Well, it's finally on DVD! Got one at Deep Discount DVD, or whatever they're calling themselves these days for $10.00. Catherine Mary Stewart!
Where humanity was literally turned to red dust, save for a few half-exposed zombies and a handful of heroes? :flow2: A campy cult classic, IMHO!
$10.00 is a discount DVD? I snagged a double feature: Shaft and Shaft in Africa for like $2 at Jewel.
I liked "NotC" before it was the cool new thing. And it totally kicks "Planet Terror"'s ass as greatest modern zombie movie. (Which is not to say the "PT" isn't a good movie.)
I've had a bootleg DVD copy for years. I upgraded the moment it was officially released. It was nice to see everything in sharp focus and proper colours.
I'll have to pick this one up. I've always had a weak spot for Mary Catherine Stewart. Plus zombies in an 80's setting- how can you go wrong?
They had Mac-10s. The little sister's line was, "Daddy would've gotten us Uzis". To whick Catherine Mary responds, "The car didn't seem to know the difference." I've loved this movie since I first saw in the theater way back when. When I was making the switch to DVD, I foolishly assumed it was available, and sold off my VHS copy with most of the rest of that collection. I've been kicking myself for that ever since.
I saw "Night of the Comet." I know I saw it. I remember the theater at Sunrise Mall that I saw it in. I can remember which friends I saw it with. I vaguely remember the "Daddy would've gotten us Uzis" line. Other than that? Complete blank. And I usually retain movies pretty well. Either it was such a great zombie flick that creeped me out so good that I've repressed memories of it or it just wasn't very memorable. I'm guessing the latter. Catherine Mary Stewart, however...
It's not anything really deep or symbollic or anything, just a fun '80s pic that I still enjoyed watching even when Sci-Fi cut the hell out of it for TV.
Is this the film where the heroine survives the zombification, as she's been getting knobbed all night in the cinema, and the hero at the end is recognised by her due to his arcade game score initials? And if this isn't that film, what the hell am I thinking of?!?
Not really, is it the one where two girls are seemingly the last people on Earth and decide to hit the mall?
Along with a pre-Voyager Robert Beltran. And some crazy, decomposing, zombie types. Like Anthony Zerbe and co. from The Omega Man, only they wound up as piles of red dust.
All of new DVDs should be on my porch when I wake later today. I also ordered a copy of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the second Holmes flick starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the first being their version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Both of these were made for 20th Century Fox, and were the only two set in Conan Doyle's written era, the next twelve were made at Universal, and were updated to the 1940s. Between those and my two-disc Jasmine Byrne set, and I'll have plenty of TV watching to do.
DMK - Danny Mason Keaner, IIRC! [Note to self--Why the hell do I know that?!? Seek professional help!]
There was a glitch, too, when Mary Catherine was beating DMK's score on the game. She basically X'd him out of the number 6 spot. In reality, his score should have dropped to #7, but it didn't. It just vanished, leaving her initials in every spot in the top ten. A little Night of the Comet editing error for ya!
Regina, hard at work reclaiming her spot on Tempest. Samantha in her cheerleader outfit. Told you they were using Mac-10s!
Y'know, the chick who played Samantha was like 25 or something when that movie was made. Real baby-face. Kinda like Cameron in Ferris Beuhller. I think he was 30 or something.
I'm watching this right now on the iPod. That's exactly what the doctor ordered after another hard day learning stuff. Thanks for the tip
To each his own, but if I tried to watch a movie on an Ipod-sized screen my head will burst from the headache I'd have afterwards. My laptop is about as small a screen size as I'm willing to go.
Well, you get what you pay for. Deep Discount's free shipping finally got my movies on my porch Thursday afternoon. After some chores around the house, I went out and bought my comics for the week ($38.00!), and got some milk and a pizza from my favorite place, and I got home in time for tonight's new Smallville. After that, it was 9:00, time for my pills and Night of the Comet. For a bare-bones disc, it's not bad, at least it's in widescreen. The movie was just as fun as I remembered, well worth the ten bucks and the wait.
