Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Girl just wants to have fun!" The station on the TV is still rotating the MV that I shot and the trailer of "Night of the Comet". This Cyndi Lauper single also reached the top ten on the charts.

Portrait Records is very satisfied with this result, which is an unexpected surprise for a small record company. Seeing that the single was expected to break into the top three, Portrait Records began to increase its efforts in releasing the single in Taiwan. The trailer for "Night of the Comet" has also been added many times.

Ronald turned off the TV, put on comfortable clothes, pants, and sunglasses, preparing to go to the cinema to watch his second work as a director.

The film's modest production and marketing budget resulted in no premiere and few media interviews. . Ronald also had to pay for tickets to watch the movie at a nearby cinema.

Once again he picked the movie theater in the Sherman Oaks department store. Two of my movies were filmed here, so it was perfect for me to watch "Night of the Comet" officially screened on the big screen for the first time.

After choosing the first show in the evening at the ticket window, Ronald went to the pizza shop where Jennifer Jason Leigh worked, bought a pizza, and ate it with Pepsi.

It was almost time to reach the cinema opposite. Ronald noticed that many of the people who went in to watch the movie were couples, but there were also many singles or a few boys who came together, and many of the singles came wearing glasses.

Seeing that the screening time had passed and the audience had completely entered the screening room, Ronald got up and went to check the tickets.

"The screening room is in the second room on the left, and the restroom is upstairs." The ticket inspector said mechanically, tearing off a corner of Ronald's movie ticket.

"Ronald." A woman's voice came from behind.

Ronald looked back and saw that it was Catherine Mary Stuart, the heroine of "Night of the Comet".

She was also wearing a pair of sunglasses, and her style of clothing was completely different from that in the movie, so the ticket inspector next to her didn't recognize her for a while.

"Ha, are you coming to see her too?" Ronald knew that Catherine was also afraid of being recognized by others, so he entered the venue while the show was already starting.

The two happened to go in together, and Ronald bought a large bucket of popcorn, like a couple on a date.

After entering the venue, Ronald and Catherine were near the aisle near the back row.

I found a place to sit where no one was. Ronald also wanted to pay attention to the audience's reaction.

Catherine, on the other hand, had a mixture of anticipation and worry. This is the first time she has seen a complete movie on the screen. She is looking forward to becoming famous for her performance, but she is also worried that the audience will not recognize it.

Soon the commercials and trailers passed, and "Night of the Comet" officially started playing on the screen.

A comet flew towards the earth, emitting a dark red light, and a special effect font "Night of the Orget" appeared in the center of the screen.

Starring, producing, and finally director's credits. Ronald sat upright. The plot was quickly approaching. The audience seemed to be relatively engaged in the beginning, but Ronald was half relieved.

"Oh," the audience cheered when they saw their stepmother slap Regina's sister Samantha. It's not common to see two beauties fighting each other on the screen. A real slap in the face made them excited. .

Then came the intense red lightning caused by the comet, and all the people standing outside to watch the spectacle covered their eyes with their hands.

The audience was also very satisfied with the lightning effect. Only Ronald still felt that it was not bright enough.

The camera switched to the next morning, the sky turned blood red, and a sun rose in the skyline of high-rise buildings. There was no one everywhere. Among the people watching the comet yesterday, there were only clothes and shoes on the ground, plus some red powder.

"Oh!" Several viewers exclaimed excitedly. It turns out that the comet destroyed the world like this. It's so cool. It's finally about to enter the terrifying plot. It seems that they are horror movie lovers.

Regina's pirated boyfriend, who worked as a projectionist in a movie theater, woke up first, got dressed and went out. As soon as he opened the door, he was hit on the head by a very tall and thick zombie with a wrench, and then dragged out of the back door of the movie theater.

"Ahh...!" The sudden violent scene refreshed the audience's spirits, and the sound of popcorn and Coke being consumed quietly rang out.

"Don't you hate people who pirate movies?" Katherine Mary Stewart whispered next to Ronald.

"Ha ha……"

The next time Regina woke up, she played a few more games on the video game console, completely knocking the dmk who had destroyed her high score record formation off the rankings.

He found that the back door through which his boyfriend went out was blocked. She pushed twice hard at the back door that had the old movie "Red Dust" on it but it didn't open, so she took a detour to the front door. There were a lot of clothes and shoes on the street, and along with the red dust, Regina didn't know why.

Going around to the back door, she found that the door had been blocked. Regina kicked it in anger, and then found a bloody wrench on the ground.

