A group of filmmakers
called Cosmic Pictures decides to make a
fact based horror film at a highschool
called Crippen High where a bunch of
people were once slaughtered there a few
years before as one of the movie's
producer's named Harry Sleerik (Alex
Rocco) figures that this will sell well
since the school has been abandoned since
the incident and some of the students and
teachers returns to the school to play
themselves. However, this killer was
never caught as many of the people are
being slaughtered and one of the cast
members named Steven Blake (Brendan
Hughes) who is a police officer gets
suspicious since alot of the people are
missing one by one and notices that the
hallways are bloody and thinks that this
is not the effects of the filmmakers
either. It looks like that the history is
repeating itself but who could be causing
this madness?
There's good scene's with
people like Harry Sleerik and Josh Forbes instructing their movie
shoots and showing the stress levels on
what's going on around them.
We have a nice shot on Oliver standing in a dark hallway
hearing a sound and then trying to go to
the area where he hears it along with a
nice shot on him inside a doorways window
of him being slaughtered and a good
gruesome shot underneath a doorway with
blood oozing out. We also spot a nice
shot on someone mopping up the blood.
Many goofy discussions with Chief Deyner and Officer Tyler investigating the slaughtering
that happened at the high school during
the film shooting which offers some of
the odd dark humor which worked
quite well with the two of them as well
as them questioning Arthur Lyman
Kastleman with him acting paranoid about
everything. We also spot many effective
moments surrounding Tyler towards Deyner about the stuff
she witnessed on the slaughterings and
smearing herself with blood.
There's a nice camera shot on Choo Choo in a mechanics room trying to grab a
metal object that is sliding away into a
sandbox and then he stares at the sandbox
with the masked figure grabbing his neck
and then pulling him down in which I have
to admit this scene can make you jump and
was well done. There's also a good shot
on Richard Farley tied upside
down and a propellor engine is slowly
approaching him.
Good argumentive discussions between Harry and Josh about
what a killing should be.
A nice camera shot going across a
classroom with
a science teacher Richard Birnbaum instructing as well as
later on discussing a dissection on a
frog as well as forcing a student Donny Porter to dissect it
with him acting paranoid about it which
offers some chuckles on how it was
done.
We spot many terrific camera shots with Richard tied on a table with the killer staring at him and placing some nails on
his hands as well as cringing shots on him being dissected. This was one of the best
moments ever in this film.
We spot a nice romantic conversation and make
out scene between Callie Cassidy and Steven Blake as this was
probably the best moments ever cause it
looked very natural.
A good moment with Steven
panicking after not finding his gun and
scared about the killer nearby which
packs a good suspense as well as a shot
on the killer staring in a window of
the door in a classroom both Steven and Callie are in. There's a
perfect shot on Steven standing
next to the door with the killers hands breaking the window glass and
grabbing his neck along with good shots
on Callie trying to get away
from this maniac by jumping out of a
window.
Many great takes between this couple by discovering a bloody
hallway as well as discovering hidden
passageways and exploring everything as the makers tried to make the setting look quite
mysterious. However there is a lacking
moment on Callie screaming after she
finds some decapitated heads in the
middle of what is going on here.
We spot many cheesy camera takes between
both Steven and Amos fighting it out which looked a bit low on
energy. However there's many good shots
on some skeletal corpses in this scene
which looked amusing.
We have a corny moment with Principal Kastleman acting crazy towards both Callie and Steven while holding a
dissecting knife and acting threatening.
The moments on this was still fun to
watch regardless.
Bottom line is that critics usually
bombed this flick. Yes it was bad and the
story was extremely confusing and not
making any sense but at the same time the
flick can be fun if you're in the mood
for it. I kinda found this one to be a
parody of 80's slasher flicks. This film
is not a sequel to any film like the
title almost suggests since it stressed
that filmmakers return to this highschool
to make a fact based horror movie off of
a killer.
The ending was very trashy I must say and
I found it incredibly stupid as well as a
disappointment with the mysterious
murders being solved too. If you saw April
Fools Day this film tried to
make it like that too. Ho hum.
