Slaughter High (1986)

Directors:

George Dugdale
Mark Ezra
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Writers:

George Dugdale (written by) &
Mark Ezra (written by) ...
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Release Date:

14 November 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Take a Trip Through the Halls of Horror!

Plot:

Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Revenge | Reunion | Nerd | High School

Cast

Caroline Munro	...	Carol
Simon Scuddamore	...	Marty
Carmine Iannaccone	...	Skip
Donna Yeager	...	Stella (as Donna Yaeger)
Gary Martin	...	Joe
Billy Hartman	...	Frank
Michael Safran	...	Ted (as Michael Saffran)
John Segal	...	Carl
Kelly Baker	...	Nancy
Sally Cross	...	Susan
Josephine Scandi	...	Shirley
Marc Smith	...	Coach
Dick Randall	...	Manny
Jon Clark	...	Digby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Ezra	...	Jester (uncredited)

Directed by
George Dugdale
Mark Ezra
Peter Mackenzie Litten		(as Peter Litten)

Writing credits
George Dugdale		(written by) &
Mark Ezra		(written by) &
Peter Mackenzie Litten		(written by) (as Peter Litten)

Produced by
Stephen Minasian	....	producer (as Steve Minasian)
Dick Randall	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
Alan Pudney

Film Editing by
Jim Connock

Production Design by
Geoff Sharpe

Makeup Department
Craig Berkeley	....	makeup artist (as Craig Berkely)
Alison Hall	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Laurence Rooke	....	production manager (as Lawrence Rooke)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chick Norris	....	assistant director

Art Department
Aram Allan	....	design assistant
Terry Allen	....	property master
John Armstrong	....	carpenter
Fred Bishop	....	painter
Andrew Crimin	....	construction manager
Paul Crimin	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Dick Hunt	....	sound mixer
Dave Pierce	....	boom operator
Ted Ryan	....	dubbing mixer

Special Effects by
John Humphreys	....	prosthetics
Peter Mackenzie Litten	....	special effects designer (as Peter Litten)
Robert Turner	....	special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Rex Neville	....	opticals
Richard Perkis	....	mechanical designer (as Richard Pirkis)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Connor	....	camera operator (as Mike Connor)
Len Duncan	....	chief electrician
Len Emery	....	gaffer
Jasper Fforde	....	focus puller (as Jaspar Fforde)
John Fonseca	....	still photographer
Richard Gibb	....	additional camera operator
Ricky Hall	....	grip
Randall Larsen	....	still photographer
John Ward	....	steadicam operator
John Ward	....	director of photography: additional photography (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Isabelle Blaire	....	seamstress
Lee Scott	....	wardrobe

Other crew
Chris Arkell	....	production accountant
Amanda Carrara	....	production secretary
Emily Copping	....	continuity
Nick Dugdale	....	unit runner
Mike Halford	....	production assistant
Ed Newstead	....	titles
Corliss Randall	....	assistant to producers

Production Companies

• Spectacular Trading International

Distributors

• Vestron Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• First Independent Films (19??) (UK) (theatrical)
• Arrow Video (2011) (UK) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2009) (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video International (1987) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1987) (Japan) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)

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Runtime:

90 min | 91 min (uncut version)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | Finland:K-18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted | USA:Unrated | Singapore:PG (cut) | Italy:VM18 (VHS rating)

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Spectacular Trading International

Trivia:

Star Caroline Munro was actually 36 years old during this film where she played a 'teenage' heroine.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The students are supposedly attending their 10-year reunion, which would mean they graduated in 1976, yet there is a reference to their being the class of 1980.

Quotes:

Marty Rantzen:Hey, what's going on?
Carol Manning:Ever try it under the shower before?

Movie Connections:

References Supersonic Man (1979)

great gory revenge movie

Slaughter High is about a boy named Marty. He was harassed, and picked on in high school. A group of kids played several pranks on him, and these pranks were REALLY bad. The last prank ended tragically.

cue to 5 years later. The gang of kids meet up again for a reunion. One of them set it up at the old high school. The school is now abandoned, and they have to break in. For some reason, the Janitor is still there, but he tells them to go ahead and have fun because they give him a beer.

They start partying ,and looking at their old lockers, and they see something of Marty's. One girl feels sorry for Marty but another guy calms her down.

Once the kills begin, it is great. Every kills is creative and gory. We see a figure in a jester mask, hunting them one by one throughout the school. It appears Marty is back to exact revenge. After the first person is killed, they find out they are locked in the school. They begin looking for a way out.

Now, there are a number of illogical things in this movie. First of all, I don't know anyone who has a 5 year reunion. Second of all, after the first kid dies, a girl gets blood all over her. They all run away in a panic, yet she runs to the bathroom, and finds a bathtub. Hrr friend has just been killed, and she decides to take a bath!? More importantly, why is there a bathtub in a school bathroom. Anyways, the bathtub doesn't seem to really work....and she dies a horrible death this is an 80s movie. it is a horror slasher. WHO CARES if it has some illogical parts. I for one don't. This movie has really great deaths. The ending.... there is a twist. Having recently seen Haute Tension, I can compare the two. The only way they are similar is that there is a twist, which kind of left me disappointed.....THEN right after the twist, comes a great, if not the best kill, in the movie.

After the last kill, the killer looks at the screen and also does something crazy, and it was the perfect way to end the movie. It has me going "wow..."