Regina Belmont is the film's main character. Reggie works at the local movie theatre, and is the 18-year-old older sister to Samantha. Both sisters live with their step-mother, Doris, while their father follows his career in the Armed Forces. Their biological mother died when they were both quite young, and being raised by their Green Beret father, both girls know how to take care of themselves; this makes Reggie perhaps the only teenage cinema usherette who can serve popcorn, ride motorcycles, and is an expert with semi-automatic weapons (quite handy when trying to survive the end of the world).

Played by: Catherine Mary Stewart
Birth Name: Catherine Mary Nursall
DOB: 22 April 1959, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Also Starred in: The last Starfighter (1984), Mischief (1985), Weekend at Bernies (1989), The Attic (2006)
Notable TV Appearances: Knight Rider (1983), Days of our Lives (1982-1983), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987), The Outer Limits (2001)

Biography (source Universal Studios Press Release 1984)

Catherine Mary Stewart was born on April 22, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and came from a very strong academic family. Before retiring, her mother, Mary was a physiologist, her father (John) Ralph Nursall was a renowned marine biologist from the University of Alberta, and her brother Alan is a scientist with a Canadian TV show of his own.

Rather than follow in the footsteps of her parents, she went a completely different direction. "I'm somewhat of the odd one in the family," explains Stewart. "I started dancing at seven and, by the time I was 14, I was extremely serious about it. I joined a professional company at 16 and toured the Middle East and Europe. My very existence was dance."

At 19 she moved to London to enhance that career. For the next two years, in addition to dance, she studied drama, singing, dialects, etc. and continued doing commercial work. It was during this period that she got her first motion picture role in the Peter Roth musical, The Apple.

But it was with her move to Los Angeles that really catapulted her career to the next level. On her move to LA she explains: "My decision to make the move to Los Angeles and what happened in the process, were quite melodramatic. I was originally coming from London with a boyfriend. I was already on the plane when he walked up to the door. He hesitated and turned around as the door closed. At the last second he changed his mind."

Arriving in Los Angeles, she stayed with some friends and immediately began working on her career. "Much to my surprise, " says Stewart, "I liked LA At first, I was quite unsure of what I would think," But it took close to a year before she could obtain her Green Card and work.

"It was ironic," she continues," on the very day I got my card, I was cast as a regular on The Days of Our Lives."

When asked how she would describe herself she concludes, "I guess you could describe me… as a spontaneous person."

Since that time she has gone on to make over 37 films with numerous TV appearances, and to this day continues to delight her fans all over the world.