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Daniel C. M One of the few movies from that time that are actually good and not just a "so bad it's good". This movie is beyond a slasher movie, but still should be watched by any slasher and horror fan. Features great and effective social commentary and awesome kills; full of twists and it's just a very surprising and shocking movie overrall, that is very unpredictable at most parts. Though it has it's fair share of completly unnecesary scenes that only add gratuitious nudity that doens't really serve for nothing, and it takes quite a while to pick up steam. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Justin T This film is a copy of Heathers (1988) but before it. The story of the two films is really similar but this film differs by having much less production value and a far less witty script. The deaths are quite imaginative but the bits in between are really not very good. The acting is bad and the effects tacky. I really don't think that this film was worth watching but better than some really bad horror that I have seen recently. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/18/23 Full Review brad p ‘Massacre at Central High' Remains Top-Tier Exploitation Cinema Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A decently entertaining little lost slasher flick, but to be honest I barely even remember it already... Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/26/22 Full Review Audience Member Massacre at Central High is a downright strange little flick. Shot and scored like a contemporary made-for-TV movie of the mid 70s, Dutch writer/director Renee Daalder's first English language film definitely has the feel of an outsider's view of American culture. The characters all interact using a type of short, oddly formal syntax, and for nearly the entire picture, the only interactions are between the students. In fact, Daalder created a kind of science fictionalized world where only teenagers exist. Massacre blends slightly off-key, yet convincing portrayals of bullying, revenge, toxic masculinity, and human power dynamics with jarring violence and casually graphic nudity, to create a finished product that set the stage for countless (often lesser) films to follow. A real groundbreaker armed with unexpected insight. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member 1976: A new guy comes to a California high school. His friend is a part of a group who terrorize underlings in the school. The new guy doesn't like it, and the group (minus his friend) maims him. The new guy comes back to the school, and the group is murdered one by one. The bullied soon see newborn power, and become the bullies. Then they start to be murdered. This is kind of a cult movie. The acting is OK, not great. The dialogue is kind of hokey at times. But the movie takes some unexpected twists and turns, including the conversion of the bullied to bullies, The wrap-up is a little defusing. Overall, an interesting watch.Stars: Derrel Maury, Andrew Stevens, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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