In a world, where a comet causes cataclysmic catastrophe, host Klaire Lockheart and writer Sarah Isak-Goode investigate Night of the Comet (1984). They share a synopsis of the movie before they discuss the “American girl” stereotype, teenage rebellions, and the nuclear family. After they rate the movie on the Maenad-O-Meter, Jamie R. Waters receives her Honorary Doctor of Dystopian Studies degree from the Unaccredited College of Klaire.
Additional topics include: video stores, the girl-next-door trope, why Night of the Comet is a Christmas move, docent work, the McNay Art Museum, José Guadalupe Posada, and the Alien film franchise.