Cutting Class (1989)
Genre: Thriller / Comedy
Duration: 91 minuten
Alternative title: High School Murders
Country:
United States
Directed by: Rospo Pallenberg
Stars: Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen and Brad Pitt
IMDb score:
4,6 (7.000)
Releasedate: 24 April 1989
Cutting Class plot
"No one said surviving high school would be easy."
Paula Carson is an extremely popular appearance at school. The pretty girl makes many a boy's heart go wild. Her classmates and eternal rivals Dwight and Brian are especially captivated. Dwight is the popular twink, Brian his silent counterpart. He is still suspected of murdering his father. Brian just got released from a psychiatric clinic. As soon as he is back at school, there are more victims in the area. The question on most people's minds is whether Brian can't resist killing. Only a few suspect Dwight. After all, he doesn't want to find Paula in the arms of his rival...
Actors and actresses
Brian Woods
Paula Carson
Dwight Ingalls
Mr. Dante
William Carson III
Colleen
Shultz
Coach Harris
Mrs. Knocht
Mr. Conklin
Reviews & comments
Tonypulp
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- 21231 messages
- 4608 votes
Forgotten or abandoned? Eighties high school slasher that is little less than peers such as Prom Night (1980), Graduation Day (1981) or Slaughter High (1986) ... but actually rarely in those top lists for comes. New life given by Vinegar Syndrome with another beautiful 4K scan as a result. A 'genre oddity', hovering somewhere between the real genre work and a comedy that plays with the most beloved 'tropes'. Some bizarre characters such as the principal and the janitor are of course completely over the top, but in the meantime there is a very young Brad Clitt in his first leading role for a feature film, doing his stinking best to make something out of it. For fans of the better cult work / colorful 80's high school slashers with a very present and also very cheesy soundtrack; you can have fun with Cutting Class.
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Noodless
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- 10053 messages
- 6185 votes
Brad Pitt in one of his first film roles and a few strange characters still manage to attract attention, but the whole is a bit lackluster and nowhere exciting. Nice are some very strange characters such as Roddy McDowall as Mr Dante, Robert Glaudini as the school cleaner, Nancy Fish as Mrs. Knocht and Donovan Leitch Jr. as Brian Woods. 5/10
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2301 messages
- 2092 votes
Eighties slasher with decent camp/cult quality. Brad Pitt as a world star in the making ... has to start somewhere, of course. I'm not particularly a fan of his, but he does play the annoying and sporty all American college boy just fine here. Nice love triangle with the creepy Donovan Leitch and sexy Jill Schoelen (she sounds very hoarse in this movie too).
The scenario should of course be taken with a grain of salt. The chases in the school building (where the fire doors are illegally locked - happens in more films), the crazy janitor, a completely wrong teaching corps ... And then there is the wonderful running gag with [spoiler ]Jill Schoelen's dad … black comedy at its best. The gaudy gore is fine, the murders are creative. And there is a great soundtrack by Andy Prieboy that completely contributes to the eighties / new wave atmosphere. I had a great time with this.
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