Sadly Over-hyped

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I guess one of the standout attractions to this shoddy horror is English movie goddess, Caroline Munro. Horrors like this were more admired or fun in their time. The acting in this film was very bad, save for Marty (this one film actor and humanitarian, suiciding just after), the coach, and the loud bully, passable, who sabotaged a chemical experiment, which went horribly wrong for it's creator/geek, Marty. Before this, a real low down (stereotypical) prank was pulled on Marty, in the girl's locker room, where he was coaxed into a sexual liason with Munro, before being photographed naked, then having his head shoved down a toilet. Personally these were the most heartless bullies/jocks/cheerleaders, I've ever seen and couldn't wait for their demises, as years later, they receive a secret invitation by (guess who) to a high school reunion. Here, Marty, disguised in a leprechaun mask, kills them off, some in uniquely clever ways, the first victim, dying a shocking death, in front of his peers. I felt no mercy for these dickhead victims at all, as they all got what they deserve, where now in the 21s't millennium, bullying as got worse. If you can remember the bullies blamed Marty when getting caught, during the locker room/sex prank, which for them was ground to teach Marty a lesson, with that backfiring chemistry explosion, which saw Marty, disfigured. What are you serious? They should of not of pulled that prior locker room prank, in the first place. SH is a crummy, awfully shot and acted film, some exterior shots of total blackness, where we lose the actors, briefly. I did like how one scene you thought was real, which cut to years later, with Munro having a bad dream. It's really sickening how people can just move on, from their dastardly deeds, with no conscience, though bad actions sometimes have fatal consequences. What really sucked was the way the film ended, as if it was all premeditated by the bandaged Marty, burning with fury. A stupid ending for a number of reasons. I really wanted Marty's revenge to be real.

(22%) If almost all slasher flicks are B-movies, then this is without doubt a C-movie. And this lets the audience know strait away that the quality is going to be as rock-bottom as the tiny budget will allow with super cheapo 80's synth rock from the very start. Which is at least nice of the makers to be so open about the movie's limitations so early on. The plot itself manages to be both stick thin and broken at the same time, as the reunion at the slashing end of the "story" takes place at the now derelict school. Why travel miles to have a party there? It's run-down, dirty, dark, and very likely dangerous. How stupid are these people? But then again one of the party goers gets blood on her after some guy's gut explodes for reasons not really clear (although it is the best part of the film) so she strips off and takes a bath. Have a guess if she lives or dies because of it. This really isn't worth a look except for maybe big slasher movie fans who can see past 27 year old men and women playing high school students, terrible lighting, bad writing, and awful performances.

Slaughter High is one of those 80s slasher films that has a cult fan- base who are determined to convince the rest of us that it's a misunderstood classic. It simply isn't. Regardless of if the awful acting and jovial tone is actually meant to be of parody nature, the film is just dull from start to finish, even repugnant in its tacky simplicity.Plot basically finds a group of unlikable high schoolers, led by Caroline Munro who is in reality in her mid 30s and older than some of the teachers at the school, prank bullying the school nerd Marty Rantzen (Simon Scuddamore) on April fools Day, to the point where he inevitably ends up in a horrific accident. Fast forward a few years and the said group of unlikable characters have gone back to the school for a reunion, only to find the school derelict and that someone is intent on killing them one by one...Yee Haw! Jester's "Not" Dead.What follows is the standard formula as each one of the group is offed, cue much shrieking, some blood, some bickering and some insultingly dumb decisions taken by members of the group. The derelict school setting should be frightening, but it isn't, the English location shoot is obvious and nullifies the weak attempt at being an American horror, while the dialogue is just awful. Forget tension or suspense, those are horror attributes sorely lacking here.The Jester mask donned by the vengeful killer has impact, and yes some of the "kills" are at least inventive for the time film was made. But it's hard to care about bad actors playing bad characters when you are not sure if you are meant to be laughing or not! It's a bad film, one that has been lent a macabre interest value as poor Simon Scuddamore committed suicide shortly after the film was wrapped. A sad postscript for sure, for what is just a sad exercise in horror film making. 3/10

Slaughter High was the only slasher movie I saw growing up. It was harmless fun for the most part, but had one death scene that really bothered me. In recent years, I've become more interested in horror movies, so when I came across a good copy of Slaughter High, I decided it was time to revisit it to see how it held up.The story is about a nerd who gets painfully disfigured when a group of popular kids keep picking on him. He gets them back years later by trapping them in the school and killing them off.Watching it today was almost like watching it for the first time, since I didn't remember much of it. My verdict: it holds up just fine. It moves along at a decent pace and does what these movies do fairly well. The scene I remembered most vividly--the shower scene--is still pretty disturbing. It ends satisfyingly enough, and kept me entertained throughout.