Night of the Comet Review

So I‘ve decided  I need to watch more 80’s horror films since there is an abundance of them that I have never seen. So with help of Netflix streaming they managed to put a lot of horror films on there. Some are horrible but there are a number of hidden gems and other must sees.


I don’t remember where I first read about Night of the Comet but it didn’t originally struck me as something I needed to watch immediately. I had put it off for a while. I do have a tendency to stray away from 80’s horror films because they reach that point of campy that I can’t get past. Its too much for me and its not enjoyable enough to want to watch it. I feel like I’m not the only like that. Also, the horrible horrible acting just distracts from any emotional investment. I know this is a hard thing to be picky about with horror films but the acting needs to be at least semi-decent. So in case you’re  like me and these things are distracting Night of the Comet  should be okay with you.

PLOT SUMMARY:

The story centers around sisters Regina and Samantha. The whole world is out to celebrate a comet that will be passing by the earth and cause a spectacle in the skies. Most people of course are out in the streets throwing parties. Other people think there is too much of a coincidence that the last time the comet passed earth was shortly before the dinosaurs went extinct. Turns out they were right to be worried. Almost everyone on earth is instantly turned to dust. Our main characters were luckily not outside when the comet passed so they survived it. Regina who spent the night at the movie theater she works at heads home.

The Horror Movie Blog Experiment

Does any one else feel things are over saturated on the Internet?  You can Google (...or Bing if you swing that way) any topic and usually find hundreds of results and get so much information. Of course most of it may not be true or relevant, especially when it comes to movie reviews or movie info. You can find almost any-one's opinion on movies theses days thanks to blogging. Well I’m here to not really solve anything with that issue, probably just to add to it.

What I want to try and do is specialize in horror movies. Whats going to make me more appealing than other horror related blogs? I don’t know yet. To be honest I’m not usually that much of a writer but this is something I want to try really to keep me watching more movies. I’m thinking what I can offer is the standard reviews on new movies that I see (mostly horror, but maybe not always). I’ll try and do movie recommendations based on the time of year or my mood. I also want to start my list of shame.

I hide my list of shame with Ellen Sandweiss, but I think they're both about to bust out!

What might make my take on horror films is firstly that I studied film. So I can look at things with a keen eye towards the technical end of things. Also, I’m relatively new to the genre. I have been lots of horror for the last 5 years. Before than I was admittedly freaked out by horror films for many years thanks to a couple bad experiences when I was a younger tyke...I’ll discuss those later.. So even though I have seen a lot I know I have a lot that I haven’t seen and need to see. That's where my list of shame comes up.

I’ll scour the net for a definitive list of the best 100 films and mark off the ones I have seen and start to go through all the films I probably should have seen by now and try and give me new perspective for them.

Does this sound good? Lets get this stuff start right with some discussion. Some of you may not like horror films as much well express it. Try and keep up with my recommendations if it sounds like something you  might be interested in. Any ideas of things you guys might like to see me try out.

**Please note that I have written the first few entries a couple weeks ago so when I started the blog so I wouldn't have a gap in material**