Massacre at Central High (1976)
“That transition at 40 mins from the dead electrocuted hang glider to the sex scene directly following is really… something” – Youtube comment
Maybe an influence on Heathers (1988)? I am watching a pretty dogshit copy of this movie off Youtube.
“The Italian version of this film, called Sexy Jeans, was edited with pornographic inserts” – Wikipedia
New kid David moves to a new school, its run by a gang of bullies, and after seeing them attack other students and try and rape students he intervenes to help. The bullies cripple David by kicking out the jack of the car he is under and repairing. He then seeks total revenge. The school students also side with David and take some revenge of their own. The culmination is the bombing of the school dance where David dies and his friends blame it on students who died earlier.
The bullies are over the top brutal, but the revenge is just fucking insane. The biggest similarities between this and Heathers is the bombing of the school dance (a pep rally in Heathers), and the crazed ego of David at times (maybe similar Slaters character at moments) . This not comedic at all and not cynical like Heathers. Its acted well enough, shot well, an is not a B-grade film. Worth it for the over the top revenge sequences. 2.5/5.
The UFO Incident (1975)
It’s the Betty and Barney Hill story staring James Earl Jones. A 1975 TV drama. It addresses their encounter via flashbacks while they discuss them with a psychologist and undergo hypnosis. Its get rather dramatic and focuses on their first main abduction encounter. The aliens and UFO’s are uses sparingly, though it does show Betty and Barney being taken onto a spacecraft and experimented on, it is rather dark. Enjoyable enough for a 1975 TV movie. 2/5.
House (1986)
Its meant to be a horror comedy but its not that funny.
An author breaks up with his wife and their son disappears. He moves to some house and has to write a new novel. He writes it about the Vietnam war and has nightmares about a person he fought with in Vietnam, and they eventually turn up as an undead creature to exact revenge because he let them be captured and killed. Also its the creature that took his son.
It’s not bad I guess, not very funny but has comedy moments none the less, the creature looks cool. 2/5.
