Class of 1984 (1982)

Directed by

Mark L. Lester

Genre

drama film, action film, science fiction film, rape and revenge film, thriller film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 406 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A new music teacher at a troubled high school faces off against a sadistic student gang that terrorizes the faculty. The situation escalates into a brutal war of survival.

tensegrittyviolentdarkrelentlessharrowingcautionarybleakconfrontational

What happens

Class of 1984 is a 1982 crime thriller film directed by Mark Lester, produced by Arthur Kent, and co-written by Tom Holland and John Saxton, based on a story by Holland. The film stars Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross (who also served as an executive producer), Timothy Van Patten, Lisa Langlois, Stefan Arngrim, Michael J. Fox, and Roddy McDowall. The film featured various youth fashions of the time, including the punk look, an image that was still popular in the early 1980s. The theme song, "I Am the Future", was recorded for the film by Alice Cooper. The film also features a performance by Canadian punk band Teenage Head. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Silent Rage (1982)
• The Thing (1982)
• Trapped (1982)
• Murder by Phone (1982)
• Against All Hope (1982)
• Vigilante (1982)
• Deadly Alliance (1982)
• The Killing of America (1982)