About this episode
The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1984 features Josh’s personal pick, Thom Eberhardt’s Night of the Comet . Written and directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran and Mary Woronov, Night of the Comet was a moderate box-office success and has since become a cult classic. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Variety ( https://variety.com/1983/film/reviews/night-of-the-comet-1200426036/ ), Vincent Canby in the New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/16/movies/film-night-of-comet-adventure-in-california.html ), and Paul Attanasio in The Washington Post ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/11/20/comet-of-doom/09da8482-fd26-478a-95c4-1cd22d3d8afd/ ). Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1984 installment as we take a break from our regular season line-up to do a special Christmas bonus episode on the definitely not-for-kids Joe Dante classic Gremlins .