Graduation Day

19811981
RR
1h 36min

Graduation Day (1981)

Horror Mystery Thriller

A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.

Director
- Herb Freed
Writers
- Anne Marisse
- Herb Freed
- David Baughn(story)
Stars

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Graduation Day (1981)

Denise Cheshire in Graduation Day (1981)

Vanna White and Karen Abbott in Graduation Day (1981)

E. Danny Murphy in Graduation Day (1981)

Linda Shayne in Graduation Day (1981)

Graduation Day (1981)

Michael Pataki in Graduation Day (1981)

Christopher George in Graduation Day (1981)

Felony in Graduation Day (1981)

Linnea Quigley, Virgil Frye, and Bill Hufsey in Graduation Day (1981)

Christopher George in Graduation Day (1981)

E.J. Peaker in Graduation Day (1981)

Final Exam

4.7

The Dorm That Dripped Blood

5.0

The Dorm That Dripped Blood

Night School

5.6

Cheerleader Camp

4.8

Cheerleader Camp

Unhinged

5.0

X-Ray

5.0

Hide and Go Shriek

5.3

Hide and Go Shriek

Nightmare

5.7

The Initiation

5.7

The Mutilator

5.2

Killer Party

5.1

Blood Rage

5.8

After a high school track runner, named Laura, suddenly dies from a heart attack after finishing a 30-second 200-meter race, a killer wearing a sweat suit and a fencing mask begins killing off her friends on the school track team one by one. The suspects include the track coach Michaels, Laura's sister Anne who arrives in town for the funeral, the creepy school principal Mr. Guglione, and Laura's strange boyfriend Kevin. —matt-282

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Taglines
- The class of '81 is running out of time.
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
The blonde girl in the number 46 track jersey was cut out of the film as much as possible since she was fired due to refusal to fulfill the nudity requirements. Linnea Quigley was hired to replace her. Quigley talked about her big break in a 2004 interview. "I got Graduation Day by going in and having to act scared. This other girl had already been cast as Delores but once she got on the set she refused to show her breasts, so they called me and I was scared too, but I wanted to do the film so badly, and back then it was like a huge no no to refuse to do nudity, so I guess I got lucky." It wasn't her first time to do nude scenes. She had already been fully nude in previous films, including one where she played a 15-year old girl (she was 21 at the time) who danced naked during a movie audition.

Goofs
Laura's jersey number repeatedly changes between 45 and 40 during the opening sequence.

Quotes
Guglione: Who are you? What do you want?
Halliday: Inspector Halliday. Police.
Guglione: Halliday? Police?
[Halliday nods]
Guglione: You don't look Irish.
Halliday: I'm Lebanese.
Guglione: You look Italian.
Halliday: You look Lebanese.

Crazy credits
After the final credits, the killer is shown holding the stopwatch he uses to time his murders.

Alternate versions
Australian version runs eight minutes longer than the U.S. release. This version was briefly released in the U.S. as a director's cut.

Connections
Featured in Night Screams (1987)

Soundtracks
Gangster Rock
by Jeff Spry, Joe Spry & Doug Burlison
Performed by Felony (uncredited)

Top review

Its damn good for a B movie

Allright, who ever said that final exam had any direction, is a damn idiot. No... retarded. Final exam had no plot whatsoever. Some fat guy starts killing college kids for no reason. No Motive!!! I know its cool to just start killing kids off for no reason and could seem scarier, but graduation day had unique ways of killing people. Like right before the killer offed someone he would set his stopwatch for 30 seconds. Just how long it was when the track girl died at the begining. I know the acting isnt great, BUT WHAT DID YOU EXPECT. YOU RENTED AN 80's SLASHER FLICK!!! ARE YOU THAT STUPID?!?! Ofcourse the acting is going to suck. Thats why I love slasher movies. They can have the worse acting or effects, etc. But they still keep me interested. Oh yeah, And that Felony band in the movie. They dress like idiots, the singer is annoying, but they still rocked. Why is that? Oh well I would give this movie and 8 out of 10 for a B movie.

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5

Parker_Lloyd_Lewis
Jan 23, 2003

Release date
- May 1, 1981 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Troma
Language
- English
Also known as
- Graduation Day - 7 Tage zur Ewigkeit
Filming locations
- La Cañada High School - 4463 Oak Grove Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA
Production company
- Baughn/Freed Productions
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Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 36min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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