I miss the 80's. That to me was my golden
age of horror. Jason, Freddy, Pin Head, and many more. Alien and supernatural
movies were everywhere along with many other genre films including the slasher
film. Yes the slasher genera brought us many a great horror film to the local
movie theaters. I had thought I had seen them all but this gem had escaped my
viewing pleasure till today.
Slaughter High was released in 1986 and is the
story of young Marty, a high school senior who is the stereotypical nerd in any
80's movie and also has a pack of jock/cool kids that relentlessly torment
young poor Marty. After one of the groups attempts messing with Marty by
fooling around with his chemistry experiment an accident happens that horribly
disfigured Marty. Fast forward five years later and the group is invited for a
reunion at the old school and when they show up they all think one of them had
something to do with the reunion. They quickly find out that none of them had
anything with the party and shortly after Marty starts with his revenge.
Yes
this story has been told before in other movies but its told with such over the
top acting and effects that anyone who loves genre horror will love it too. A
sad fact that I found out about this film is that Simon Scuddamore who played
Marty unfortunately died only days after the release of Slaughter High. In this
day of remakes and reboots it would be interesting to see a new take on this
movie, not saying that it would be better just different.
Once again if you
love slasher films you should love Slaughter High. I give it 8 out of 10.
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