Pandemonium

Tom Smothers Director: Alfred Sole Alfred Sole

Overview

Tom Smothers and Carol Kane co-star with Paul Reubens and Judge Reinhold in this uneven comedy spoof of slasher films. Sergeant Cooper (Smothers) is a Canadian Mountie who investigates the death of cheerleaders attending a summer camp at Indiana's It Had To Be University. Cameo appearances by Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Eileen Brennan, Tab Hunter, and Donald O'Connor fail to add anything to the thin, sophomoric plot. This film should not be confused with the similarly titled 1988 Australian feature directed by Hadyn Keenan.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/29/2020
UPC:	0814456022802
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	PG
Source:	Vinegar Syndrome
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	15,712

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Smothers	Cooper
Carol Kane	Candy Jefferson
Miles Chapin	Andy Jackson
Debra Scott	Sandy
Marc McClure	Randy
Judge Reinhold	Glenn
Candice Azzara	Bambi
Paul Reubens	Actor
John Paragon	Actor
Don McLeod	Actor
Gary Allen	Actor
Eve Arden	Actor
Pat Ast	Actor
Kaye Ballard	Actor
Eileen Brennan	Actor
Candi Brough	Actor
Tab Hunter	Actor
Sidney Lassick	Actor
Edie McClurg	Actor
Jim McKrell	Actor
Lenny Montana	Actor
Richard Romanus	Actor
Isabella Telezynska	Actor
Richard Adams	Actor
Randy Bennett	Actor
Jim Boeke	Actor
Victoria Carroll	Actor
Alix Elias	Actor
Phil E. Hartmann	Actor
Madeline Kahn	Actor
Suzanne Kent	Actor
Bradley Lieberman	Actor
James MacKrell	Actor
David McCharen	Actor
Ebbe Roe Smith	Actor
David L. Lander	Actor
Kate Reid	Mother Witness
Robyn Gibbes	Police constable

Technical Credits

Jaime Klein

Richard Whitley

Alfred Sole	Director
Doug Chapin	Producer
James Claytor	Art Director
Bob Dawson	Special Effects
Jack de Shields	Production Designer
Charles M. Graffeo	Set Decoration/Design
Michel Hugo	Cinematographer
Eric Jenkins	Editor
Dana Kaproff	Score Composer
Jaime Klein	Associate Producer,Screenwriter
Barry Krost	Executive Producer
Ed Milkovich	Asst. Director
Bob Mills	Makeup
Roberta Weiner	Costumes/Costume Designer
Keith A. Wester	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Whitley	Associate Producer,Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

This Airplane!-styled spoof of slasher movies has its moments but is ultimately more bizarre than it is funny. The script takes a shotgun approach to humor, mixing genre-specific humor with the kind of gags that could pop up in any comedy. Some of the gags are truly clever (example: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate the murders, a nod to the fact that many slasher films were shot in Canada) but those gags are outmatched by scenes involving humdrum grossout humor and other scenes that are just plain bizarre, like a death by electric toothbrush and a throwaway gag about bestiality. That said, director Alfred Sole keeps the film moving at a breezy pace and gives it a surprising amount of horror-film atmosphere for the jokes to bounce off of. Pandemonium further benefits from strong comic performances: Carol Kane uses deadpan wit to impressive effect as the "final girl" heroine, Paul Reubens turns in a deliriously eccentric turn as the main cop's sidekick and the supporting cast includes everyone from Judge Reinhold to Tab Hunter. Ultimately, Pandemonium doesn't produce enough consistent laughs to qualify as a top-shelf comedy, but its cast and its distinctively eccentric approach make it a worthy curiosity piece for the cult movie set.

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