Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site uottawa.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaero!uottawa!carolyn From: carolyn@uottawa.UUCP (Carolyn Pullman) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: RE: Night of the Comet Message-ID: <69@uottawa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 14:22:27 EST Article-I.D.: uottawa.69 Posted: Fri Dec 7 14:22:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:45:03 EST Organization: University of Ottawa,Ottawa,Ont.,Canada Lines: 40 I really liked this movie. Since you all seem to be cutting it up I decided someone has to stand up for it. - It has a plot. Remember when you used to read novels? Some of them also had plots. This one is also fairly original. - It has well-developed characterization. You get to know the main characters. - It has no special effects other than makeup. It's obviously been made on a small budget. As for the makeup being a takeoff from "American Werewolf in London" well it isn't really. The makeup is used to illustrate part of the plot. - As far as it being a bad movie like "Yor": this is better than "Yor" but really there are worse movies than "Yor". Anything with Chevy Chase or Loni Anderson in it for instance. I mean "Ghostbusters" had a good tune but as a movie it sucked. Anyway I recommend seeing "Night of the Comets". I think it is an excellent movie that is very well done. Give it a chance. If you're the type that gags on anything that remotely resembles a horror show then you're probably prejudiced. Other good movies that are hard to find except at repertory cinemas but which are excellent are: "Picnic at Hanging Rock" : this is an Australian movie. Its cinematography is incredible. It used to play all the time in Montreal but I haven't seen it at all in Ottawa. It's set around the turn of the century and is about a true event that has never been explained. "Purple Haze": this is American about a couple of friends who were draft age when that was an unfortunate age to be. Anyway each to his or her own. Carolyn