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Final Exam (1981)

Horror | 89 minutes
2,57 61 votes

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Duration: 89 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Jimmy Huston

Stars: Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice and Ralph Brown

IMDb score: 4,6 (5.087)

Releasedate: 5 June 1981

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Final Exam plot

"Some may pass the test… God help the rest."

Only a few dozen students still have to take partial exams on the campus of a small university in North Carolina. Suddenly, a psychotic killer shows up, targeting nerds and pretty girls.

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jordandejong

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Very mediocre slasher.

The first hour we follow a group of very annoying characters (especially the Radish one was terribly annoying. In any case quite distracting to see someone who is clearly gay playing a straight character), and almost nothing happens. It is especially striking how colorless all the characters are. There is one funny scene in which a group of boys casually stage a school shooting, and everyone (teacher or student) seems to find that funny. When the killer strikes once in the last half hour, it turns out it wasn't worth the wait. The killer itself is extremely mediocre. It really doesn't show anything at all. The kills he produces are even more mediocre. Besides the fact that there is 0.0 gore, the kills are also as uninspired as anything (95% is done off-screen with a large kitchen knife).

What is the opposite? Well, a nice 80's atmosphere, and here and there a nice moment when the killer suddenly shows up somewhere (garbage container, hand through the door, via the food elevator etc). The stand off/chase between the last remaining girl and the killer also has some tense moments.

It makes sense that this Final Exam has always remained a bit obscure. It is very much inferior to the big slashers (The Burning, Friday the 13th series, The Prowler etc.), but also doesn't stand out among the slightly less well-known 80's slashers (Just Before Dawn, The Mutilator etc.). A slow pace, very uninspired killer, brave kills and retarded characters. In any case, what will stay with me the most are the bizarre playmobil haircuts of the majority of the cast.

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Insignificance

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Starts off as a slasher, then behaves like a mild college comedy, only to slash after almost an hour. Not everyone will like that middle part, but I thought they were a funny, sympathetic couple. Far from irritating in any case, even the coach and his buddy join in the fun. Wildman is the star and meanwhile a killer approaches. It's not much of a threat, though it bulldozes its prey at times, and it's not a creative killer either. The second, that's the best, and there's something about an arrow that radiates power. Also not very memorable. So the same for the video, although I didn't get bored with it either.

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wendyvortex

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And then it's time for our annual eighties Halloween/Friday the 13th-style slasher. This time with a beautiful soundtrack, a lot of pace, student jokes, slightly more sympathetic beef cattle than average. You won't see much new, but it all has a nice atmosphere. Nothing wrong with that, there are really boring 80s horrors.

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