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Nightfall (1988)

Nightfall (1988)

Science Fiction
Release Date: 1988, April 15
Directors: Paul Mayersberg
Countries: United States of America
Production: New Horizons, New Horizons
Cast: Sarah Douglas, Larry Hankin, Jonathan Emerson, Dan Wells, Dayna Beilenson, Bradley Reid, Susie Lindeman, Charley Hayward, Starr Andreeff, Andra Millian, David Birney, Alexis Kanner

Overview:

The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall" voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story of All Time."

Keywords:

based on short story blindness religious cult loss of eyesight cult leader eye gouging multiple suns