
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...... (Full plot summary below)
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A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...
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| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanThe premise is admittedly pretty crafty, but other than that two-minute distraction, Return to Horror High is certainly no great shake. |
| User ReviewDanielle KReturn to Horror Hight is a great film to watch |
| User ReviewLorraine SI like horror moive and blues song Ms jody |
| User ReviewJamie KYes, that's exactly what I'm planning to do: Return to my love buff - high. ^_^ |
| User ReviewLindsay Dkiller to the left, killer to the right. stand up sit down fright fright fright! |
| User ReviewBucky (Y! ID: Prisonerfan48) AThank you flixter for finding this, possibly the worst movie ever made, George Clooney is in it for maybe all of 5 minutes, and it doesnt make any sense, you get to the end and realize you've wasted 2 hours of ur life and theres no way you can get them back. I pity the people who've watched this, and invite the people who havent to come to my place because I have it on DVD. It's like the ring, you just have to show everyone. |
| User ReviewKristin PCinematic gold... I have seen this far too many time.... |
| User ReviewLord of II loooove the campy horror classics and seeing Gerorge Clooney die first made it even better |
| User ReviewJennie RCan't believe I didn't see this back in the 80's!!! Spoof horror with several familar faces from the 80's (George Clooney is one!). It is funny and entertaining. It bounces back and forth in time which jumbles the flow of the movie. Some parts were so over the top that I just could help but laugh out loud. The acting is sub par but it makes up for it in laughs. This is worth a watch on an 80's throwback horror night. |
| User ReviewMiriam HA film crew is making a sleazy low-budget horror flick at Crippen High School. This location hides a terrible past, where a few years ago a series of brutal murders occurred and the killer was never captured. Strangely enough members of the cast and crew start disappearing and on the minds of certain cast members is that it's happening all over again. Huh? Yep, huh? "Return to Horror High" is a hokey low-budget tongue-in-cheek slasher that peculiarly rips on its genre in a very confusing muddle of ideas and bizarre pathways. There's just too much going on, as the illogical story switches back and forth in a rather disjointed manner. The reason for this messy situation can be attributed to story moving between the police investigation, that of the crew actually making the horror flick with killer knocking them off and then the murders the film is based on. That's quite handful and when they gel into one. You're left rather bemused by it all and at times it hard to tell when it's just a film within a film moment. It can get tediously bog down (especially the awkward romance link) by its chattiness and little action. The "Scooby Doo" mystery piles on the red herrings and the lambs for the slaughter, but it's nothing we haven't watched before. What I found to lift this outrageously silly comic horror was that it has a real good time mocking that of stereotypes and clichés and there are a couple of fun hammy performances from the elastic cast. It simply plays for one big wicked joke. The story's structure and overall editing might be a choppy mess, on the other-hand the production was well prepared and the setting was atmospheric. A spine-tingling score that tries to keep you on edge combined with sweeping semi-doco cinematography and gloomy lighting made that factor passable. Although the embarrassingly cheese-filled 80s soundtrack can destroy the mood in certain scenes and the humour can over-rail the menace it tries to build in the opening half of the film. On a whole, it can be lacking, but director Bill Froelich delivers some inventive flushes in a few piercing scenes. A lot of blood (if "fake" movie blood) is splashed about and nudity is dished up in minor bursts. On the other spectre, suspense is quite minimal and clumsy false jumps only reveal the real one with dire results. Actually it can get unpredictable in spontaneous spurts. The ridiculously out-there climax only proves so when it builds up towards its final outcome. This big twist is easy to understand, but how it came to be doesn't make a whole lotta' sense. The humour is quite overwrought in its not-so-subtle style, but these playful jests in the dialogues do have its shining light. Alex Rocco gets most of the best lines and is real treat as the flat-out, obnoxious, slime ball producer. Also the likes of Maureen McCormick as the hot and bothered cop raises a few chuckles and Lori Lethin's feisty awe only engages. While, the acting teeters on lousy, the over-exaggerated turns only enhances the film's eccentric energy and likability. Oh yeah, I actually found the characters rather likable. I'm sure some people will be waiting for George Clooney to hit the screen and you don't have to wait for long, but then again he bites the dust after only about 15 minutes into the flick. Even if it was only a tiny part, his charisma was evident early on. This spoof isn't always on the mark, but it passes time decently enough. |