Shocking Dark
5.2 /10 1 Votes5.2
Country Italy | 5/10 IMDb Duration Language Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 22, 1990 (1990-08-22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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.
Shocking dark trailer
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. Two years after Mattei's film came out, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the official Terminator sequel) was released. Mattei's film was never released in the United States, especially under its original title due to licensing problems.
Partial cast
Release
The film has never been released to video in the United States for legal reasons. However, it has been released to video in countries such as Japan, Brazil, and the film's native Italy.
References
Shocking Dark WikipediaShocking Dark IMDb Shocking Dark themoviedb.org