Never saw this movie, but when i was a kid and i would go with my father to the movie rental places and the VHS cover of this movie always freaked me out
I remember this. I found it funny especially the producer, writer, and directer fighting about the conent of the movie. The directer trying to make a serious movie. The writer trying to tell the truth. The producer wanting a cheap b-movie.
B Movies were created for a Teenage Audience. They were usually shown in cinemas on BOGOF, to encourage people to go see movies there instead of at home. At the time in which B Movies were created, the television had taken over a large sector of cinema go-ers and so poorly made slasher movies were the next big thing for the teenagers at the time! Bargain Movies!
You may think it is terrible and shocked that I worked on it but the original script had a parallel storyline with the audience not knowing what was reality. We never had time to shoot the entire script thus the confusing film that you see. There were many pluses
Horrible movie. It's bad when the box art is scarier than the actual movie. It used to scare the shit out of my brother whenever we would go into the horror section of the grocery store's rental area.
i saw this in late 1986 at the theater. it was kind of uneventful but not the worse movie i ever saw. at least it wasn't annoying like most movies became by the early 1990s.
being that it was a "return" movie i thought the previous horror high was made in the early 1980s but the first horror high was instead made in the 1970s.
I was an extra in this movie, it was one of the first movies I was in when I moved to CA. But... I never saw the movie, just happened to look it up. Where has the time gone? It was fun on the set, I had a blast.
Saw this at the theatre, and to this day, it holds the record for lowest attendence of any movie I went to.....There was just me and my date...We had the whole place to ourselves, I wonder Why.
rhwasc - i loved this movie as a kid and i love it now. i don't think it was disjointed. even as a kid, i could tell where real life/ movie life began. its not rocket science. i thought maureen maccormick was great as the gorehound cop, and i thought then ending was brilliant.
I remember this film quite vividly. I had a few projects, including trying to develop an RPG that involved going after & trying to eradicate the Horror Film VIllains. I always ranked this killer, who I called "Hatchet Face", rather highly.
I would've loved to be cast in a film like this one. I wonder if anyone's taken my idea for a crippled serial killer yet?
The reason the film seems so disjointed is because of these missing elements. It was a too ambitious script for the money. We knew there had been a "Horror High" but it was not intended as a sequel. I did this film right after I did the original "Witchboard". For whatever you think of the film the cast and crew had a great time making it. I remember George Clooney being very interested in the process. He was a struggling actor hoping to get a chance on a series.
No, it was meant as a send up to all these films. It's a film within a film with a great many inside jokes for film makers. Alex Rocco has some of the best when he speaks to the crew member who has not gotten paid. I wish you could read the original script. It was much more complex.
We had a great time working on this film. It was like being in high school. Well, actually we were in high school. We had a remarkably great cast who, gor the most part, all knew each other. The neatest gag was the kids being sucked in by the sandbox. That was built on a platform so that the actor could be sucked in.
It was suppose to be both. The original script had a parallel story where you were never quite sure of what was then and what was now but unfortunately we didn't have the time or money to film it. I went right from this to "Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors".
It's called a slip zoom. You dolly in and zoom out or dolly out and zoom in keeping the character size the same. I was the cinematographer on "Return to Horror High"
Cool, thanks! How was it to be on the set of this film? The trailer creeped me out as a kid in the 80's, my friend would shut his eyes through it, lol.
One of the few 80s horror films I hate. As a lover of most things retro, especially horror, I was greatly dissapointed. At least Maureen McCormick was good. Hilarious.
What, did George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks all get together in the 80's and make a pact to be in a bad horror film before the end of the decade?
I saw a Horror movie once back in the early 90's like 90, and there was a guy walking around a School wearing a Motorcycle Helmet and shooting people.
is movie was good it look like all the horror movies from the 90s that I seen but this is from the 80s. You know the ones from the late 90s to now some of them sucks now PG-13 and all that crap. Now this is how horror movie are made and I liked it.
@compsciguy but for me I love blood and gore now thats a horror movie PG-13 do not show that much blood and the good stuff that what I like best about a horror movie.
this can't be awful
SuperHorrormovies 3 weeks ago
This movie is a giant piece of steaming camel shit!
TheAltair4 1 month ago
@TheAltair4
I agree, did you see this in theaters or rented it on video as a kid?
Johnlindsey289 1 month ago
@Johnlindsey289 I saw it on video as a kid and what a completely worthless pile of crap it was.
TheAltair4 1 month ago
Terrible movie, i rented it when i was 6 with my big brother and i thought it was disgusting and i re-rented it when i was 14 and GOD it sucked ass
Johnlindsey289 1 month ago
I loved this film man.
80sSlashers 1 month ago
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Never saw this movie, but when i was a kid and i would go with my father to the movie rental places and the VHS cover of this movie always freaked me out
cowboys4life956 1 month ago
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cowboys4life956 1 month ago
the original rocked.
