Nightfall (1988)

04/15/1988 (US) • 1h 23m

Science Fiction

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."


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

loss of eyesight

eye gouging

based on short story

cult leader

religious cult

blindness

multiple suns

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