Michael John Petty is a Senior Features Writer for Collider who writes mostly about Westerns but also loves superheroes and supernatural thrillers.
The Big Picture These days, it seems like everything James Cameron touches is getting a sequel. From the upcoming Alien: Romulus, which is set to take place before the events of Aliens, to the ever-growing Avatar franchise, which Cameron now envisions to be a seven-part epic, there's no denying the science-fiction filmmaker's long-lasting legacy. And that's not even to mention all the Terminator sequels out there, a franchise Cameron is looking to revisit again in the future.
But just a year prior, another film calling itself Terminator 2 dropped that's made waves ever since. That's right, Shocking Dark's original title was Terminator 2 , and the Italian picture was released in Europe in 1989. Unsurprisingly, Shocking Dark never saw an official United States release due to the legal issues associated with its original title , but it eventually found a cult following of its own.
Related James Cameron Might Not Have Made ‘Terminator’ Had It Not Been for This Horror B-Movie Cameron's directorial debut featured flying piranhas. Yes, you read that right. Additionally, the main protagonist, Dr. Sara Drumble , who was likely named as such to reflect Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor, is in many ways a dollar-store discount version of Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley.
The moment he's revealed to have ulterior motives, Fuller goes full-Terminator on the Megaforce Marines, tearing them apart before chasing Sara and Samantha through the underground complex. The entire sequence feels straight-up lifted from The Terminator, and the final act centers around this entire conflict. It isn't until Sara finds a time machine that sends her and Samantha to the not-so-distant past that they believe they're safe.
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