It's still a teenage slasher film and can
be admired to those who enjoy trashy low
budget horror films but again half would
be as dissappointed as me.
I found they tried to make this film
scary but the writing was too trashy and
it seemed more funny with all that was
happening but there were the odd scares.
However, the killings looked quite
obvious for the most part of this story.
They tried to make this spoof a little
original but didn't go too far at all.
The acting is a
bit cheesy but some of it was not too
bad. Lead actress Lori Lethin
(Callie Cassidy / Sarah
Walker / Susan) played an actress in the flick and doing
three different roles and really pulled
it off well since it was convincing and
hard to tell if it was a different
actress or not playing these parts. She
brought alot of character into her roles
in the film.
Brendan Hughes (Steven Blake) knew his stuff as a
dipstick deputy trying to act and shows
good energy to his performance in the
film and playing the heroic part. I will
cut him some slack for doing all of this.
He wasn't the greatest actor but tried
his best to do what he had to do.
Alex Rocco (Harry Sleerik) I had to say was the best
actor bringing alot of charisma to his
part as a passionate filmmaker showing a
good sense of humor and an anxious
behavior too. I always enjoyed his work
in shows and was definetely not a let
down with this one.
Scott Jacoby (Josh Forbes) really pulled off his
part well as an obnoxious assistant
director as he knew how to bring up the
energy with his aggressions. He stood out
quite well in the film and you wonder if
he will be a victim for the killer.
Andy Romano (Principal Kastleman) does his part well
playing a principal acting nervous and
showing good nervous and paranoid
expressions too. His energy was great and
really came across as someone to be a
possible suspect.
Richard Brestoff (Arthur Lyman
Kastleman) was another one
with descent timing for the dark comedy
in the film being questioned about the
slaughterings and knew how to act nerdy
and goofy too. Well done.
Pepper Martin (Chief Deyner) showed a good serious
attitude as a head police chief even if
he was one of the comedic characters. He
showed good stern expressions too.
Maureen McCormick (Officer Tyler) showed good timing
with her comedy too playing his assistant
and proved that she can wear different
hats than the wholesome Marcia Brady that
he's famous for. She showed a nice
gruesome lustful behavior and knew how to
act gross with what she has discovered
with the slaughterings which may turn off
some of her fans but of course as an
actress you need to expect these people
should play many different characters as
possible.
Vince Edwards (Richard Birnbaum) really made me laugh
as a science teacher bringing a great
character to the set of the film. He was
a great drawing card with his demanding
behavior that he was supposed to do for
the story. A perfect victim too showing
that he's getting what's coming to him.
Philip McKeon (Richard Farley) however as an actor
playing a highschool student tried his
best to act like a horny teen but he
didn't seem to ull off too much of a
character on what he had to do. He does well
panicking when he is near his death. He misses
out trying to be as successful as his
sister.
A woman is topless
on set with the directors talking about
her breasts if they're fake or not
Dacri Demoss' shirt is pulled up briefly
exposing her breast briefly
There are women in a change room as some
are topless there too
Many cut off arms
and legs revealed in front of the school
ground
Tons of bloody trails in the school
hallways
Some cut off heads in different scene's
A teacher is dissected and his hear torn
out
A person imapled by a metal object
against a wall
Lots of bloodied corpses lied on the
ground covered in sheets
Lots of gory props for the film shooting
There's some good thumping
sound effects along with some screechy
noises which fit right in for a low
budgeter like this one. We also hear the
odd chiming music too. There's some organ
chanting music during a battling moment
when the killer is revealed too which
sounded cheesy but in a fun way.
There's a great bitchin
hair metal songtrack during a painful
death scene with a killer dissecting a
teacher and from the band Pleasant
Company with their track "Meet
the Teacher". It toally sounded very
80's style and perfect for a slasher
flick like this one.
Next 80's song we have a peaceful pop
tune by Wendy Fraser with "Man for
Me" during a romantic make out
scene.
Then we have a closing credtis song by
once again Pleasant Company with
"Scary Movies" which sounded
pretty cool with the belting out lead
vocals but it wasn't as good as their
previous song used during the plotline
mentioned earlier.
Steven
Blake: Class dismissed! |