In 1989, Italian schlockmeisters Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso, and Rosella Drudi concocted the rip-off movie to out rip-off all rip-offs. SHOCKING DARK (out on home video May 29th from Severin Films) was designed around the central plot of James Cameron’s ALIENS, along with some more gentle nods to THE TERMINATOR for good measure. When it came time for its Italian release, the producers elected to shadily market it as a pseudo-sequel to Mr. Cameron’s cyborg opus by re-titling the film TERMINATOR 2 – a solid two years before Cameron would make his own official follow-up!

Inspired by the endless and confusing spiral of borrowed influences surrounding SHOCKING DARK, the folks at Severin Films have carried these tactics into the marketing of their new home video release. Using an original TERMINATOR 2 home video promo starring Robert Patrick as a reference point, Severin has created a copycat promo starring SHOCKING DARK actor Geretta Geretta (DEMONS, RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) as her badass onscreen character.

Shocking Dark Promo from Severin Films on Vimeo.

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