DerekGaming 4 months ago
@DerekGaming
This is not a remake or sequel to the film your thinking of.
80sSlashers 1 month ago
OMG the 80's had the best horror movies..the more simple a horror movie is the better IMO..and don't use any well known faces, that ruins it
sara31tx 4 months ago
"Return To Horror High... it's ass cream."
ShxtBlowsUp 6 months ago 6
@ShxtBlowsUp LMAO
ThePinkBlooded 5 months ago
@ShxtBlowsUp Fking LOL
Quexn 5 months ago
I found this DVD at Smiths! Hah!
I remember watching it long ago and it confused the hell outta me. Still does. But I do love it!! :)
Stettina81 6 months ago
im bout to c it now
headbuster1980 6 months ago
I remember this. I found it funny especially the producer, writer, and directer fighting about the conent of the movie. The directer trying to make a serious movie. The writer trying to tell the truth. The producer wanting a cheap b-movie.
rathraven1313 7 months ago
@rathraven1313 The scene gives us the great line: "Fixing this script would be like polishing a turd."
piratejeffwdw 7 months ago
First horror movie I ever saw, lol
TheOpal78 7 months ago
this movie sucks.
royalnaz1 7 months ago
kick ass movie..... This is where today's "SCREAM" bullshit movie sequals were based of this original movie!
LALOMAN18 8 months ago
@0:44 it looks like the trailer for suspiria
halloweenfriday 11 months ago
@halloweenfriday what's the name of that movie again?
UPrankers 9 months ago
@UPrankers suspiria
halloweenfriday 9 months ago
The cheerleader in this trailer was HOT!
lurch321 1 year ago 2
B Movies were created for a Teenage Audience. They were usually shown in cinemas on BOGOF, to encourage people to go see movies there instead of at home. At the time in which B Movies were created, the television had taken over a large sector of cinema go-ers and so poorly made slasher movies were the next big thing for the teenagers at the time! Bargain Movies!
PurpleTshirt 1 year ago
You may think it is terrible and shocked that I worked on it but the original script had a parallel storyline with the audience not knowing what was reality. We never had time to shoot the entire script thus the confusing film that you see. There were many pluses
rhwasc 1 year ago
I wonder if the creators of Scream watched this before they made the first of the movies.
Japaneseanimeguy 1 year ago
@Japaneseanimeguy
I wonder if Wes Craven watched this AND Student Bodies. :D
compsciguy 1 year ago
i have to watch this again especially since i found out george clooney is in this
he play's oliver
lolabunny41378 1 year ago
i was watching this today and i did not know that guy was colony i was so surprised
bigcaseytutorials 1 year ago
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ernestoseiageae 1 year ago
That looks terrible lol
weirdscience85 1 year ago
what happened to the good old days where if a vampire went into sunlight he/she would burst into flames and NOT sparkle!!!!!!!!!!
ashka5551 1 year ago
I just barfed...they actually made a followup to Horror high. }:)
Thanx!!!
sabalouie2000 1 year ago
I'm sure the class reunions at that high school are quite "a scream" too.
rwsandne 1 year ago
hey scream ripped this off
brucedavis76 1 year ago
who this dude at 1:05
15jacala 1 year ago
@15jacala That's George Clooney
piratejeffwdw 1 year ago 3
@15jacala George Clooney looking spunky as ever :P
thebestdaysofmylife6 8 months ago
what year did you shoot this movie??
earlymtv 1 year ago
George Clooney at 1:04
clashrogers 1 year ago
This movie sucks so bad.
SuperHorrormoviefan 1 year ago
oww thats great to have this lol
julienbeauclercq 1 year ago
Horrible movie. It's bad when the box art is scarier than the actual movie. It used to scare the shit out of my brother whenever we would go into the horror section of the grocery store's rental area.
EvilShadow76 1 year ago
was george clooney in this movie ?
LaLa1689 1 year ago
@LaLa1689 yes he was
dragonslayerofthedam 1 year ago
@LaLa1689 this is Gearge Clooney's 1st film he was in i checked on imdb.com
deneheat101 1 year ago
return to horror high.. so not a documentary on columbine high school today.
Actually i rented this movie years ago, was into horror films at the time
tqsuited 1 year ago
@tqsuited
That was low, dude.
compsciguy 1 year ago
@compsciguy Whatever... dude.
tqsuited 1 year ago
george cloney as oliver.... classic
jesussacra 1 year ago
i saw this in late 1986 at the theater. it was kind of uneventful but not the worse movie i ever saw. at least it wasn't annoying like most movies became by the early 1990s.
being that it was a "return" movie i thought the previous horror high was made in the early 1980s but the first horror high was instead made in the 1970s.
