Night School

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Allan C Nov 3 Well-crafted little slasher flick Night School (1980) ***1/2 A leather-clad killer, motorcycle helmet-wearing slasher, is beheading Boston college kids. A police detective, a professor, and a British exchange student, Rachel Ward (AGAINST ALL ODDS, THE THORN BIRDS), in her film debut. The script is pretty dumb, but director Ken Hughes (CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, OF HUMAN BONDAGE) is more talented of a director than you get for these sorts of slasher flicks. Hughes brings some hints of Italian Giallos, recalling Dario Argento’s black-gloved killers in DEEP RED or OPERA, but although the violence is strong for an American slasher film, it’s nowhere as shocking as an Argento film. The film generally feels like a big studio trying to make a respectable thriller with slasher tropes, as opposed to a maniac hacking his way through campers or babysitters, and it really does pay off. It's not a classic like HALLOWEEN or even MANIAC COP, but NIGHT SCHOOL is a classier slasher flick than I was expecting and one I’ll probably revisit at some point, despite a dumb twist ending.  AI CAPSUL REVIEW: In Night School (1981), a helmeted killer is beheading Boston college students, drawing in a detective, a professor, and a British exchange student played by Rachel Ward in her debut. Though the script is silly, director Ken Hughes lends the film unexpected polish and Giallo-inspired style, making it a surprisingly classy, atmospheric slasher despite its dumb twist ending. See more CodyZamboni Z Oct 12 Movie is well made, An above average slasher with moments of humor, As a cop tries to stop a psycho from chopping off pretty coeds' heads. With a few red herrings, I guessed the killer's ID halfway through, There are moments of brutal violence, One gross out scene about eating stew, A silly love scene in the shower, where a dude spreads blood red jelly all over his girlfriend. A jokey final moment. That said, movie makes good use of Boston locations, and Rachel Ward is so stunningly beautiful. See more Farah R @Farah May 30 Night School unravels its key thrilling component too early on, ruining the reveal of its killer. But the acting was decent enough to keep me watching up to that point. See more Alexandro R Dec 29 ÓTIMO FILME RECOMENDO. See more Steve D 03/11/2023 The viewer is always at least 20 min ahead of the script. See more 06/02/2018 Caught up in the wash of 1981 slasher films, Night School is a surprisingly well-made thriller that's interesting on three counts- it's written by a woman, the killer is a woman killing other women for culturally-specific motives, and it's Rachel Ward's feature film debut. Slightly higher production values, as well as a better script and acting than one might expect. See more Read all reviews

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