Lander (Laverne & Shirley), Michael Tucci (Grease), Eve Arden (Grease), and Tom Smothers (of the Smothers Brothers).īetween its distinguished cast and scant runtime (80 minutes including opening and closing credits), Pandemonium is easily accessible. Other notable ensemble members include Paul Reubens (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure), Eileen Brennan (Clue), Edie McClurg (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Phil Hartman (Saturday Night Live), David L. Lacking experience with comedy, he smartly populated the cast with players from the renowned Groundlings comedy troupe in addition to several bygone stars from Hollywood’s golden age. Having successfully tackled the horror genre with Alice, Sweet Alice, Alfred Sole was an inspired choice to direct. The new students - introduced with an on-screen victim counter - include the Carrie-esque Candy (Carol Kane, When a Stranger Calls), beauty pageant queen Mandy (Teri Landrum), the snooty Sandy (Debralee Scott, Police Academy), party animals Andy (Miles Chapin, The Funhouse) and Randy (Marc McClure, Back to the Future), and the preppy Glenn (Judge Reinhold, Gremlins). Shameless aping the setup of Friday the 13th, a killer emerges in the town of It Had To Be, Indiana when Bambi (Candice Azzara, Caroline in the City) reopens a cheerleading camp that was closed following a rash of murders in 1963. 1982’s Pandemonium may not hold up as well as the gold standards, but it’s at least on par with - and often superior to - the rest of the crop of horror lampoons that emerged during the early ‘80s slasher boom: Student Bodies, Saturday the 14th, Class Reunion, and Wacko. A good parody movie is rare, and rarer still are those with longevity - especially if said movie doesn’t have the names Zucker, Abrahams, or Brooks on it.
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