Night of the Comet is about a Valley Girl type who gets locked inside a projection booth and misses the sighting of a comet that seemingly the rest of the world is out in the streets to see. The effect is that everyone who looked directly at the comet was atomized. Some on the periphery were turned into zombie-like beings. Reggie (our hero girl) quickly finds her sister and the two begin to realize they might be the only survivors. A trip to the local radio station ends up bringing the ladies together with Hector, and alerting the powers that be to their location. The rest of the movie follows the girls as they run afoul of a government agency and those pesky zombies.
Night of the Comet has a lot of character going for it. There are twists and turns in the plot that make you unsure who is going to come out alive. The centerpiece for me is a shoot out with zombie stock boys at a mall. The whole movie is set around Christmas so it works pretty well for some easy commentary on commercialization. This is funnier and more fun than it has a right to be and well worth a watch.
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