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A Boston police detective (Leonard Mann) blames ritual beheadings on a professor (Drew Snyder) with a live-in assistant (Rachel Ward).
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C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore Not huge on substance, it shoots for the stars- the story attempts going into a rumination on misogyny, its internalisation by women, and the primitivity of modern man. Rated: 3/5 May 1, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 10, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Rated: 1/5 Jul 27, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D The viewer is always at least 20 min ahead of the script. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review bradley p More of a thriller than a slasher due to the lack of graphic violence (there is blood and slashes, severed heads, yet the actual stabs or decapitations are never shown. Plays like a whodunit type killer mystery that is reasonably well done; Also features a nice twist ending and plays with genre expectations (The killer is a girl who only kills girls whom her love interest is interested in or has lusted after in the past). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Cool, often-forgotten slasher flick. I guess you can say it's kind of is like an American giallo, with the black gloved killer and interesting detectives on the case. Not much actually takes place at or around night school, so that was a bit of a let down, but it's an interesting enough horror movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member The culprit is easily guessed in this slow-ish slasher. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/01/18 Full Review Audience Member A great peak-period slasher film. It has blood, gore, nudity, some fun death scenes and a hilarious lesbian vibe from two characters. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Boston police detective (Leonard Mann) blames ritual beheadings on a professor (Drew Snyder) with a live-in assistant (Rachel Ward).
Director
Ken Hughes
Producer
Larry Babb, Ruth Avergon
Screenwriter
Ruth Avergon
Production Co
Lorimar Productions, Paramount
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 21, 2012
Runtime
1h 28m
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