Accumulator 1 (1994)
IMDb meta-data is runtime 1 hour and 42 minutes rated 7.0 by 1600 cinematizens.
Genre: Sy Fy; Species: doppelgänger.
DNA: Czech.
Verdict: Inventive.
Tagline: Refreshing but exhausting.
Fraternity Brothers Advisory: nudity.
TV sucks the life-force from an unlucky few who respond to street interviews at certain times and places. That exposure creates an avatar who lives off the victim’s energy in a netherworld. The victim suffers complete enervation with no symptoms of a disease. Accordingly, there is no treatment so the victim is discharged from hospital.
A naturopath gradually begins to see the common denominator among those afflicted. Once infected, to walk by a television set that is turned on is to be drained. One victim dies and with him his parasitical avatar. To save another the naturopath bends all efforts but true love and dentistry complicate things.
There are many amusing and clever scenes, like the shoot-out with the remoters and the dental gala with the high whine of drills.
The actress in the left picture was last seen speaking English in an episode of Lovejoy, here she speaks Czech. By the way, it was not episode of Lovejoy set in Prague but in East Anglia.
For those easily offended this film has something for everyone.