She began to feel that something was wrong, and the background music also changed from cheerful to thrilling, as if zombies would pounce out at any time.

The audience was also aroused by this emotion, and even the sound of popcorn was reduced.

Regina picked up her boyfriend's motorcycle keys from the ground. Now she confirmed that something had happened. She walked towards the motorcycle on the other side and passed a wooden box...

A zombie appears!

"Ah!" Although the audience had already expected it, they were also shocked.

Regina looked at the zombie, still a little confused, "Are you dressing up as a Halloween ghost? Making trouble without paying?"

The zombie shouted "Come on, come on"

"Fuck you, let me tell you, I have been trained since childhood to protect myself and learned self-defense skills. I don't want to hurt you."

The zombie was still approaching step by step, and the audience saw the horrific gray skin, red scars, and some blood stains in a close-up of his face.

"Oh shxt", Regina hit the zombie's nose with the heel of her palm, and then hit her two feet on the crotch.

She turned to drive the motorcycle, but was hugged by a zombie and thrown to the ground. Regina picked up a wooden stick, hit the zombie on the head, and then kicked it in the head. The zombie was hit on the head by a nail on the stick and fell to the ground motionless.

Regina picked up the motorcycle keys, then ran to the motorcycle, quickly started it and drove away.

The audience made no sound anymore, obviously they had completely entered the rhythm of the plot.

"Oh, I didn't expect that I would be quite heroic on the screen. I thought you made me look like a tomboy."

Catherine Mary Stuart told Ronald that Samantha wore skirts relatively often, and that Catherine was a little concerned that her character, Regina, was always wearing trousers.

"The clothes-changing show you had in the mall was pretty cool."

Hector, played by Kevin Costner, escaped from his home and returned to the radio station. Together with his two sisters, he fought against the approaching bad guys and zombies, and was finally rescued by soldiers sent by the Biological Research Institute in the bunker. All boarded the helicopter.

The audience breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, strange things still happened in the bunker. Those biological experts seem to be hiding something. There are also places inside that neither the surviving Regina nor Samantha can go to.

Scientist Audrey (played by Mary Woronov) is ordered to "deal with" the two sisters. She also discovered that the vents in the bunker had been opened when the comet passed by. All the people in the bunker were contaminated and were gradually turning into zombies.

Ronald noticed that the audience's breathing began to become heavier again. Everyone was sitting and looking at the screen intently. Some people were squirming in their seats, making their seats creak. No one wanted to go to the bathroom and miss the plot, so they all had a hard time holding it in.

Disillusioned scientist Audrey injected herself and another colleague with the poison originally intended for the two sisters, and committed suicide to prevent herself from turning into a zombie.

Regina became suspicious. She went to explore the inaccessible areas of the bunker alone and found that all the survivors were being treated as artificial blood by experts who had been infected by toxins. Their serum could be used to cleanse their bodies. Toxin, slowing down the process of zombification.

Regina kills the zombified bunker people, saves the two children, and escapes from the bunker. The scientists and soldiers from the bunker pursued them. Samantha and Hector, who arrived just in time, had explosives to deal with the pursuers. The group of people and a few children drove out of the bunker.

The next day, they returned to Los Angeles. The rain washed away the red dust and made the sky clear. Regina is paired with Hector and they play the role of parents with the children.

Eventually a sports car drives in, and survivor Danny Mason Keener, played by Nicolas Cage, drags Samantha on a date. The movie ends with the license plate shot of this sports car Dmk.

Ronald got the first step and occupied the bathroom, hiding inside to listen to the audience's feedback. Male spectators filed in one by one.

"The real movie is really exciting and enjoyable to watch."

"You said that Samantha, she looks really sexy in her cheerleading uniform."

"I think the zombies are very realistic, no worse than 'Dawn of the Dead', especially the one who neatly beat Regina's boyfriend to death with a wrench."

"Hahaha, you didn't see that this director hates piracy and deliberately arranged a miserable ending for him."

"Do you think there is really a comet that returns to the earth every 60 million years and wipes out most of the living things?"

"I don't know, but it is indeed possible. The extinction of the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous and the previous mass extinctions have a vague cycle, which happens to be more than 60 million years."

"Are you kidding? Then we are not?"

"It's not that accurate. I heard it from a person who claimed to have a PhD in paleontology and geology."

"How do you know so many great people?"

"Hi, didn't I meet you through..."

Ronald didn't hear what the man said clearly, thinking it might be some kind of science club for high school students.

In any case, these audiences are still discussing the plot and performance for a long time after watching it, which is a very good phenomenon.

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