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Night of the Comet

Year:

1984

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Thom Eberhardt

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-11-16

Filming Locations: 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $700,000

Opening Weekend: $3,580,578 (USA) (18 November 1984)

Gross: $14,418,922 (USA) (4 January 1985)

Cast

Actor

Character

Robert Beltran

Night of the Comet

Catherine Mary Stewart

Regina

Kelli Maroney

Samantha

Sharon Farrell

Doris

Mary Woronov

Audrey

Geoffrey Lewis

Carter

Peter Fox

Wilson

John Achorn

Oscar

Michael Bowen

Larry

Devon Ericson

Minder

Lissa Layng

Davenport

Ivan E. Roth

Willy

Janice Kawaye

Sarah

Chance Boyer

Brian

Andrew Boyer

Rogers

Stanley Brock

Mel

Marc Poppel

Danny Mason Keener / DMK

Raymond Lynch

Chuck

Bob Perlow

TV Reporter

John Stuart West

Monster Cop

Alex Brown

Monster in Alley

Dick Rude

Stock Boy

Chris Pedersen

Stock Boy

Karl Johnson

Guard #1

Joel Levine

Guard #2

Wilson Camp

Party Guest

Anna Mathias

Party Guest

Tim Hannon

Party Guest

Bobby Porter

Monster Kid

Steve LaBeau

DJ (voice)

Michael Hanks

Narrator (voice)

Chris Chesser

Radio Spot Announcer (voice)

Dale E. House

Helicopter Pilot (as Dale House)

Helen Kelly

Girl at the Theater (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The photos of Hector's family are actually pictures of various family members of writer/director Thom Eberhardt's wife.

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The radio station set was built in an abandoned warehouse.

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The sequence at the department store was shot at night.

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Goofs

In the department store, they start with a double-speaker Toshiba "boom-box". When Sam is apprehended by the store's new "owner", he directs his henchman to "turn off the music" (sic). The boom-box is now a single-speaker, generic tape player/radio when he shoots it.

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Near the buffet table at the party scene in front of Samatha's and Regi's house, there are hundreds of people in the whole area watching the comet. But after the comet leaves, there are perhaps not even fifteen pieces of clothing remaining from all the disintegrated people there.

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When the initial scene in the projection booth begins, we see a steel shipping reel running at the top of the projector. In all other shots after that one (presumably within the same 20-minute running time of a 2000' 35mm film reel) the reel changes from the steel shipping reel to a cast aluminum house reel.

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Quotes

Regina Belmont: [sitting on police car] What are you going to do when your complexion freaks out? Dermatologist is dead, ya know?

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Samantha: [with mock sincerity] The burden of civilization is upon us...

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Danny Mason Kenner aka DMK: [Danny stops next to Samantha after he almost hit her with his Mercedes convertible] Gawd, I'm sorry but you shouldn't cross against the light like that. Hey, you guys are survivors too, huh?

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