Wacko

1982

Action / Comedy / Horror / Mystery

9
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 1616 1.6K

spoof slasher spoof traumatic childhood

Plot summary

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Director

Greydon Clark Photo
Greydon Clark

Top cast

Joe Don Baker Photo
Joe Don Baker as Dick Harbinger
Charles Napier Photo
Charles Napier as Chief O'Hara
Andrew Dice Clay Photo
Andrew Dice Clay as Tony Schlongini
Anthony James Photo
Anthony James as Zeke
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798.36 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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1.45 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stevieboy666 6 / 10

One very Whacky movie

It's Halloween, it's the night of a school prom, it's a Friday, the Moon is full and 13 years after a brutal murderous spree The Lawnmower Killer is back! Wacko is a horror-comedy with the emphasis very much on the latter, and by comedy I mean the over the top variety, the slapstick and surreal type found in movies such as "Airplane!" For me most of the gags worked and I did laugh out loud a few times though I must have been in the right frame of mind for it. Good production values and a decent cast helped a lot, though hardly a classic this could have been so much worse. Films parodied include Psycho, The Omen, Alien, The Exorcist and The Elephant Man. George Kennedy plays a doctor (his wife says "Mary! Your father is a doctor, he kills people every day") who likes to peep on his teen daughters through their bedroom windows. Not sure how even back then this was meant to be funny, it's creepy and perverted. As usual the school kids look more mid to late 20's than teens, including "Tony", a full blooded alpha male obviously inspired by John Travolta's Danny from Grease but with added crudeness. I always say the horror-comedy is a difficult genre to get right, fortunately Wacko proved to be a worthwhile watch. Furthermore it was made during the Golden Age of the Slasher Movie and that alone is a good enough reason to check it out.
Reviewed by gridoon2024 5 / 10

Likable but shapeless horror spoof

"Wacko" was clearly made by people with affection for the horror genre, and yet it is so intent on including as many references to other movies (and shows) as possible that it never develops enough momentum on its own; it's basically just a collage of unrelated jokes, some of which are repeated multiple times throughout the film. The funniest performer is George Kennedy, in the only envelope-pushing role: a pseudo-surgeon who likes to peep on his own teenage daughters! ** out of 4.
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