Return to Horror High (1987)

Director:

Bill Froehlich

Writers (WGA):

Bill Froehlich (written by) &
Mark Lisson (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Killer to the left...Killer to the right...Stand up...Sit down...FRIGHT! FRIGHT! FRIGHT!

Plot:

A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | High School | Male Female Relationship | Severed Head | Attempted Rape

Cast

Richard Brestoff	...	Arthur Lyman Kastleman
George Clooney	...	Oliver
Vince Edwards	...	Richard Birnbaum
Al Fann	...	Amos
Panchito Gómez	...	Choo Choo
Brendan Hughes	...	Steven Blake
Scott Jacoby	...	Josh Forbes
Michael Eric Kramer	...	Donny Porter
Lori Lethin	...	Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan
Pepper Martin	...	Chief Deyner
Maureen McCormick	...	Officer Tyler
Marvin J. McIntyre	...	Robbie Rice
Philip McKeon	...	Richard Farley
Remy O'Neill	...	Esther Molvania
Alex Rocco	...	Harry Sleerik

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Balcor Film Investors

Trivia:

Philip McKeon's movie debut.

Quotes:

Richard Farley: Nobody hits one of the Trolls!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

Soundtrack:

SCARY MOVIES

Provides some fun, but really isn't as good as it could have been ** out of 5

It's a shame because this film had a lot of potential. There were really lively moments like the man getting chopped by a huge fan, but then it goes into oblivion and confusion.

Basically, what I mean is that the film itself is constructed in a way that really confuses the viewer. This isn't David Lynch we're talking here, this is supposed to be a horror comedy but some of the jokes just don't work because we're too busy trying to figure out why these random scenes come out of nowhere and whether or not we're watching the movie or the movie within the movie.

Now that may sound like a fun element to the film and indeed, if constructed the right way, it probably would have been. But alas, it pretty much... well... in all honesty... fails.

But this is definitely one of those you'll at least wanna say you saw if you're into 80's schlock.

Love the poster art though.