There are plenty of cheesy TV
movies that have cornered that market, and more than a handful of films that feature a meteor shower as the catalyst for
disaster: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) brings about
zombies, THE BLOB (1958, with the remake out in 1988) hitches a ride on a meteorite, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) delivers killer crystals, and a rogue comet in Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) prompts machines to come alive and attack us.