Night of the Comet story

movie: Night of the Comet (1984) · 1984-11-16

A comet turns most people into either dust or zombies.

12 total · 7 major · 5 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
human vs. monster major Reggie and her little sister Sam struggled to survive when zombies overran their city.
organ theft major The members of a think tank were gathering up all the survivors and using them as cows for their blood in an effort to create a serum that would prevent other people from turning into dust.
romantic love major Reggie and Hector fell in love while fighting zombies and stopping the members of a nefarious think tank from taking everyone's blood.
sister and sister major Reggie and her little sister Sam struggled to survive when zombies overran their city.
what if everyone turned into zombies major Most people were turned into either zombies or dust when Earth passed through a mysterious comet's tail.
what if I were all alone in the world major For all Reggie, Sam, and Hector knew they were the last people on Earth after a passing comet turned most people into either zombies or dust. In the end, it was left to them and a handful of others to repopulate the world.
zombie major Most people were turned into either zombies or dust when Earth passed through a mysterious comet's tail.
coping with the death of a parent minor Hector went all the way back to San Diego to check on his mother, only to find that she had died.
mass consumerism minor Reggie and Sam went to a mall to get all the guns and clothes they could carry once Reggie realized society had collapsed and they didn't need their credit cards anymore. One gets the impression that the film was making a point about consumerism, because the mall was later described as a "monument to consumerism".
stepmother and stepdaughter minor Sam's wicked stepmother Doris punched her so hard that it knocked a tooth out.