Thursday, April 14, 2011

Zapped!

Made the same year as Porky's in 1982; Zapped! was a strange movie that follows in the same vein. The movie is pretty loose on plot, and by pretty loose I mean completely absent of it. It starts off with Scott Baio as Barney Springboro, the high school science brainiac playing with mice in scuba suits.


Later he, through a couple weird coincidences, manages to give these mice telekenetic abilities. A couple of amazing 1980s special effects later and BAM! Now Charles is in charge...with his mind! Much of what follows are close ups of eyebrows as that is the only way to convey some telekenesis is going on and Barney using his abilities to open up his classmates blouses. Oh the 80's, they really don't make them like that anymore.


Barney and his best friend and mouthpiece Peyton (who is also growing pot in the science lab, not much more on that later) beat up meat heads, cheat at roulette and use Barney's mental powers to win at baseball against a rival high school team with a 35 year old pitcher. Come to think of it there were a lot of full bushy mustachioed high schoolers.


Well after a couple of yucks some t&a and an uncomfortably long make out montage you realize nothing really has happened. There is no conflict and everything just ends, but not before a whole lot of torn off clothing and butts at the high school prom after Barney goes on an unprovoked rampage. No lessons learned, no character arc. Oh and there is this.

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