Hair High (2004)

A gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly bad, as two young, murdered teens return to their prom to get revenge.

Director:

Bill Plympton

Writer:

Bill Plympton

Stars:

Eric Gilliland, Sarah Silverman, Dermot Mulroney

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Gilliland	...	Spud (voice)
Sarah Silverman	...	Cherri (voice)
Dermot Mulroney	...	Rod (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Darlene (voice)
David Carradine	...	Mr. Snerz (voice)
Keith Carradine	...	JoJo (voice)
Martha Plimpton	...	Miss Crumbles (voice)
Tom Noonan	...	Principal (voice)
Zak Orth	...	Zip (voice)
Justin Long	...	Dwayne (voice)
Michael Showalter	...	Wally (voice)
Hayley DuMond	...	Buttercup (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Rev. Sidney Cheddar (voice)
Craig Bierko	...	Sarge (voice)
Jay O. Sanders	...	Football Announcer (voice)

Storyline

"Hair High" is a gothic high-school comedy with a "Carrie"-like story. Cherri and Rod are the high-school king and queen and they justifiably rule their domain. Spud, the new kid in town, accidentally offends both Cherri and Rod and so is forced to become Cherri's slave. Naturally, they immediately hate each other, but of course later they fall in love. Cherri and Spud secretly decide to go to the prom together, and on prom night a rejected Rod forces their car off the road and into the lake. In true 50's ballad style, their car sinks to the bottom of the lake as they share one last kiss. While the bodies of Cherri and Spud lie in a timeless embrace, Rod is successful in thwarting any investigation and is able to get away with murder. On the night of the following year's prom, the car magically comes to life and slowly drives out of the lake with Cherri and Spud, as if nothing had happened, only this time their bodies are in an advanced state of decomposition. Their rusty and ...

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | prom | high school | love | revenge | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Horror | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

ED Distribution [France] Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

A Trunfa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Plymptoons

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the completion of the detailed storyboards, they were released by NBM Publishing in 2004 as a graphic novel to help publicize the film.

User Reviews

Psychedelic rockabilly animated nightmare.

This is a bit of a psychedelic rockabilly animated nightmare. Packed with 50s American cool, depicted with 60s European charm. Telling the story Spud, a new kid in high school, it's a familiar and not particularly original story, but Spud is likeable and as he says "he just doesn't know the rules". The rules being that teenagers are obnoxious and if movies have taught us anything, it's American teens are more obnoxious, stupid and self centred than most. It certainly seems that Bill Plympton has made exactly the film he wanted to... a pretty disgusting, dialled up to 11 X-Rated version of The Rugrats do Carrie. His style signposts every inch of this and feels devoid of outside interference, which in itself is pretty cool. For all it's B-Movie cool though, it boasts a pretty decent cast of voice actors. I can honestly say I've never seen anything quite like this before.