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Pandemonium (1987 film)

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Pandemonium
Film poster
Directed byHaydn Keenan
Written byPeter Gailey
Haydn Keenan
Produced byAlex Cutler
Haydn Keenan
StarringDavid Argue
Esben Storm
Gary Foley
CinematographyDavid Sanderson
Edited byPaul Healy
Music byCameron Allan
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$600,000[1]

Pandemonium is a 1987 Australian fantasy comedy horror film in the style of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[2][3]

Plot synopsis

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Raised by a family of dingoes, a young feral girl heads for Babylon, Australia to find her family, only to find that her mother is not all she seems.

Cast

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Reception

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Australian film critic Michael Adams later included Pandemonium on his list of the worst ever Australian films, along with Phantom Gold, The Glenrowan Affair, Houseboat Horror, Welcome to Woop Woop, Les Patterson Saves the World and The Pirate Movie.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Geoff Gardner, "Pandemonium", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p252
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p153
  3. ^ Susan Bredow, "Down Among the Dingos", Cinema Papers, September 1985 p14
  4. ^ Michael Adams, Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : a film critic's year-long quest to find the worst movie ever made.New York : Itbooks, 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-180629-2 (p.144)
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