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Student Bodies

  • 19811981
  • RR
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
4.8K
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Student Bodies (1981)
Official Trailer
Play trailer3:15
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  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Mystery
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Mickey Rose
    • Michael Ritchie(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Mickey Rose
  • Stars
    • Kristen Riter
    • Matthew Goldsby
    • Jerry Belson
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Mickey Rose
    • Michael Ritchie(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Mickey Rose
  • Stars
    • Kristen Riter
    • Matthew Goldsby
    • Jerry Belson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 107User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Student Bodies
    Trailer 3:15
    Student Bodies

    Photos109

    Student Bodies (1981)
    Student Bodies (1981)
    Charles L. Trotter in Student Bodies (1981)
    Angela Bressler in Student Bodies (1981)
    Angela Bressler in Student Bodies (1981)
    Angela Bressler in Student Bodies (1981)
    Student Bodies (1981)
    Angela Bressler in Student Bodies (1981)
    Angela Bressler and Keith Singleton in Student Bodies (1981)
    Jack Armstrong, Sara Eckhardt, Matthew Goldsby, Kevin Mannis, Kristen Riter, and Anita Taylor in Student Bodies (1981)
    Jack Armstrong and Anita Taylor in Student Bodies (1981)
    Jack Armstrong and Anita Taylor in Student Bodies (1981)

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    Kristen Riter
    Kristen Riter
    • Tobyas Toby
    Matthew Goldsby
    • Hardyas Hardy
    • (as Matt Goldsby)
    Jerry Belson
    • The Breatheras The Breather
    • (as Richard Brando)
    Joe Flood
    Joe Flood
    • Mr. Dumpkinas Mr. Dumpkin
    Joe Talarowski
    Joe Talarowski
    • Principal Petersas Principal Peters
    Mimi Weddell
    Mimi Weddell
    • Miss Mumsleyas Miss Mumsley
    Carl Jacobs
    • Dr. Sigmundas Dr. Sigmund
    Peggy Cooper
    • Ms. Van Dykeas Ms. Van Dyke
    Janice E. O'Malley
    • Nurse Krudas Nurse Krud
    Kevin Mannis
    • Scottas Scott
    Sara Eckhardt
    • Pattias Patti
    Brian Batytis
    • Wheelsas Wheels
    Cullen G. Chambers
    Cullen G. Chambers
    • Charles Rayas Charles Ray
    Joan Browning Jacobs
    Joan Browning Jacobs
    • Mrs. Hummersas Mrs. Hummers
    Angela Bressler
    Angela Bressler
    • Julieas Julie
    Kay Ogden
    • Ms. Leclairas Ms. Leclair
    Douglas Cotner
    • Mr. Hummersas Mr. Hummers
    Charles L. Trotter
    • Announceras Announcer
    • Directors
      • Mickey Rose
      • Michael Ritchie(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Mickey Rose
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The bit where the 'executive producer' addresses the audience and says 'fuck you' for an R rating really was added just to earn Student Bodies an R rating.
    • Goofs
      When Toby is on the gurney with the corpse, the dead boy's eyes move. Later his arm moves.
    • Quotes

      Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, in order to achieve an "R" rating today, a motion picture must contain full frontal nudity, graphic violence, or an explicit reference to the sex act. Since this film has none of those, and since research has proven that R-rated films are by far the most popular with the moviegoing public, the producers of this motion picture have asked me to take this opportunity to say "Fuck you."

      [the MPAA R-rating logo appears on the screen]

    • Crazy credits
      Before the opening credits there's a note that reads "This motion picture is based on an actual incident. Last year 26 horror films were released... None of them lost money."
    • Alternate versions
      Some cuts open with the following on-screen title: "This motion picture is based on an actual incident. Last year 26 horror films were released...None of them lost money."
    • Connections
      Featured in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      When the Saints Go Marching In
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Performed by Lamab High School Marching Band

    User reviews107

    Review
    Top review
    Dead-on(ahem)parody of eighties slasher flicks
    STUDENT BODIES is a great, satirical take on the bevy of horror flicks that flooded theater and drive-in screens(and consequently, polluted video store shelves)in the eighties. Watching this group of no-name actors trudge through all the stock situations that teens in these flicks find themselves in goes to show how the people who conceived and made this flick got the joke long before most of us. What's incredible is that this movie came out in 1981, well before the genre peaked and the films became stale variations of HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE 13TH, OR NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. While SCREAM was a black comedy/satire that pays homage to the genre(and served to revive it), STUDENT BODIES plays it strictly for laughs, thumbing its nose at all the insolent jerks and dumb bimbos who, despite having knowledge of a killer on the loose, wander alone through isolated woods or dark hallways and wind up on the wrong ends of axes, chainsaws, butcher knives, or pitchforks. Now, who stole my paperclip?
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    • thomandybish
    • Aug 11, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 7, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Was macht der Tote auf der Wäscheleine?
    • Filming locations
      • Houston, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Allen Smithee Classic Films
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Universal Southwest Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,165,432
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,582,148
      • Aug 9, 1981
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,165,432
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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