Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Wacko (1982)

Wacko poster
Directed by
Greydon Clark
Genre
horror film, comedy horror
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer becomes obsessed with an unsolved Halloween murder spree. On the anniversary, he dresses as the killer and starts a new series of attacks.

campysillyabsurdgoofylightheartedzanyparodic

What happens

Wacko is a 1982 American comedy horror film produced and directed by Greydon Clark, starring Joe Don Baker and George Kennedy. In the film, a police officer is obsessively investigating a cold case involving a spree killing on Halloween night. On the anniversary of the killing, the officer decides to dress up as the original killer and proceeds to become a copycat killer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?