''Pandemonium'' is a 1987 Australian
fantasy
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comedy
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in the style of ''
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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''.
[David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p153]
Plot synopsis
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
*Amanda Dole as the dingo girl
*
David Argue
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A feral pig is a pig, domes ...
as Kales Leadingham / Ding the Dingo
*
Esben Storm
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Storm came to Australia with parents Laurits and Ane in 1958, after Lau ...
as E. B. De Woolf / Husband
*
Arna-Maria Winchester
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Career
Winchester played the main role in the 1980 film '' The Chain Reaction'' and the 1983 TV series ''Kings''. Other featured screen roles include ...
as P. B. De Woolf / Wife
*
Lex Marinos
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as Dick Dickerson / Detective
*Ian Nimmo as Mr. David
*
Mercia Deane-Johns as Morticia
*
Haydn Keenan
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Select credits
*'' 27A'' (1974) - producer
*'' Going Down'' (1983) - producer, director
*'' Pandemonium'' (1987) - director
*''Persons of Interest: The Asio Files'' (2012) (d ...
as Dr. Doctor
Reception
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
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Cast
* Alan Dale as Evans
* John ...
'', ''
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'', ''
Les Patterson Saves the World'' and ''
The Pirate Movie''.
[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. (p.144)]
References
External links
''Pandemonium''at Street Smart Films
''Pandemonium''at
IMDb
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1987 comedy horror films
1980s fantasy comedy films
Australian comedy horror films
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
Films about mother–daughter relationships
Films set in Australia
English-language comedy horror films
English-language fantasy comedy films
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