Night of The Comet (Burning Paradise Film Reviews)

I was still a snot-nosed little twerp when I first saw the commercial for Night of the Comet playing on the living room TV. I remember thinking to myself, “Cool, a movie where kids inherit the Earth. That would be fun.” Little did I know that the kids get handed the keys to our planet because everyone else gets disintegrated or turned into zombies.

Bummer.

This was way back in 1984, and I wasn’t exactly in the position to choose which movies my family went out to see at the Albuquerque 6 (our sadly missed drive-in). As a result, it wasn’t until much later that I was able to catch the flick as a rental. But for a kid brought up on Herschell Gordon Lewis, George Romero and Lloyd Kaufman movies, it was worth the wait!

As the film opens, a voice-over informs us that the Earth’s orbit is about to bring it directly into the tail of a massive comet — an event which has not happened in more than 65 million years. (Right around the time the dinosaurs disappeared. Hmmm.) This has prompted a worldwide celebration, complete with comet parties on every corner. Enter Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney), two valley girl sisters who spend their time looking out for each other while Dad is away in Central America and their stepmom is busy getting it on with the neighbor. But while everyone else is…