Class Reunion (1982)

Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Miller

Writer:

John Hughes

Stars:

Gerrit Graham, Michael Lerner, Misty Rowe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerrit Graham	...	Bob Spinnaker
Michael Lerner	...	Dr. Robert Young
Misty Rowe	...	Cindy Shears
Blackie Dammett	...	Walter Baylor
Fred McCarren	...	Gary Nash
Miriam Flynn	...	Bunny Packard
Stephen Furst	...	Hubert Downs
Mews Small	...	Iris Augen
Shelley Smith	...	Meredith Modess
Zane Buzby	...	Delores Salk
Jacklyn Zeman	...	Jane Washburn
Barry Diamond	...	Chip Hendrix
Art Evans	...	Carl Clapton
Marla Pennington	...	Mary Beth McFadden
Randy Powell	...	Jeff Barnes

Storyline

Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit. Chuck Berry makes an onstage appearance.

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Plot Keywords:

prank | reunion | yacht salesman | class reunion | chainsaw | 

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Taglines:

No Class Has Less Class Than This Class

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Class Reunion

Box Office

Gross:

$10,100,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was made and released about four years after the first "National Lampoon" film Animal House.

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Goofs

During opening scene set in 1972 (ten years prior to 1982 reunion), most of students wear clothes and hair styles from late Fifties/early Sixties, probably to make it more apparent that considerable time had passed.

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Quotes

Hubert Downs: [Walter is threatening to stab Meredith] Walter, can we see her naked before you kill her?

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Connections

Spoofs The Exorcist (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Festival"
Written and Performed by Chuck Berry

User Reviews

'a leisurely evacuation'

You can't convince someone to like this movie. I found the image of a high school class singing The Supremes over the ornate corpse of a Krishna to be comically endearing. I also liked the image of Scatman Caruthers bicycling through flying sausages in "Zapped!" with Scott Baio; neither of these films can be called excellent, but each has a tepid silliness which is pleasant. Gerrit Graham and Michael Lerner make memorable characters, and the rest are painless. 'Painless' is a high rating for any as jaded as I.

Never having read the original lampoon concept, and never having seen a 'John Hughes' film prior to this one (it is hard to recognize John Hughes in here - although the film takes place in a high school, the characters are all adults) I thought it was at least as funny as Animal House, which I never really found that funny.