Pandemonium (1982)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Alfred Sole

Writers:

Jaime Barton Klein (writer)
Richard Whitley (writer)

Release Date:

April 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

Tom Smothers stars as the brave mountie, who along with his trusty horse and bitter deputy Paul Reubens...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Cheerleader | Telekinesis | Police Officer | Megaphone

Cast

Tammy Alverson	...	60'S Cheerleader
Pamela Harlow	...	60'S Cheerleader
Lynn Herring	...	60'S Cheerleader
Jan Speck	...	60'S Cheerleader
Sallee Young	...	60'60 Cheerleader (as Sallee Sunshine Young)
Candice Azzara	...	Bambi (as Candy Azzara)
Suzanne Kent	...	Crying Woman
Phil Hartman	...	Reporter (as Phil Hartmann)
Michael Kless	...	Photographer
David L. Lander	...	Pepe
Carol Kane	...	Candy
Eileen Brennan	...	Candy's Mom (as A Friend)
Judge Reinhold	...	Glenn
Bradley Lieberman	...	Chip Jr.
Victoria Carroll	...	Mandy's Mom

Also Known As:

Thursday the 12th (USA) (working title)
Thursday the Twelfth (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Company:

Krost/Chapin Productions

Trivia:

One of the horror films this movie spoofs is Carrie (1976). Edie McClurg and Sydney Lassick, who have small parts in Carrie (1976) as the English teacher Mr. Fromm and Carrie's classmate Helen, also have minor parts in "Pandemonium". Lassick appears in the Bus Station scene, which spoofs Carrie (1976), as the homeless man with the "dirty pillows".

Quotes:

[At a crime scene where five cheerleaders have been turned into a "human shish-kebob"]
Photographer: This must be the act of a maniac.
Reporter: Either that, or a very large chef.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Shining (1980)

Bored? Pandemonium.

This is the type of movie that one doesn't watch to learn anything or feel any great huge emotions. It's one of those "time-to-kill" films that many people will enjoy, and many others will not. The jokes are not killer, and the script falls a bit flat, but the actors manage to make a good deal of it work. So many stars are in this movie (some not as famous as others), most very good in their roles, but if you are not interested in the big names in the film, then the plot might not hook you, either. All in all, Pandemonium is a movie which could have been better, but succeeds at what it is...a nice little boredom buster with some cute laughs and just enough camp to make this horror parody float.