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A Disappointing Continuation

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Horror spoofs either work or they don't - this one sadly doesn't. Within the first 5 minutes I knew that this was going to be a long hour & a half. It's a film within a film, an opportunity missed as this is something of a confusing mess. It's not that funny either. There's some reasonable gore - the lecherous teacher getting dissected is the standout scene - plus some gratuitous nudity thrown in. The killer wears a cool mask but is let down by wearing yellow rubber gloves, the type you wash up with! The DVD case gave George Clooney star billing but that's a con, he's only a very minor character in the first 10 minutes.

To make a horror comedy is a laudable ambition. And it can be done successfully. But for every American Werewolf In London or Scream, there are a dozen Return To Horror Highs.First, this film isn't funny. At all. In any respect.Second, the horror plot is absolutely generic, but that's OK. What is not OK is that so much of it is so very badly executed. If you do a horror comedy, you have to play the horror straight. Here, you have two or three nice performances, and a bunch of very bad ones (not least of which is the baddie, who delivers what must be one of the worst performances ever committed to celluloid. And I have the horrible feeling that it was the performance which was demanded of him.This is a poor film. Not even the novelty of a young George Clooney is enough to save it. Avoid it.

In 1981, Student Bodies proved that there wasn't much mileage in spoofing a genre that was already turning to self-parody in order to survive, but that didn't stop studios from churning out one weak parody after another. Wacko (1982), Pandemonium (1982), Slaughter High (1986), Cutting Class (1989), and following the second wave of slashers in the 90s, Scary Movie (2000), Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) and Club Dread (2004): just a few prime examples of unimaginative, low-brow humour at its worst.Return to Horror High (1987) tries to be a little different, with a plot that uses a movie-within-a-movie scenario, flashbacks and nightmares to add a touch of interest, but when all is said and done, it's just another lame, relatively laugh-free spoof. The cast ham it up terribly (given the script, do they really have any other option?), the gore is disappointing (lots of blood, but nothing really gruesome), and the twist ending totally absurd; genuinely amusing moments can be counted on the fingers of one hand.Watch if you really want to see Marcia from the Brady Bunch rubbing blood over her chest or a pre-fame George Clooney sporting a Hasselhoff hairdo, but don't say you haven't been warned.2.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 3 for the gratuitous female locker room scene.

I actually remember seeing this movie in the theater back when I was in college. The audience was filled with drunk, high and hallucinating students. At that time I thought this was by far one of the worst movies I had ever seen but for some reason I felt captivated by it. Was it the drugs and alcohol that kept my interest?...I think not.Each time the director fooled the audience in a kill scene there was an anticipation that we weren't going to fall for that trick again... only to be fooled again and again and again. At one point we were all screaming in agony... people were yelling "STOP!...STOP!... For Gods Sake STOP!!!!! Thinking back I now realize this movie was a unique piece of genre. I can't remember ever seeing a movie with such participation from the audience even though it was in pure unadulterated agony. Good movies are suppose to provoke an emotional response and that response doesn't have to make you feel good.If you are tired of the same old predictable horror flicks than this movie is for you.P.S. You may want to have a drink or two before viewing this movie.