''Zapped Again!'' is a 1990 American
direct-to-video
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science fiction
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comedy film
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directed by Doug Campbell and starring Todd Eric Andrews and Kelli Williams. It is a sequel to ''
Zapped!
''Zapped!'' is a 1982 American teen sex comedy 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.
Plot
At Ralph Waldo Emerson High School, b ...
'' (1982).
[(5 June 1990)]
Only for those with time to zap
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Plot
Kevin Matthews (Todd Eric Andrews), becomes a new pupil at
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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High School. Rejected by the trendy Key Club, he instead joins the Science Club. There he accidentally discovers a number of vials that were made by former student Barney Springboro (from the original film) behind a hidden panel in the lab.
After drinking the contents, Kevin develops
psychokinetic
Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person ...
powers. He amuses himself by lifting girls' dresses and humiliating the Key Club jocks, becoming popular in the process. However, the Key Club plots a cruel revenge.
Cast
Reception
On
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the film has an approval rating of 0% based on reviews from 5 critics.
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1990 direct-to-video films
1990s sex comedy films
American science fiction comedy films
American independent films
American parody films
American sex comedy films
American teen comedy films
1990s English-language films
Direct-to-video sequel films
ITC Entertainment films
Films about telekinesis
Teen sex comedy films
1990 comedy films
1990 independent films
1990 films
1990s American films
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