Student Bodies (1981)

Directed by

Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie

Genre

comedy horror, slasher film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 117 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a parody of slasher horror movies from the late 1970s and early 1980s. A killer targets high school students while a body count appears on screen after each death.

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What happens

Student Bodies is a 1981 American parody slasher comedy film written and directed by Mickey Rose. A spoof of slasher horror films such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night, the film focuses on a serial killer targeting students at a high school. Student Bodies was the first film to satirize the thriving slasher film genre. A prominent feature of the film is a body count that is superimposed onscreen whenever a death occurs. Principal photography of Student Bodies took place in and around Houston, Texas, with a cast made up entirely of unknown actors. Paramount Pictures released the film theatrically on August 7, 1981. The film was a moderate box office success, grossing $5.2 million in the United States against its $510,000 budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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