Shocking Dark
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Poster for Terminator 2 bears a similarity to the original Terminator poster.
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| Directed by | Bruno Mattei |
| Produced by | Franco Gaudenzi |
| Written by | Claudio Fragasso |
| Starring | Christopher Ahrens Haven Tyler Geretta Geretta Fausto Lombardi |
| Music by | Carlo Maria Cordio |
| Cinematography | Richard Grassetti |
| Edited by | Bruno Mattei |
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Flora Film
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| Distributed by | Condor Vídeo |
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Release date
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August 22, 1989 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Shocking Dark (also known as Terminator II, Terminator 2, Alienators, and Contaminator) is a 1989 Italian science-fiction film written by Claudio Fragasso, produced by Franco Gaudenzi and directed by Bruno Mattei.
Although the film was promoted as a rip-off of James Cameron's The Terminator, it is actually mostly a rip-off of Aliens, also by Cameron.
Background[edit]
Despite the film's original title and artwork presenting it as a sequel to 1984 film The Terminator, it is not officially associated with that film. The plot has more in common with the 1986 film Aliens.[1] Two years after Mattei's film came out, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the official Terminator sequel) was released. The film was never released in the United States, especially under its original title due to licensing problems.
Partial cast[edit]
- Christopher Ahrens as Samuel Fuller (as Cristopher Ahrens)
- Haven Tyler as Sara
- Geretta Geretta as Koster (as Geretta Giancarlo Field)
- Fausto Lombardi as Lieutenant Franzini (as Tony Lombardo)
- Mark Steinborn as Commander Dalton Bond
- Dominica Coulson as Samantha
- Clive Riche as Drake (as Clive Ricke)
- Paul Norman Allen as Kowalsky
- Cortland Reilly as Caine
- Richard Ross as Price
- Bruce McFarland as Parson
- Al McFarland as Raphelson
Release[edit]
In Late 2006, Terminator II (unofficial) was in a double feature with director Bruno Mattei, with his other "unofficial" sequel, Goonies II.[citation needed]
Critical reception[edit]
Den of Geek said "In 1989, Italian Director Bruno Mattei made an amalgam of Aliens and The Terminator. We look back at a wonderfully bad film."[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "But what you might not expect is that the bulk of the movie has nothing to do with The Terminator. Instead, it's a rip-off of Cameron's other sci-fi blockbuster, Aliens.", ["Terminator II: Shocking Dark", BrainEater.com http://www.braineater.com/other_hell/fourth_circle/shocking_dark.html]
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