![]() ![]() VICTIM #4 is Sandy (Debralee Scott, Cathy Shumway from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a show that probably will elicit blank stares from, well, anyone), who gets a ride from Ronald Reagan. And VICTIM #3: Mandy, whose dad (James MacKrell, who played Lew Landers in both Gremlins and The Howling) introduces her as if he were Bert Parks (look for Victoria Carroll from Nightmares In Wax as her mom). Then there’s VICTIM #2: Glenn Dandy (Judge Reinhold), who comes from a strange family made up of Kaye Ballard (who was in Spike Jonze traveling group of musicians and would use her catchphrase “Good luck with your MOUTH!” on shows like The Patty Duke Show and The Perry Como Show) and Donald O’Connor from Singin’ In the Rain. The first is Candy (Carol Kane!), who is basically Carrie as she gets into a fight with her mother about dirty pillows at the bus station. I just love how the words EXPOSITION and STILL MORE EXPOSITION flash on the screen while she explains her backstory to Pepe (David Landers, who was Squiggy on Lavern and Shirley) and his mother, Salt.Īs each student arrives at the school, they’re labeled VICTIM #1, 2, 3 and so on and so forth. Seconds later, they’re all skewered together by a javelin.Īlmost two decades pass and the cheerleading camp remains closed due to this tragedy, but Bambi comes back to town to start it back up. As the game ends, Bambi the cheerleader (Candy Azzara, who played Rodney’s wife in Easy Money and was almost Carol - she was in the second failed pilot - on All In the Family) tries to win his heart before the rest of the cheerleaders kick her out. It’s a place where football is king and Blue Grange (Tab Hunter!) wins the 1963 National Championship before he goes on to professional glory. If anyone knew what slashers were - and had the timing to make fun of their conventions - the director of Alice, Sweet Alice was more than up to the task. Did it belong in horror? Did it belong in comedy? What kind of maniacs would make this?Īlfred Sole, that’s who. Pandemonium is exactly one of those movies, a film that would just show up on HBO to my delight and one that I’d often stare at on the video shelves. You were at the mercy of the HBO Guide, whatever was on TV that day and whatever new releases were in your video store. You might think that that would have been a dreary existence, but it was actually kind of awesome. There was a time, let’s call it 1983, where we couldn’t just sit down and instantly find any single movie from anywhere in the world and any point in time. ![]() COMEDY OF TERRORS: A matter of laughter at the splatter of the matter.
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