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I just watched Heathers for the first time this week, and Massacre at Central High a couple of months before.
Does anybody have any other high school exploitation flicks to recommend? It seems like a subgenre that I should familiarize myself with! Class of 1984 looks like it follows the same themes, but no others come to mind.

Gus Van Sant, Elephant.

Cherry Hill High, Born Wild, & Malibu High are ones to seek out. Not a high school exploitation flick but well worth seeing is the summer camp freakout/exploitation classic Bless The Beasts & Children.

You might like this too
http://www.pennyblood.com/angelguts.html

dialecticbricks wrote:Cherry Hill High.

Ha ha, never heard of that one. I actually went to Cherry Hill High, and I'm not talking in a symbolic way either.

- Surfer (Cherry Hill HS Class of '90)

Pump up the Volume [1990, Allan Moyle] - can't beat Christian Slater as an underground DJ

Pump Up The Volume seconded. I hated it when I first saw it, at 18, but loved it when I revisited it a year ago. Plus, Annie Ross (from Lambert, Hendricks &) is in it.

Dunno how you're defining "exploitation," but Fast Times At Ridgemont High is pretty brilliant. Cameron Crowe had to finish high school in his 20s (having dropped out in his teens, for which see the equally unfuckwithable Almost Famous), and this is what he came up with (wrote it, but Amy Heckerling directed).

Switchblade Sisters from 1975 might be in that area. Two feuding gangs in school, The Silver Daggers vs. the Dagger Debs; but as far as I remember only the first parts are set there.

Popular:
Carrie De Palma 1976

B Movie:
High School Confidential Arnold 1958
Drugs! Mamie Van Doren!

Schlock:
I Was A Teenage Werewolf 1957

fearandpanic wrote:Switchblade Sisters from 1975 might be in that area. Two feuding gangs in school, The Silver Daggers vs. the Dagger Debs; but as far as I remember only the first parts are set there.

This looks pretty good.
As does Bless the Beasts & Children, in a Stand By Me kind of way.

a movie i saw recently that might stretch to fit this bill is:

School In The Crosshairs (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1981)

basically, it's about an alien evil force that slowly infiltrates a high school, creating a bizarre martial law situation. as the evil force grows to near total control over the student body (assisted by a...weird...girl) only the level-headed female lead can save the day (and rescue her boyfriend), in one of the most intense, bizarre, and highly enjoyable climax sequences i have had the fortune to witness.

also, this:
High School Big Shot (Joel Rapp, 1959)

oh, that reminds me of one: Battle Royale (2000) (Kinji Fukasaku)

tough to beat Heathers, though.

what about Rock and Roll High School? "do your parents know you're Ramones?"

eraritjaritjaka wrote:a movie i saw recently that might stretch to fit this bill is:

School In The Crosshairs (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1981)

basically, it's about an alien evil force that slowly infiltrates a high school, creating a bizarre martial law situation. as the evil force grows to near total control over the student body (assisted by a...weird...girl) only the level-headed female lead can save the day (and rescue her boyfriend), in one of the most intense, bizarre, and highly enjoyable climax sequences i have had the fortune to witness.

The screencaps for this film look VERY promising.
I also stumbled upon this, which also seems right up my alley: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077816/
Brought me to the conclusion that it's time to rewatch If...

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

Dohol wrote:

And if you think I'm joking, here's what William Bennett's got to say about it:

http://williambennett.blogspot.com/2009 ... cal-3.html

( I'm not a Whitehouse fan but I do occasionally read his blog for comic value..)


I've lost count of the number of times my daughter has put me through that thing..( though it isn't all that bad...pretty good in parts I'll have to say..))

Dohol wrote:

My kids are nuts about this flick......The boys are back, the boys are back....can't get that bloody song out of my head

Kevin McCallister wrote:

eraritjaritjaka wrote:a movie i saw recently that might stretch to fit this bill is:

School In The Crosshairs (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1981)

The screencaps for this film look VERY promising.

i uploaded a bunch of my own screencaps elsewhere, might as well share em here i suppose.
the same director made another film which i recommend even more highly, titled Hausu.

PORKY´S
PORKY´S II: THE NEXT DAY
PORKY´S REVENGE

Massacre at Central High! Haven't thought of that flick in years. I wonder if they have it on Netflix. Saw it on cable in the early 80's and will never forget the van scene, a murder tactic that's never been used in a movie before or since, that I know of.

Along with the aforementioned Malibu High, I strongly recommend its accompanying movie in the twofer DVD release, TRIP WITH THE TEACHER. Maybe I can post some screencaps.