Night of the Comet

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PG13,1hr 35min

Genres:

Sci-Fi,Comedy,Horror

Released:

November 16, 1984

Distributor:

Paramount Pictures

Starring:

Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran ... More

Synopsis: In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth, vaporizing the people in its wake. When Samantha and Regina emerge, they discover that they have the city to themselves, and they begin the shopping spree to end all shopping sprees. En route to the mall, they ... Full Synopsis

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	Donald Guarisco, AMG Review This is one of the more unusual entries into the post-apocalypse genre of the early 1980's. Instead of going for the usual Mad Max ripoff, writer/director Thom Eberhardt takes a clever tack by building the story around a pair of teenage heroines living in Los Angeles. This opens up the story for all manner of unusual takes on the usual post-apocalypse motifs: the wittiest is the girls celebrating their ... Read Review

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	Catherine Stewart Regina Kelli Maroney Samantha Robert Beltran Hector Geoffrey Lewis Carter

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