![]() I don't want to give too much away, but it will suffice (and perhaps entice) to say that Reggie and Sam have been trained in military combat by their father and are fully capable of managing a simple zombie apocalypse. Those who weren't protected by a steel shelter but were only partially exposed have turned into zombies (who will eventually turn to dust as well - but not before wreaking flesh-eating havoc). The next morning the girls arise to find that most everyone else has been turned to red dust after being exposed to the comet. Her younger sister, the 16-year-old Samantha Belmont (Kelli Maroney), spends the night in a steel shed after getting into a fight with her stepmother at their comet-watching party. She spends the night with her boyfriend in the projection room. Regina Belmont (Catherine Mary Stewart) is an 18-year-old working in a movie theater. We are introduced to our heroines through their respective evenings. Night of the Comet is not really symbolic of anything quite so real world perilous, but it serves as a rare example of smart, resourceful and snarky butt-kicking women in film of that decade (a decade that tended to privilege warriors of the He-Man variety).Īt the beginning of the movie crowds gather to watch as the Earth passes through the tail of a comet - a once every 65 million year event. Movies like Red Dawn (1984), Terminator (1984), The Day After (1983) and The Road Warrior (1982, aka Mad Max 2) played on fears of nuclear annihilation and the break-down of society. Just as alien invasion and monster stories of the 1950s and espionage stories of the 1960s served to reflect concerns over the Cold War, the 1980s were host to a slew of post-apocalyptic films, comics, music, and music videos regarding the possibility of World War III. This week starts us off with one of my all-time favorites in 1984's Night of the Comet - a horror, sci-fi, comedy, genre mash-up in which teenage sisters kick zombie ass in a post-apocalyptic SoCal. ![]() ![]() Since I've been able to spend a lot of time with popcorn and a notepad, throughout the summer I'll share with you some of the most empowered (if all too often also problematic) women of the best low-budget classics of sci-fi, horror, blaxploitation, and action in a series of Grrrl on Film Cult Movie Posts! Considering this, it is perhaps ironic that many better funded action films with A-list actresses have been flops. You see, in my research I've found that some of the most interesting female characters, particularly female action heroes and/or proto-feminists, are to be found in some of the most poorly-produced movies. Measure from center back neck to outer edge of shoulder seam, then along outer edge to sleeve end.I promised that one of the themes we'd be exploring in this blog is bad movies with feminist potential. SLEEVE LENGTH: Lay garment flat(face down). Account icon arrow-left-long icon arrow-left icon arrow-right-long icon arrow-right icon bag-outline icon bag icon cart-outline icon cart icon chevron-left icon chevron-right icon cross-circle icon cross icon expand-less-solid icon expand-less icon expand-more-solid icon expand-more icon facebook-square icon facebook icon google-plus icon instagram icon kickstarter icon layout-collage icon layout-columns icon layout-grid icon layout-list icon link icon Lock icon mail icon menu icon minus-circle-outline icon minus-circle icon minus icon payment-american_express icon Artboard 1 payment-cirrus icon payment-diners_club icon payment-discover icon payment-google icon payment-interac icon payment-jcb icon payment-maestro icon payment-master icon payment-paypal icon payment-shopifypay payment-stripe icon payment-visa icon pinterest-circle icon pinterest icon play-circle-fill icon play-circle-outline icon plus-circle-outline icon plus-circle icon plus icon rss icon search icon Shopify logo shopify icon snapchat icon trip-advisor icon tumblr icon twitter icon vimeo icon vine icon yelp icon youtube icon
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