Student Bodies (1981)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Mickey Rose

Writer:

Mickey Rose (writer)

Release Date:

7 August 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

131/2 Murders + 1423 Laughs = Student Bodies

Plot:

A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex...

Plot Keywords:

Killer | High School | Fall From Window | Splatter | Bleachers

Cast

Kristen Riter	...	Toby
Matthew Goldsby	...	Hardy (as Matt Goldsby)
Richard Belzer	...	The Breather (as Richard Brando)
Joe Flood	...	Mr. Dumpkin
Joe Talarowski	...	Principal Peters
Mimi Weddell	...	Miss Mumsley
Carl Jacobs	...	Dr. Sigmund
Peggy Cooper	...	Ms. Van Dyke
Janice E. O'Malley	...	Nurse Krud
Kevin Mannis	...	Scott
Sara Eckhardt	...	Patti
Brian Batytis	...	Wheels
Cullen G. Chambers	...	Charles Ray
Joan Browning Jacobs	...	Mrs. Hummers
Angela Bressler	...	Julie

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:14A

Filming Locations:

Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

Allen Smithee Classic Films

Trivia:

Though the film was a failure upon release in theaters its subsequent airings on television helped to gain it a cult following. It was frequently shown on television due to the fact that the film featured little profanity or violence.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the opening scene when the phone begins to shake from the "ringing" of the "breather" calling, you can see someone's forehead that's moving the phone on the table in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, black curly hair. (In the DVD version the shot is corrected so you cannot see the crewman.)

Quotes:

The Breather: [to the audience] Hello, it's me, The Breather. You're probably wonder who I am. Who could I be? Could I be the innocent looking Toby? Would you trust a girl who looked like Prince Valiant in a plum sweater? Maybe I'm Dr. Sigmund; a man who was once arrested for corrupting the morals of a hooker...

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Carnival of Souls (1962)

The Original Scary Movie!

Exuberant, right-on parody of the then-current crop of horror films like HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13TH is one of the great parodies of the period, twenty years before SCARY MOVIE claimed to do the same thing for the first time! Like all good spoofs, it alternates between perfect imitation and surreal departure. There's lots of sexy teens running about in bras and panties, and a really creepy double-jointed guy known only as "The Stick". And this may be the only horror movie to have its "R" rating stuck right in the middle of the picture, thanks to a hilarious bit excised from TV airings of this neglected comedy. Funny murders, kooky/grotesque characters, great trick ending. What's ironic is how many of the trademarks bits of these movies, like the stalking camera and the telephone terrorist, haven't changed a bit in two generations of bad horror films! Produced by the enigmatic non- producer, Allan Smithee. For my money, the three great parodies of this era are AIRPLANE!, CAVEMAN and this.