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Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1

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Teenage lesbians (Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran) battle mutant classmates at Tromaville High School.
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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Trashmeister director and co-writer Lloyd Kaufman delivers, if your order includes cracks about Jerry Sandusky and high school shootings along with Troma in-jokes and countless movie references. Jan 16, 2014 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Die-hard Troma buffs may be amused by all of this, and by the wink-wink references to such studio icons as the Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman. Jan 10, 2014 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Mostly, "Return to Nuke 'Em High'' is an occasionally hilarious series of parodies: "Carrie,'' "Soylent Green,'' "Glee,'' "Cat Ballou,'' you name it. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 10, 2014 Full Review Heather Wixson Daily Dead Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 is an absurdly entertaining slapstick gore-fest that also manages to effectively pass along a timely message or two along the way. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 8, 2016 Full Review J.C. Maçek III PopMatters There's a big difference between being intentionally ridiculous and coming out hilariously self-aware and being intentionally ridiculous and succeeding in being bad. Rated: 3/10 Apr 8, 2014 Full Review Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Retains a certain B-movie moxie, but its chaotic nature fatigues the film long before it reaches its non-conclusion. Points to Kaufman for the hurricane of sick ideas, but would it kill Troma to show a little patience? Rated: C+ Mar 23, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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xpig332 B Definitely for simpletons Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/24 Full Review Robert B The score really brought out the cretins this film. The cameos were legendary with Stan Lee introducing the story and Lemmy's appearance as The President of the united States of America. I watch it at least 4 times a year. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review Audience Member It was little over the top. but I found it funny Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Return to nuke em high volume 1 is there any good class of cheesy horror and disgusting low budget fun. Also worth some special appearances from: different people that you don't expect to be in the type of movie. C+ (2013) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review lovro h I didn't know whether this movie was a remake, a reboot or a sequel to the Class of Nuke 'em High from way back in 1986, so I didn't know what to expect really. After watching it, I'm still confused about that issue... The movie's story is happening about 28 years after the original, first, movie. We follow a new girl, Lauren, who just started going to the Tromaville high school. She befriends another girl, Chrissy, and they start dating. Meanwhile, the power plant from the first movie is now a food company that sells ultra-cheap food to the school for lunch. On one Taco Tuesday, the members of a glee club transform into the total opposites of themselves, and start to call themselves Cretins, who just want to cause mayhem. There's also this subplot of Lauren being pregnant with a duck after getting raped by one. Yeah, this movie is quite insane! It starts of with Stan Lee who narrates what happened in the movies before this one! Then there's a seriously messed up and gruesome scene which I won't spoil, but I will say that there aren't many gory scenes in this volume. That was a bit of a let down. There's also some obvious CGI in this movie, as well as awesome practical effects. The acting is okay, I guess? I've no idea how to review this acting, it's just weird. The characters are okay, there's quite a lot of likeable characters. The ending is not the ending, of course there will be a volume 2 and it looks like it's going to be way more gruesome and disgusting than this one, so I'm looking forward to it. All in all, a good trash movie which I recommend strictly to fans of cinema like this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Well, I love this film. It's got the exact sort of thing I was looking for, and expected from Troma, and to top it all of is the amazing production quality. This movie probably isnt for everybody, and if you watch it with a gal and she loves it, marry her. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Teenage lesbians (Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran) battle mutant classmates at Tromaville High School.
Director
Lloyd Kaufman
Screenwriter
Lloyd Kaufman, Travis Campbell, Derek Dressler, Casey Clapp
Distributor
Freestyle Releasing
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 10, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 17, 2015
Runtime
1h 25m
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