in this comic twist on carrie and low key and nice guy science whiz barney springboro ( scott baio ) have an accident in his lab one day and endow him with power of telekinesis which affable and scheme best pal peyton ( willie aames ) be most anxious to exploit . barney find himself fall for pretty student reporter bernadette ( felice schachter ) while peyton spend the movie lusting after sexy but snooty jane ( heather thomas ) . it all come to a head at a hysterical prom dance that earn the movie it r rating . i think that key to the success of this movie for me be likability both the character and the movie itself . even peyton be not as obnoxious or smarmy a the character could have be . it an engage bit of 80 era nonsense and with decent special effect and several laugh out loud comedy moment . example include baseball coach dexter ( always lovable scatman crothers ) have a marijuana induce fantasy ( include albert einstein . ) and barney get moon by some dolt in a car and teach them a lesson and and the utterly dumb but amusing exorcist and star trek send ups . the script also go so far a to have barney recite travis bickles immortal quote from taxi driver . best of all be the climax while the film maker do not fail to give their audience what they have be wait for and a a number of attractive young lady get strip of their clothing . the cast give it a great effort right down the line represent marya small and roger bowen a barneys uptight mom and bland dad and robert mandan a befuddle and love starve principal mr. coolidge and and sue ane langdon a ms. burnhart . familiar face in small role include merritt butrick and irwin keyes and eddie deezen and lawanda page and and corinne bohrer . a shameless and raunchy and and upbeat youth orient 80 comedy go and i would consider zapped . a fine movie of this type . those cheesy and sentimental ballad get to be a little much for me after a while and but they do not really erase the charm of this fun flick . positive .