Teen telekinesis sex romp Zapped! (1982) prompted Vincent Canby of the New York Times to use the word “retarded” in his review. What you have here is a standard science-experiment-gone-awry plot, which leads to lifted skirts, spilled milkshakes, and befuddled fuddy-duddies.

B-movie mainstay Eddie Deezen makes an appearance, but if that’s not enough to pique your interest, Captain Kirk’s son Merritt Butrick plays a tough guy.


Deborah M. Staab usually writes about 400 words and then has a cup of coffee. Her Cine-meh House is a regular series of movie commentaries. The pithy musing focus on old, forgotten, sometimes really bad movies from the 1980s, a time when she and her brother watched many a film while their Dad snoozed in the aisle seat.
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