Wacko (film)

Wacko
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
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 horror film parody directed by Greydon Clark and starring Joe Don Baker and George Kennedy.

Plot

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.

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Jensen Farley Pictures in January 1983.

The film was released on VHS by Vestron Video. It has still not officially been released on DVD.

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."

External links

• Wacko at IMDb
• Wacko at AllMovie