Return to Horror High (1987)

Return to Horror High is a convoluted cheesefest that tries to be spoof and horror movie at the same time, feebly prefiguring Scream. A movie crew is filming a slasher picture at a high school where a series of murders actually occurred; the killings begin again--or are they simply staged for the production? The answer to this question is distinctly uninvolving, but it involves a lot of fake blood. Familiar faces include Vince Edwards and Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick (a uniformed cop), plus--until he becomes the first victim--George Clooney. --Robert Horton Amazon.com

An Excellent Bit of Campy Horror

I hate to say it, but this movie is precisely what I enjoy about B-Movie horror...buckets upon buckets of blood, characters with little-to-no development (that you'd care about anyway), and willingness to not take the subject material altogether too seriously.

On top of all of that is a genuinely fascinating, though implausible, twist in the narrative. It's quite wonderful.

I would sincerely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys horror and comedy. April 30, 2008

A dull and disjointed disaster.

Posing as a high school slasher THE RETURN TO HORROR HIGH is actually a poorly written, poorly acted and poorly directed horror/ comedy...and I'm using both of those terms loosely.

Confusingly told with an incredible amount of flashbacks, a limp dream sequence and a twist ending that was so stupid it made THE VILLAGE look like Stephen Hawking the story is about a film crew shooting a slasher movie at a high school that was previously the scene of a real life massacre. People start disappearing, but not as quickly as my desire to care what happens.

I have no idea what the filmmakers were going for, but they failed on every level possible. Sadly, I've seen worse, much worse, but still there is no reason (outside of morbid curiosity or drunkeness) to waste your time on this clunker.

Gorehounds: don't worry about it; the limited special effects are pathetic, barely above Troma standards. March 27, 2008

not good..

I was disappointed in this movie, because I thought it would be alot like "Cheerleader Camp" it was awful, boring, and slow moving...I ended up trading it in... March 11, 2008

Forgettable

This movie stinks. There are some really good horror movies of the 80's and this is not one of them. It's BORING, slow moving, the acting and cinematography both suck. I've seen more action on my kids Goosebumps DVD's. I wouldn't pay 1.00 for it, yup, it's THAT BAD!! March 2, 2008

C'mon, it paid some rent......

Wish there were more Vince Edwards movies. Like "City of Fear." Mr. Edwards had the face of a an Italian angel. Sure wish Mystery Science Theater 3000 was around, this would be such a great movie for review. I think Vince Edwards would even get a kick out of it. July 19, 2007

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