YMMV / Night of the Comet

• Funny Moments:
  • IT'S SATURDAY MORNING, WHERE ARE THE GOD DAMN KIDS!?!?!?!
  • "You see, that's the problem with these things. Daddy would've gotten us Uzis."
  • "You were born with an asshole, Doris. You don't need Chuck."
  • Willy, full stop. "I'M NOT CRAZY! I JUST DON'T GIVE A FUCK!"
• Cult Classic: Had a pretty hefty amount of showing in the midnight / B-Movie network slots during The '90s and beyond, and Joss Whedon has said that it was one of the central inspirations for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Robert Beltran is useless with a gun, something his character on Star Trek: Voyager would be infamous for.
  • Samantha says "Beam me up, Scotty" at the exact moment the girls meet Beltran's character.
  • Samantha and Reggie, who fight zombies, are members of the Belmont family.
• Paranoia Fuel: Short-term; Before the comet of this film erases virtually all life on Earth, Hally's Comet's 1910 visit is name-dropped by an elderly partygoer as an example of false hysteria. At the time this film came out, Halley's Comet was due to reappear in just two years so it's not difficult to imagine some people were made to worry of that by this film.
• Retroactive Recognition: Janice Kawaye as the little girl who was "going to see Santa".
• Values Dissonance: Sam uses the word “fag” (albeit not in a hateful manner), while wondering if Hector might be gay instead of a Chaste Hero.

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