Nightfall

1988
PG-13
1h 23m

IMDb RATING

2.7/10

788

YOUR RATING

Far across the cosmos from our world lies a planet bathed in perpetual daylight. Soon nightfall will come and bring with it tremendous destruction.

Play trailer1:07

1 Video

7 Photos

Mystery Sci-Fi

On a planet with perpetual daylight, nightfall's arrival brings destruction. A dramatic depiction of Asimov's award-winning story, exploring the clash between science and superstition as dar... Read allOn a planet with perpetual daylight, nightfall's arrival brings destruction. A dramatic depiction of Asimov's award-winning story, exploring the clash between science and superstition as darkness looms.On a planet with perpetual daylight, nightfall's arrival brings destruction. A dramatic depiction of Asimov's award-winning story, exploring the clash between science and superstition as darkness looms.

Director
- Paul Mayersberg
Writers
- Isaac Asimov
- Paul Mayersberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

2.7/10

788

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Mayersberg
Writers
- Isaac Asimov
- Paul Mayersberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Isaac Asimov was never consulted in the making of the film based on his short story, and completely disowned the finished film when it was released.

Quotes
Aton: Why?
Kin: Cause it has to be.
Aton: What has to be?
Kin: We are in a dream, Aton! You, Ana, myself, all of us. We can't change the dream. It has to be. And when we wake, we die. It's simple.

Connections
Featured in Cult-Tastic: Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman: Future Worlds (2019)

User reviews61

Review

Featured review

A film based on a short story by filmmakers who obviously never read the story in the first place.

And my summary line sums up this movie. This is easily one of the worst adaptations I have ever heard of.

What was so hard about trying to actually stick with Asimov's classic story? Did they think it would be boring? What they created is not simply boring, it's virtually incoherent as well.

In the world of science fiction, the long night has, metaphorically, always been with us. This film is a Black Hole that extinguishes the light of the original tale, sucks it in and imprisons it.