Slaugher High Movie Review (1986)

After being horribly disfigured by a high school prank gone wrong, Marty plans to exact his revenge on those responsible at their 10 year reunion. Upon showing up to the school for the celebration, the friends realize they are the only ones there and that the school is locked up having been closed five years earlier. This isn't an issue as they're able to break in and while wandering the halls stumble across a room that is decorated and has food and drinks. The group is also surprised to see their old lockers in the corner of the room along with Marty's. After briefly questioning whatever happened to him and how they turned him from a nice guy into a "crazed lunatic," they brush him off saying that he has forgotten about them.

It doesn't take long for the group to realize something sinister is at hand after one of the beers was poisoned and Ted's stomach explodes. From this point forward the deaths come swiftly and while some are rather lackluster (e.g., stabbing, death by boiling water, etc.) they come across as satisfying. There's also some really cool effects for the death by boiling water scene where Shirley's face melts off. After this, they put the pieces together and realize that it's Marty and he's there for revenge. My favorite kill is when Joe is working underneath the riding mower and Marty starts it up and drops it on him, although the electrified fuck bed is pretty great, too.

The final showdown between Marty and Carol (Caroline Munro) is shamefully uneventful and after playing too long a game of cat and mouse, ends with Carol being impaled by a javelin. Ironically it ends in the same place it all began - the girl's locker room shower. And just when you think it's over, there's more. Marty wakes up in a psychiatric hospital all bandaged up. A nurse attempts to inject him with a syringe and the emergency alarm goes off, sending the doctor to check in on the situation. He walks in the room and is stabbed in the eye by Marty who is dressed as the nurse. While I love the ending, it's a bit of a mess especially when you realize that all of his revenge was nothing more than fantasy.

~TJ