Final ExamYear: 1981 Director: Jimmy Huston Written by:Jimmy Huston Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Knife |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
A college slasher, yes! But a good one? No. This was talky, talky, talky,
followed by slow, slow, slow. There was almost sex--and then not. The nerd
never shut up. The killer was an unmotivated moron. The only good parts,
the scenes with the fraternity brothers and the hazing, didn't even belong in
this movie. There was a glut of silly fake scares. The comedy sometimes
worked, but the horror never did. I fell asleep . . . sorry. The cheapness
couldn't have been more apparent if a neon sign reading "Low Budget" had been
flashing. Characters were introduced only to be arbitrarily killed ten
seconds later. Did I mention that nobody did it? Boy, even at my college
that's not accurate. Two interesting factoids: The heroine stabbed the
not-dead-yet killer TWELVE times at the end (tyranist and I counted). And:
Everybody dies!
Best Scare: I don't know! I'm sorry! I just don't know!
I'd Recommend It To: Those who have to see all the movies Randy Meeks mentioned in Scream 2.
The tyranist's thoughts
It is enormously unfortunate that this little subgenre hasn't yielded much worth watching. This isn't the sorority house
beauties being hacked up genre. It isn't the smart teenagers in peril genre. It is the college campus gets a visit from a
psychopath genre. Probably the best movie in this genre is Urban Legend and if you
believe Rish, that makes this genre very very bad indeed. This movie actually has some great little moments, but for the
most part they are far outweighed by long stretches of boring dialogue and utter predictability. My favourite moment was
easily the treeing of a young frat pledge. I don't have to tell you that he ends up dead, but I will tell you that the best
moment in the film happens here. Let me just say, "You can have yours on the rocks." If I said anymore, you wouldn't have
to see the movie. But then maybe that would be a very good thing.
Just one big warning, the reason we don't see the killer much is because he is STUPID.
Total Skulls: 24
Sequel | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
What the hell? | ||
x years ago . . . | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ||
Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unscary villain/monster | ||
Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending |