Go to the Head of the Class 

A teenage horror buff is so smitten with a sexy classmate that he helps her use black magic on their loathsome English teacher, with shocking and bewildering results.

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers:

Mick Garris (teleplay), Tom McLoughlin (teleplay)

Stars:

Christopher Lloyd, Scott Coffey, Mary Stuart Masterson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Christopher Lloyd	...	Professor B.O. Beanes
Scott Coffey	...	Peter Brand
Mary Stuart Masterson	...	Cynthia Simpson
Tom Bresnahan	...	Cusimano (as Tom Breznahan)
Billy Beck	...	Caretaker

Storyline

A teenage horror buff is so smitten with a sexy classmate that he helps her use black magic on their loathsome English teacher, with shocking and bewildering results.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | crush | flirtation | high school | loss of control | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 1986 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mary Stuart Masterson and Scott Coffey would share the screen again in 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful.

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Quotes

Professor B.O. Beanes: [Beanes throws his head throw Peter's open window, Peter catches it and gasps in horror, flinging it away and hides in between the bed and the wall, then slowly raises up to look on his bed to see Beane's head, laying face up looking at him] I want to see you in detention, Mr. Blaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
[sticks his tongue out as he curses Brand's name. Brand faints, lightning flashes in the open window to a headless body lurching into the room to retrieve... ]

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Connections

Features House on Haunted Hill (1959)

User Reviews

Is this head and shoulders better simply because it's longer?

"Go to the Head of the Class" is unusual because it's one of only two episodes of "Amazing Stories" that is an hour long instead of the usual half hour--the other being episode 1.5. This creates quite a challenge, as maintaining pacing and sustaining the plot isn't easy with an expanded time slot.

This episode, like many others, is directed by a famous guy. In this case, Robert Zemeckis is at the helm and the show features Tom Coffey (who?), Mary Stuart Masterson and Christopher Lloyd.

Two loser high school students (Coffey and Masterson) hate their English teacher (Lloyd). However, the girl has a plan--to use black magic to get revenge. It calls for a fingertip of a blood relative and some incantations...but will it work? And where and how will they get this fingertip? And, if it does work, what exactly will the consequences be--foreseen and not?!

All the other reviewers really liked this one. I was less impressed--mostly because the show seemed to rely more on special effects than anything else. Now mind you, for 80s special effects, they are pretty cool (though once or twice, the prosthetic head seems a bit fake). Overall, fun to watch but I really think the show would have worked better in a shorter time slot as the pacing seemed a bit off.