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Zapped! is a american film of genre Fantastic released in USA on 23 july 1982 with Scott Baio
Zapped! (1982)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 23 july 1982
Length 1h38
OriginUSA
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy science fiction films, Teen movie
Rating49%
Zapped! is a 1982 American sex comedy teen film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal and co-written with Bruce Rubin. The film stars Scott Baio as a high school student who acquires telekinetic powers.
Synopsis
Barney Springboro (Scott Baio) is a high school science nerd at Emerson High who obtains telekinetic powers after a lab accident. Along with his best friend Peyton Nichols (Willie Aames), a wealthy playboy with a dirty mind, Barney uses his new powers to take revenge upon bullies, cheat at baseball, and expose attractive female flesh, particularly the beautiful but snobby Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Barney comes to realize that the best girl for him is actually Bernadette (Felice Schachter), the school's nerdy feminist class president who also becomes privy to his secret powers. After typical hijinks, the film's climax is set at the school's senior prom which Barney uses his powers to disrobe several people when he loses his self control, which is strangely similar to the climax of Stephen King's Carrie. After he gets hit on the head with a fire hose, he wakes up later and discovers that he no longer has his powers, to the dismay and relief of both Peyton and Bernadette. However, in the final scene it is revealed that this is a lie as Barney escorts Bernadette from the building and uses his powers to levitate himself and her away.Actors
Scott Baio
(Barney Springboro)
Willie Aames
(Peyton)
Felice Schachter
(Bernadette)
Robert Mandan
(Walter Johnson)
Scatman Crothers
(Dexter Jones)
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