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It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

"Return To Horror High" has always been something that has passed me by through the years, as there have been a lot of other slashers from this era that have always interested me more, and so one day I came across this and thought oh what the hell, just give it a chance and when I did see it, I thought well it's okay, hit and miss definitely but on the whole not bad, but not all that great either.Well for starters the plot was quite interesting, where we get a film crew filming a horror movie based on the murders that happened at the same school many years ago and surprise, surprise it happens again. Plus it also has another soon to be star in the making namely George Clooney makes a small appearance in this as an actor playing a cop on the movie set and this was back in the days where he wasn't quite a star yet and still making b-movies like "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes". Also the performances in this movie on the whole was pretty good and even the entire movie was well shot and looked really professional.This clearly aims to be a tongue in cheek nod and self aware type parody to slasher movies, along the lines of "April Fool's Day" and "Evil Laugh" which both came out during the same decade. Here we get a director aiming for more blood and nudity (in the film itself) instead of scares, storytelling and tension, which was a fun aspect of this movie and while this goes for a more slapstick and goofy approach and tries to mix it in with the horror aspect, well sadly it just doesn't quite gel together and the whole tone gets lost and ruined. Also the jumping between time-lines and certain scenes where you think you are watching someone getting killed but turns out to be a scene for the film within film just gets confusing and muddled. The most annoying thing about this though is that it just lacks the cleverness and wit that it should have had and especially given the way it's shot.All in all "Return To Horror High" is quite a fun watch in a campy way with hilarious performances, but the interesting approach and idea of mixing horror and goofiness are just wasted.

Years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. But when members of cast and crew begin to disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...I have a thing for early eighties horror movies that are not franchises, most are throwaway, silly, but watchable in a campy sort of way.This detracts a lot of the fun in favour of trying to be something a little different. Like Aprils Fools Day, it's trying to be a little post modern, ironic even, as at this time in the decade, horror movies were rife, but it fails miserably.Yes Clooney is in it, but hey, the guy had to start somewhere, and he does very little in this.Its. to very scary, it's certainly not funny, but it does make you yearn for something like Scream, and make you appreciate decent horror movie that were made in the eighties...

Wooohahaaa! This movie's got George Clooney in it! Haha! Other than that, it's a bunch of silly slasher-spoof nonsense just like "Killer Party" (1986) was (though I'll have to remind myself again how I really liked those crazy & demonic last 15 minutes of "Killer Party", even if the rest of the film is too dumb for words). "Return To Horror High" sometimes tries to be scary, and sometimes it just goes for the comedy. But it's always ridiculous. That didn't mean I didn't like it, it's just that... well, it's a bad movie."Return To Horror High" just misses most marks, even as an intended horror-spoof (about some crew of teens going to an abandoned high school to shoot a horror movie based on some killings that happened there years before, or something). Staggeringly nonsensical at first, and later on wanna-be scary at best, the fact that it misfires on many occasions made it actually sort of a fun watch. The only thing that it has going for it, is that kind of 'we don't care'-vibe it seemed to have. Like if they we're making this movie any way they wanted to make it, and just bothered afterwards whether or not it would all work in the end. Or was that just me getting the wrong idea about this flick?You might as well skip "Return To Horror High" and seek out & watch "Slaughter High" (1986) instead. It's also a stupid teen-slasher flick, but at least it amps up the fun (more female nudity, some fun gory killings & a demented finale). Or you could invite some friends over, order pizza, get sh!t-faced drunk and throw yourselves a "Killer Party at Slaughter Horror High" triple 80's slasher feature. I can see these films going down a bit better that way. But be prepared for that hangover the next day... it ain't gonna be pretty.

I actually remember seeing this movie in the theater back when I was in college. The audience was filled with drunk, high and hallucinating students. At that time I thought this was by far one of the worst movies I had ever seen but for some reason I felt captivated by it. Was it the drugs and alcohol that kept my interest?...I think not.Each time the director fooled the audience in a kill scene there was an anticipation that we weren't going to fall for that trick again... only to be fooled again and again and again. At one point we were all screaming in agony... people were yelling "STOP!...STOP!... For Gods Sake STOP!!!!! Thinking back I now realize this movie was a unique piece of genre. I can't remember ever seeing a movie with such participation from the audience even though it was in pure unadulterated agony. Good movies are suppose to provoke an emotional response and that response doesn't have to make you feel good.If you are tired of the same old predictable horror flicks than this movie is for you.P.S. You may want to have a drink or two before viewing this movie.