The096757 1 year ago
I was an extra in this movie, it was one of the first movies I was in when I moved to CA. But... I never saw the movie, just happened to look it up. Where has the time gone? It was fun on the set, I had a blast.
srstarlight 1 year ago
I saw this on Fearnet. I love movies like this! It's ART in it's purest form :)
Imperatrix27 1 year ago
Cool trailer, bad movie XD
DENDIPWOER 1 year ago
Saw this at the theatre, and to this day, it holds the record for lowest attendence of any movie I went to.....There was just me and my date...We had the whole place to ourselves, I wonder Why.
geoindy 1 year ago
@geoindy
Just you and your date and you actually payed attention to the film?
goldenspiderduck 1 year ago
"It's ass cream" ? Is that what the voice-over guy says at the end?
kuliana28 1 year ago 14
I think that EVERY time!
piratejeffwdw 1 year ago 2
@kuliana28 That is hilarious....that is what it sounds like!
veve1 1 year ago
@kuliana28 Yeah I think you are right on this, I think for sure he's saying that it's ass cream. =]
UPrankers 9 months ago
@kuliana28 just saw the movie and the guy was right, total ass cream!
UPrankers 9 months ago
@kuliana28 I think he sais: "It's a scream"
Jafaviti 5 months ago
both clooney and pitt each in an 80s horror flick ahahaha
harliette 1 year ago
to be honest I thought this was a pretty gud movie when I saw it
msluckygirl57 1 year ago
same here i loved it when i saw it i was 12 then though..lol i want to watch it again to see if i would still like it
lolabunny41378 1 year ago
@msluckygirl57 - I'm with you, good harmless fun .
BladeAndStick 1 year ago
I remember the vhs tape cover, a skeleton 's cheerleader right?
tonyamalika 1 year ago
Yes!! Something that never actually appeared in the movie
piratejeffwdw 1 year ago
@tonyamalika lol that was on a stephen king book cover too!
XxSkyisheavenscentxX 1 year ago
@XxSkyisheavenscentxX
What book was it?
compsciguy 1 year ago
The people who made Scream ripped this idea off
Firebirrd85 1 year ago
the killer looks like an early scream guy
Firebirrd85 2 years ago
yeah thats what he looked like before he had a seizure
MrMasksMovieReviews 1 year ago
rhwasc - i loved this movie as a kid and i love it now. i don't think it was disjointed. even as a kid, i could tell where real life/ movie life began. its not rocket science. i thought maureen maccormick was great as the gorehound cop, and i thought then ending was brilliant.
RabidHummingbird 2 years ago
This is a horrible movie. Saw it once a few years ago and I never want to see it again.
zshaw7549 2 years ago
this looks like a cool movie
MasterOfBong420 2 years ago
yea i waNNa sEE this i gueSS
tamerra071 2 years ago
george clooney???
thesimon17822 2 years ago
I remember this film quite vividly. I had a few projects, including trying to develop an RPG that involved going after & trying to eradicate the Horror Film VIllains. I always ranked this killer, who I called "Hatchet Face", rather highly.
I would've loved to be cast in a film like this one. I wonder if anyone's taken my idea for a crippled serial killer yet?
NeroShrinker 2 years ago
a classic. if u dont like it, no one cares, dont watch it.
sykobyrd86 2 years ago
wtf
HanHan5555 2 years ago
damm good ass movie
jermain003 2 years ago
The reason the film seems so disjointed is because of these missing elements. It was a too ambitious script for the money. We knew there had been a "Horror High" but it was not intended as a sequel. I did this film right after I did the original "Witchboard". For whatever you think of the film the cast and crew had a great time making it. I remember George Clooney being very interested in the process. He was a struggling actor hoping to get a chance on a series.
rhwasc 2 years ago
No, it was meant as a send up to all these films. It's a film within a film with a great many inside jokes for film makers. Alex Rocco has some of the best when he speaks to the crew member who has not gotten paid. I wish you could read the original script. It was much more complex.
rhwasc 2 years ago
We had a great time working on this film. It was like being in high school. Well, actually we were in high school. We had a remarkably great cast who, gor the most part, all knew each other. The neatest gag was the kids being sucked in by the sandbox. That was built on a platform so that the actor could be sucked in.
rhwasc 2 years ago
You wouldn't believe how many times I've seen this movie. I LOVE IT! We'd love to hear more stories you have about the filming of this movie!
piratejeffwdw 2 years ago
this was suposed to be a sequel to some movie?
Ramongomina 2 years ago
I have this on DVD and me and my friends can never tell if this movie was suppose to be a comedy or a horror or a mix of both!!
flowersintheatticboy 2 years ago
It was suppose to be both. The original script had a parallel story where you were never quite sure of what was then and what was now but unfortunately we didn't have the time or money to film it. I went right from this to "Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors".
