Review of Night of the Comet (1984) by James M — 10 Jul 2013

A cheesy 80's horror/sci-fi B-movie which is actually much better than it sounds. End of the world movies meet Dawn Of The Dead as a comet which hasn't passed by Earth in 65 million years turns the majority of the population into red dust and others into flesh eating zombies. Two people unaffected by the comets armageddon powers are two sisters from the LA suburbs who find a male survivor hiding out at a local radio station and put out a message to find others & receive a message from scientists in a bunker who may have a darker motive for finding Earth's survivors.

It's all quite goofy & definitely owes a debt to Romero's zombie movies, but it's also a fun homage to the B-movies of the 1950's with clever references throughout.

The acting is all rather average, the script is cheesy and the special effects and makeup are quite atrocious, but this was still a decent and entertaining movie. A hidden gem.