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Dick Harbinger played by Joe Don Baker is in the police and is obsessed with stopping history repeating itself. Thirteen years earlier a man wearing a pumpkinhead and driving a lawnmower committed vile murders on some children. The night is Halloween and everyone is a suspect. The school janitor (Zeek) is a suspect and is questioned. Throughout the film, when the work "geek" it used, he reappears and corrects the speaker saying, "it's zeeeeeeeek." The father of the family played by George Kennedy is too obvious a suspect and is questioned by police. He is usually caught by his daughter Mary, trying to creep into the bathroom when she is showering, or peering in her window whilst she is sleeping. His daughter catches him and screams and always says the same line, "Damn it Daddy, what are you doing?" Kennedy always replies, "I'm just erm , mowing the lawn." The daughter replies always the same, "sure Daddy, that's what you always say." |
Dick Harbinger played by Joe Don Baker is in the police and is obsessed with stopping history repeating itself. Thirteen years earlier a man wearing a pumpkinhead and driving a lawnmower committed vile murders on some children. The night is Halloween and everyone is a suspect. The school janitor (Zeek) is a suspect and is questioned. Throughout the film, when the work "geek" it used, he reappears and corrects the speaker saying, "it's zeeeeeeeek." The father of the family played by George Kennedy is too obvious a suspect and is questioned by police. He is usually caught by his daughter Mary, trying to creep into the bathroom when she is showering, or peering in her window whilst she is sleeping. His daughter catches him and screams and always says the same line, "Damn it Daddy, what are you doing?" Kennedy always replies, "I'm just erm , mowing the lawn." The daughter replies always the same, "sure Daddy, that's what you always say." Mary is dating Tony "the schlong" Schlongini who is the coolest kid in school. He along with many others get killed by Mr Pumpkinhead which is played by detective (Baker). |
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Mary is dating Tony "the schlong" Schlongini who is the coolest kid in school. He along with many others get killed by Mr Pumpkinhead which is played by detective (Baker). |
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In the end the detective dresses up as the Lawnmower Killer because no one is taking the threat seriously so he decides to teach them all a lesson. |
In the end the detective dresses up as the Lawnmower Killer because no one is taking the threat seriously so he decides to teach them all a lesson. |
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It all started exactly 13 years ago, when Mary Graves' older sister was murdered on [[Halloween]] prom night by a power-mowing maniac. Poor Mary...since then she has experienced horror, sexual frustration, even psychoanalysis, but she still sees little [[lawnmowers]] everywhere. But tonight will be different. Tonight, at the new Halloween Prom, all the questions of the past 13 years will be answered as the pumpkin headed killer has returned. But hot on their trail is an obsessed cop (Joe Don Baker) who won't allow history to repeat itself. |
It all started exactly 13 years ago, when Mary Graves' older sister was murdered on [[Halloween]] prom night by a power-mowing maniac. Poor Mary...since then she has experienced horror, sexual frustration, even psychoanalysis, but she still sees little [[lawnmowers]] everywhere. But tonight will be different. Tonight, at the new Halloween Prom, all the questions of the past 13 years will be answered as the pumpkin headed killer has returned. But hot on their trail is an obsessed cop (Joe Don Baker) who won't allow history to repeat itself. |
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| Directed by | Greydon Clark |
| Written by | Jim Kouf Dana Olsen Michael Spound |
| Produced by | Greydon Clark |
| Starring | Joe Don Baker Stella Stevens Elizabeth Daily George Kennedy Julia Duffy Andrew Dice Clay |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Josef von Sternberg |
| Edited by | Earl Watson Curtis Burch |
| Music by | Arthur Kempel |
| Distributed by | Jensen Farley Pictures (1983) (USA) (theatrical) Citadel Films (1982) (Canada) |
Release date | November 12, 1982 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wacko is a 1982 comedy horror-parody film directed by Greydon Clark and starring Joe Don Baker and George Kennedy.[1]
Plot
Dick Harbinger played by Joe Don Baker is in the police and is obsessed with stopping history repeating itself. Thirteen years earlier a man wearing a pumpkinhead and driving a lawnmower committed vile murders on some children. The night is Halloween and everyone is a suspect. The school janitor (Zeek) is a suspect and is questioned. Throughout the film, when the work "geek" it used, he reappears and corrects the speaker saying, "it's zeeeeeeeek." The father of the family played by George Kennedy is too obvious a suspect and is questioned by police. He is usually caught by his daughter Mary, trying to creep into the bathroom when she is showering, or peering in her window whilst she is sleeping. His daughter catches him and screams and always says the same line, "Damn it Daddy, what are you doing?" Kennedy always replies, "I'm just erm , mowing the lawn." The daughter replies always the same, "sure Daddy, that's what you always say." Mary is dating Tony "the schlong" Schlongini who is the coolest kid in school. He along with many others get killed by Mr Pumpkinhead which is played by detective (Baker).
In the end the detective dresses up as the Lawnmower Killer because no one is taking the threat seriously so he decides to teach them all a lesson.
It all started exactly 13 years ago, when Mary Graves' older sister was murdered on Halloween prom night by a power-mowing maniac. Poor Mary...since then she has experienced horror, sexual frustration, even psychoanalysis, but she still sees little lawnmowers everywhere. But tonight will be different. Tonight, at the new Halloween Prom, all the questions of the past 13 years will be answered as the pumpkin headed killer has returned. But hot on their trail is an obsessed cop (Joe Don Baker) who won't allow history to repeat itself. The film borders on the ridiculous at times when Baker's family, all black eat cake at the dinner table and the slices of cake they enjoy are the size of a dinner plate. Baker also fills his suitcase (which has a tap on it) with coffee and later terminates Harry Vice (Vice principal) who is in charge of the vice. Harry Vice likes to "clamp on down," on student slackers but he ends up having his head clamped on down in a vice courtesy of Baker.
Cast
Main
- Joe Don Baker as Dick Harbinger
- Stella Stevens as Mrs. Doctor Graves
- George Kennedy as Mr. Doctor Graves
- Julia Duffy as Mary Graves
- Scott McGinnis as Norman Bates
Supporting
- Elizabeth Daily as Bambi
- Michele Tobin as Rosie
- Andrew Dice Clay as Tony Schlongini (credited as Andrew Clay)
- Anthony James as Zeke
- Sonny Carl Davis as The Weirdo (credited as Sonny Davis)
- David Drucker as The Looney
- Jeff Altman as Harry Palms
- Victor Brandt as Dr. Moreau
- Wil Albert as Dr. Denton
- Charles Napier as Chief O'Hara
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Jensen Farley Pictures in January 1983.
Home media
The film was released on VHS by Vestron Video and on laserdisc. It has also been released on DVD.[2]
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote "Wacko virtually vanished from the face of the earth, which, as it turns out, isn't necessarily a bad thing. For its hundreds of gags and zingers, there are actually very few laughs in a seemingly endless 84-minute running time."[3]
References
- ^ "Wacko". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Wacko-Joe-Don-Baker/dp/B00006L9VT
- ^ Jeremy Wheeler. "Wacko (1981)". Allmovie. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
External links
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