Splatter University (1984)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

Richard W. Haines

Writers:

Michael Cunningham (story)
Richard W. Haines (story)

Release Date:

13 July 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

Where the school colors are blood red!

Plot:

A patient escapes from a mental hospital, killing one of his keepers and then a University professor after he makes his way to the local college...

Plot Keywords:

College | University | Student | Drive In | Slasher

Cast

Forbes Riley	...	Julie Parker (as Francine Forbes)
Ric Randig	...	Mark Hammond
Dick Biel	...	Father Janson / Daniel Grayham
Kathy LaCommare	...	Cathy Hunter (as Kathy Lacommare)
Laura Gold	...	Cynthia
Ken Gerson	...	Tom Scavelli
Sal Lumetta	...	Wolf
Clifford Warren	...	Classroom Wise Guy
Noel Stilphen	...	Margaret
Mary Ellen David	...	Mrs. Bloom
Jane Doniger Reibel	...	Mrs. Huner
Dan Eaton	...	Father Williams
John Elias Michalakis	...	John (as John Michaels)
George Seminara	...	Tony
Joanna Mihalakis	...	Doreen

Also Known As:

Campus Killings (UK) (cut version)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R | West Germany:(Banned)

Company:

Aquifilm

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Crew members reflected in window of Julie's car when she drives off to search Mark's apartment.

Quotes:

Priest: What's troubling you lately?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scream 2 (1997)

Expelled! F-!

This was the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. It was so bad, in fact, that it almost was the end of me. I was just barely able to get out of bed the next day. My credit card bills are climbing, my car payment is too high, I have a mortgage that's slowly strangling me, and I now must live with the knowledge that I can never un-see 'Splatter University.' It was almost too much to take. Ultimately, I got out of bed to feed my fish--and I couldn't let anything happen to myself while they were dependent on me to live. God only knows where I'd be right now if I didn't have a fish tank.

This movie takes place over a span of a couple weeks. Yet in every scene, all the characters are wearing the same clothes. If I had to listen to that idiot with the sleeveless blue t-shirt on howl like a wolf one more time, I was going to put my head through the tv.

When I rented it, I was hoping for a college slasher romp, fraught with scantily clad college-aged honeys. None of that here. How about great make-up fx and gallons of blood? Try again. A creepy killer that was good for at least ONE scare? Nope.

I never in a million years would think that a movie with a running time of 79 MINUTES could feel so long. But now that I know, there's no going back. You see, I've graduated from Splatter University, and it weighs on my conscience like a student loan with payments made directly to hell.