A comet last seen by the dinosaurs is making its way past Earth and everyone in Los Angeles is lined up outside to see it, except Reg (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Larry (Michael Bowen), who are holed up in the theater projection room waiting for a film print to be returned from bootleggers. They are the only ones not affected by the comet's tail, which turns 90% of Angelinos into fine dust and the other 10% into crazed psychos. Larry finds out about the latter the hard way. Reg gets home to discover her little sister, Samantha (Kelli Maroney), also survived by virtue of hiding in the steel storage shed after a fight with their bitchy step-mom (Sharon Farrell). Now the two teens must navigate the wasteland of the city looking for other survivors with only their wits, 80s fashion sense, and the martial arts and weapons skills drilled into them by their Green Beret dad (Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Film).
If I said "Valley Girl horror comedy" you'd probably think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Jennifer's Body, and you wouldn't be wrong. But you should also consider this the progenitor of those films. Night of the Comet is funny, very dated, kickass, not scary, and even has moments of pathos along the way. I watched it on YouTube but I would pay real dollars to see it in a better format.
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