Big Zapper

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A paltry and nasty sexual fantasy which looks as though it has been dreamed up for the entertainment of impotent sadists. ... Attempting some kind of balance between jokiness and titillation, Shonteff effectively stifles both. The feeble jokes and tricks fail to camouflage the dominant motif: knives penetrate, blood gushes, heads roll. And to crown it all, particularly inane use is made of a cod Chandler narration."^[3]

Russel Davies wrote in The Observer: "Big Zapper is a crude abomination which director/producer Lindsay Shonteff may look back to with shame when he grows up. Starring Linda Marlowe, whe has the legs of Arkle and the face of an actress with possibilities, it is a non-stop, non-start action-comic, a mindless farrago of chops and slashes narrated by Miss Marlowe in the would-be deadly monotone of a Michaela Spillane."^[4]

The Jerusalem Post wrote: "Big Zapper will surely be a strong contender for the worst film of the year. This British picture, produced and directed by Lindsay Shonteff, bears some resemblance to Mr. Hercules Against Karate, which is now being shown in Israel. But while the latter is an amusing, almost non-violent spoof on the current "karate craze" in the cinema, Big Zapper is a nauseatingly brutal piece. Moreover, though it is often incredibly silly, the film is never even remotely funny. ... Slick and sickening."^[5]

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