FILM 2339: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984)

TRIVIA: When cheerleader Samantha Belmont (Kelli Maroney) is playing at the radio station as a disk jockey, she says that she is taking requests from "all you teenage mutant comet zombies". This was the working title of the film.

The album Samantha tosses over her shoulder is the soundtrack for Valley Girl (1983) which was briefly one of the most sought-after albums of the 1980s.Kelli Maroney improvised the Uzi line when the weapon jammed for real. Director Thom Eberhardt told the cast to react to any unexpected occurrences in character, since time and budget were tight and they needed to avoid retakes.

Joss Whedon has cited this film as a "big influence" for his original film script of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), which is rebooted in his television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997).