Roy H. Wagner ASC
director of photography
rhwasc 2 years ago
Sort of reminds me of buffy the vampire slayer and the hell mouth lol..
mrsSongbird 2 years ago
1:18 Man I love that style of zoom in!!
tomcatfranks 2 years ago
the zolly?
anothercafejava 2 years ago
That's what style it is?
tomcatfranks 2 years ago
yeah
created by alfred hitchcock
anothercafejava 2 years ago
It's called a slip zoom. You dolly in and zoom out or dolly out and zoom in keeping the character size the same. I was the cinematographer on "Return to Horror High"
Roy H. Wagner ASC
director of photography
rhwasc 2 years ago
Cool, thanks! How was it to be on the set of this film? The trailer creeped me out as a kid in the 80's, my friend would shut his eyes through it, lol.
tomcatfranks 2 years ago
@rhwasc
You actually worked on this film?
compsciguy 1 year ago
Ha, now I know where Ghostface got the idea for his oufit.
hiitsmewutsup09 2 years ago
i saw this movie when i was 12 it was good back then..lol
i would still watch it again though :P
lolabunny41378 2 years ago
This has nothing to do with the1974 film "Horror High" aka "The Twisted Brain," which (imho) is the far better film.
It's a sequel in name only, and that's about as good as it is..see the original "Horror High" and have a great time! :)
Shawnster65 2 years ago
this movie was so fuckin funny
NEXTGENSKYN 2 years ago
I remember this film.
I must've been the only one who has ever seen it, that gets it.
Maybe because this movie started me down the path to studying serial killers.
It may suck to most people, but 'Hatchet Face' will always be one inventive killer, to me.
NeroShrinker 2 years ago
One of the few 80s horror films I hate. As a lover of most things retro, especially horror, I was greatly dissapointed. At least Maureen McCormick was good. Hilarious.
joshg123 2 years ago
What, did George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks all get together in the 80's and make a pact to be in a bad horror film before the end of the decade?
JoelandtheBots 2 years ago
I really liked this movie actually. Well done parody of slashers.
Sauther77 2 years ago
even though these kind of movies suck (bad acting, blood looks like red paint ect. )they are quite entertaining. 80's slashers are the shit!
dirty06maggot 2 years ago 11
LOL nice toilet scrubbing gloves
TommyGun19 2 years ago
is the killer wearing yellow rubber gloves lmao how lame is that!
ikilledsidney8001 2 years ago
I've seen this movie but I can't remember a damn thing about it other than it is somewhat confusing.
Ramiel20 2 years ago
Hmm....I'm kinda curious to see that movie. :/
ByakuganTaiChi 3 years ago
I saw a Horror movie once back in the early 90's like 90, and there was a guy walking around a School wearing a Motorcycle Helmet and shooting people.
FAUSTIANDAWN 3 years ago
Ha, I love how the comedy in the movie was so bad that they went for straightforward-ness with the trailer.
sgtpepper713 3 years ago
the movie was surely confusing just watched on encore
keenius74 3 years ago
Nice....
Tarthatescupcakes 3 years ago
if i can recall seening this movie years ago... the girl who played marica brady was up there too..she played a cop
berries22 3 years ago
George Clooney at 1:05
egdx08 3 years ago
I guess he had to pay the rent somehow
PrettyIrishGirl88 3 years ago
Not a very good movie, but this trailer freaked me out in the middle of sleep somenight in January 1987
denrockshard 3 years ago
is movie was good it look like all the horror movies from the 90s that I seen but this is from the 80s. You know the ones from the late 90s to now some of them sucks now PG-13 and all that crap. Now this is how horror movie are made and I liked it.
KHWendy28 3 years ago
@KHWendy28
Are you saying pg-13 horror is crap? Have you ever seen an r rated horror that was bad? I have!
compsciguy 1 year ago
@compsciguy but for me I love blood and gore now thats a horror movie PG-13 do not show that much blood and the good stuff that what I like best about a horror movie.
KHWendy28 1 year ago
that cheerleader in the beginnging use to scare me as a kid
LydiaNine 3 years ago 2
Another awesome 80's horror cheese flick! Can't go wrong with em'! Nice upload. Thanks!
-Shawn
shawnd80s 3 years ago 2
Nothing like seeing a, young George Clooney, in a terrible slasher flick, as a cast aside LOL!
Look what he's become today. Just shows ya, everybody has to start somewhere
baddog7676 3 years ago
was there ever a horror high
METALJUNKEE666 3 years ago
Yeah,was originally called Twisted Brain.
bigroy38 3 years ago
yes. but it was a completely unrelated film.
ShxtBlowsUp 3 years ago
haha, george clooney dies in this movie.
NeedsToLose 3 years ago
Cool, gotta see this movie!
bloodandgorekid 3 years ago
stupid movie
the ending made NOOOO sense
STEVENbigblack 3 years ago
Great trailer.Great Movie
kokklj 3 years ago