Shocking Dark
| Shocking Dark | |
|---|---|
 Poster for Terminator 2 bears a similarity to the original Terminator poster. | |
| 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 |
Production company |
Flora Film |
| Distributed by | Condor Vídeo |
Release dates | August 22, 1990 |
Running time | 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
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] The year 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 under its original title due to licensing problems.
Partial cast
- 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
In Late 2006, Terminator II (unofficial) was in a double feature with director Bruno Mattei, with his other "unofficial" sequel, Goonies II.
Critical reception
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."
References
- ↑ "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]