
Shocking Dark
1989 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 4.5 · 27% critics
In a polluted future Venice, a research outpost goes silent after a series of brutal deaths. A military team and two civilians head into the underground ruins to investigate, only to find hostile creatures and a growing sense that the mission is spiraling out of control.
Also known as Aliens 2
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Details
- Original title
- Terminator 2
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-03-17
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 27/100
- TMDB rating
- 4.5/10 (77 votes)
About
You might enjoy this if you like scrappy, low-budget creature chaos and cult-camp entertainment in the vein of Hell of the Living Dead or Zombie 3; Not for you if you want originality, polish, or genuinely scary thrills.
Pros: fun bad-movie energy; creepy underground setting; amusing creature suits | Cons: very derivative story; weak acting; often dull pacing
Themes
- pollution
- monster
- venice, italy
- cyborg
- refugee
- mutant
- exploitation
- time travel
- gore
- murder
- soldier
- research laboratory
Cast & crew
- CA
Christopher Ahrens
as Samuel Fuller

Haven Tyler
as Dr. Sara Drumbull
- MS
Mark Steinborn
as Dalton Bond

Fausto Lombardi
as Lieutentant Franzini

Geretta Geretta
as Koster

Clive Riche
as Drake
- DC
Dominica Coulson
as Samantha
- PA
Paul Norman Allen
as Kowalsky
- CR
Cortland Reilly
as Caine
- RR
Richard Ross
as Price
Directed by Bruno Mattei