But the jokes come quick, often, and work more times than fail. Characters get hit with something, escape a terrible fate unexpectedly, fly out a window, and scream ridiculously a little too often. Where the comedy struggles at times is in its use of slapstick or comedy surrounding the actual killer. I also got a kick out of an early airport scene spoofing Carrie where Candy’s mom is shaming her daughter and her “dirty pillows”. Line deliveries hit their mark pretty well and can bring big laughs the scene inside the House of Bad Pies with the twin waitresses throws jokes at you quick and are mostly funny. Comedy works best in its dialogue and when characters are interacting. Some of the jokes hit their mark and deliver the laughs while others can fall flat at times. The film overall is a spoof of Friday the 13th, and the character Candy is inspired by Carrie White of a rather popular Stephen King novel. I won’t reveal who the killer is here, but when the surprise actor is revealed it should not surprise you seeing who they play in a particular John Waters movie 1 year later. Who could the killer be? Is it the escaped convict at the nearby prison? Could it be the escaped loon of the nearby asylum? Maybe the killer is Bambi? Canadian Mountie Cooper and his horse Bob (which crisscrosses between a real horse and a hilariously fake puppet in many scenes) are on the case to capture and reveal the cheerleader killer. Carol Kane plays your leading virgin Candy, who has the telekinetic ability to move objects and people with her eyes. #Pandemonium movie 2000 seriesWhat follows is a series of scenes getting to know your new cheerleaders Mandy, Sandy, Candy, Randy, Andy, Glenn Dandy all joining a Cheerleading Camp run by Bambi. After a series of more bizarre murders, cheerleading camp temporarily closes only to reopen 20 years later and claim more victims. In 1963, 5 cheerleaders were murdered (skewered by a javelin all at once) following a college National Championship football game by an unknown maniac. PANDEMONIUM falls in the spoof comedy category, but has gone forgotten with no DVD ever released or a VHS available for under $100. The genre has died down in recent years simply because everyone was growing tired of them, but the popularity was huge at one time pulling in large profits. And the 2000’s started promising for the genre with Scary Movie, but took a nosedive with Not Another Teen Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Date Movie, and Superhero Movie. In the 90’s, we got Hot Shots!, Loaded Weapon I, Fear of a Black Hat, Don’t Be a Menace, Dracula: Dead & Loving It. In the 80’s there was Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Student Bodies, Top Secret, Spaceballs, Saturday the 14th. Spoof comedies made quite an impact on the movie industry.
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