Slaughter High (1985)

Slaughter High (1985)

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April Fool's Day
Jolly Killer
The Last Laugh

Tagline(s):	Marty Majored in Cutting Classmates...
	For Murder, Marty Gets Ten out of Ten
	Where the Student Body Is Going to Pieces
	Marty was the dork of Doddsville High. One day he got mad... Then he got even!
	Marty's Nobody's Fool When It Comes to Murder
	Take a Trip through the Halls of Horror!
	From The Makers Of 'Friday 13th' [sic.]
	From the Makers of "Friday the 13TH"

Nomination Year: 2026

SYNOPSIS:

Some mean kids play a mean prank on a nerdy classmate. It goes horribly wrong. The kid ends up in an insane asylum.

Ten years later, all the kids involved in the prank, now adults, are invited to a reunion at their old school. But they find it derelict and abandonded, and nobody can seem to figure out who sent the invitations...

Since there's a huge storm and they can't really leave (convenient), they break in and find the gym all set up for the reunion party. Exellent! But then they start getting picked off one by one. Bogus!

Bryan "Allen Smithee" Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

"Alas, Poor Yorick"
A Dumb-Acid Death Shirley's had a long day. The storm. The reunion is a bust. Just had a big scare because people are dying. Ted exploded all over her, and not in the fun way. How about a nice, relaxing bath...naked...IN ACID!

Inane Dialogue
They Majored in the Inanities One Inanity after another!

"Let's Up The Rating To 'R'"
Where's the Brief? Marty's shorts change color and style between shots! Then we see full-frontal male nudity as the mean kids torture him.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
George Dugdale	Did this and Living Doll.
Mark Ezra	Wrote and directed House Swap, Savage Hearts, and this. Produced Waking Ned Devine.
Peter Mackenzie Litten	Also directed Heaven's a Drag and Living Doll.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Caroline Munro	Carol	Beautiful British pin-up actress voted "Face of the Year," though her acting chops may not have been up to the level of her looks. Our beloved Stella Star in Star Crash; Bond Girl Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me; Anna D'Antoni in Maniac; Margiana in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; Laura Bellows in Dracula A.D. 1972; and Carla in Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. A classy, classic Smithee actress indeed!
Simon Scuddamore	Marty	Was only the beleagured Marty in Slaughter High, then quit. Maybe people laughed at his junk?
Carmine Iannaccone	Skip	Photographer in Split Decisions; Habib in Maid to Order.
Donna Yeager	Stella	Played only this and Sandra in Strong Medicine.
Gary Martin	Joe	Lends his voice to many an animated work and videogame. Voiced Beast Man in Masters of the Universe (2026); the librarian's voice on "Prisoner Zero"; played Elliot Saunders in Amityville Playhouse; and voiced General Wellington in The Corpse Bride; and the "Bit" Guitarist in Shock Treatment.
Billy Hartman	Frank	Scottish-born; played Dugal MacLeod in Highlander. Was also Terry Woods on "Emmerdale Farm."
Michael Safran	Ted	Did only this and one other film, and they spelled his name wrong in both. He's credited as "Michael Saffran" in Slaughter High, and as "Michael Safrin" in...uh...The Ketchup King, where he played Mustard Goon Two. Yikes. This may be the saddest Smithee career I've yet to see.
John Segal	Carl	Jeff in Inseminoid and Carl in Slaughter High; other than that, was Al in Secret Places and did one episode of "Doctor Who" in 1987.
Kelly Baker	Nancy	Did only this and Sherry Graham in Don't Open Till Christmas (and a couple episodes of "Guiding Light").
Sally Cross	Susan	Just this and Martha Davis on "Nothin' Goes Right," a 1988 Rodney Dangerfield TV special.
Josephine Scandi	Shirley	A few minor parts, but really just this and Kacy Knight in Fuck You Immortality [sic.]


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