Night of the Comet is a 1984 film directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney. It has elements of such diverse genres as science fiction, horror, zombie apocalypse, comedy, and romance. The film was voted number 10 in Bloody Disgusting's Top 10 Doomsday Horror Films in 2009. The Earth is passing through the tail of a rogue comet, an event which has not occurred in 65 million years, the last time coinciding with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. On the night of the comet's passage, large crowds gather to watch and celebrate the event. 18 year old Regina "Reggie" Belmont (Catherine Mary Stewart) is an employee at a movie theater in southern California. Annoyed that her #6 high score on the arcade game Tempest was beaten by someone with the initials "DMK", she decides to have sex with her boyfriend (ish) coworker, the theater projectionist, in the steel-lined projection booth, for fifteen dollars. Meanwhile, Reggie's 16 year old sister Samantha "Sam" (Kelli Maroney) argues with their stepmother, who punches her in the face. The next morning, a reddish haze covers everything.