Vintage Horror Review: Slaughter High (1986)

It's been a  while since a Slasher Theater vintage horror review, so I figured it was about time to check out an older film and review it.

As you all know, I have an undying love for horror movies from the 1980's, and Slaughter High is a cult classic when it comes to this time period. It tells the story of a shy nerd named Marty who is finally getting his chance to bang the hottest girl in school. It turns out, however, that this is a cruel prank by a group of popular students, because, as we all know from watching 80's movies, high school students were huge jerks in the 80's. After getting caught by the school's Coach, who apparently only speaks in sports puns, the group blames Marty for getting them in trouble and continue to prank him by messing with his chemistry experiment, causing Marty to become horribly disfigured and burned in the impending lab accident. The kids, who apparently thought messing with dangerous chemicals WOULDN'T cause a terrible accident, feel bad about they're final prank, which goes on to haunt them for years to come.

Fast forward 10 years. The kids are now adults and are coming together once more for their high school reunion. They arrive at their abandoned old school and head inside. They find a room with a strange little "Welcome Back" party already set up with a bunch of high school mementos and memories. For some reason, this doesn't freak them out and send them running for it, but, as we know, it's the 80's, and slasher characters are dumb. Pretty soon we're introduced to a masked madman wearing a Jester's face (a mask we saw previously during the first prank on Marty) who begins picking off students in classic slasher style, including one very graphic, very cool stomach explosion via poisonous drink. Could it be Marty, the phantom from the past?

Slaughter High is a typical 80's slasher flick with the typical amount of blood, gore an nudity. While not exactly a good movie, it is quite entertaining and enjoyable to watch. Like I say with most of my vintage films, it's a fun movie to watch with a group of people and laugh at the cheesiness, it is a bit dull to sit and watch alone.