulaity capture that needs redoing when I get back around to it. The source tape was fairly dark to begin with, and the capture could have had the gamma raised to improve the finished look of the film. The source tape was also pretty grainy. Given the dark tones of the film, the capture is often lacking in clarity and detail - but its not all a loss - everything else is just about good enough to enjoy this piece of high 80s cheese.

	Rating Out Of 5:
Video Quality:		2
Cheese:		5
Film:		2
Specificatons: Duration: 01:35:05 (142,628 fr) Video Codec: DivX 5.0 Resolution: 512x384 (1.333:1) [=16:12] Bitrate: 882 kb/s FPS: 25.000