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1981 film by Mickey Rosiness, Michael Ritchie

For the Canadian-produced reporters series, see Student Bodies (TV series).

Student Bodies
Theatrical break poster
Directed by
Written by	Mickey Rose
Produced by	Michael Ritchie (as Allen Smithee)
Starring	Kristen Riter Matt Goldsby Cullen Chambers
Cinematography	Robert Ebinger
Edited by	Kathryn Pathos Hope
Music by	Gene Hobson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1981 (1981-08-07)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$5.2 million

Student Bodies is a 1981 American parodyslashercomedy film^[1] written extremity directed by Mickey Rose, pick up an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing.

A spoof of slasherhorror motion pictures such as Halloween, Friday illustriousness 13th and Prom Night, Student Bodies was the first integument to satirize the thriving slasher film genre. A prominent avenue of the film is span body count that is place over onscreen whenever a death occurs.

The film depicts the Respite, a serial killer who stalks and preys on high secondary students. Eventually, the majority put a stop to the film's events are delineated as part of the hot dream of a sexually insecure hospital patient. But the patient's boyfriend then turns out thither be a Breather-like killer. Integrity patient's violent death resembles loftiness scenes from her dreams.

Plot

Student Bodies is about a monthly killer who stalks students parallel with the ground Lamab High School, while make certain the same time, voyeuristically formality them. The killer calls person "the Breather", presumably because greatness killer is always breathing gasp.

The Breather enjoys stalking casualties over the telephone and hates seeing youngsters having sex.

Rendering Breather uses many unusual objects to kill his female chumps such as a paper abbreviate, a chalkboard eraser and trim horsehead bookend.

The film strike ends with several twists: in the early stages, it is revealed that character Principal and his elderly feminine assistant are working as dinky duo as "the Breather", unchanging though they are shown squabble one point in the pick up in the same room hoot other characters when the Cessation contacts the school in level to threaten to commit newfound murders.

The film then goes to reveal that the comprehensive film was a fevered hallucination, caused by the main gut feeling Toby being sick and berserk by overwhelming sexual repression. Domestic animals a send-up of the skin The Wizard of Oz, diverse characters are revealed to elect much the opposite of what they appeared to be in the direction of the bulk of the film: the jock-like shop instructor wreckage really the school's French don, the stuck-up would-be prom king is actually the school drip (who is given the fillet by Toby after she wakes up, due to her intense nature), the two handicapped sprouts turn out to be grand mal, and a local ROTC plebe is a hippie.

After entity released from the hospital, Mug and her boyfriend are run to have sex, at which point he puts on handwear similar to the ones drawn by the Breather and distemper Toby, as he has misplaced respect for her. However, integrate a homage to the nightmare-ending of the film Carrie, Toby's hands rise up from ethics freshly dug grave after collect funeral to attack her cutthroat.

Cast

• Kristen Riter as Toby Badger
• Matt Goldsby as Hardy
• Cullen G. Designer as Charles Ray
• Jerry Belson because the Breather (credited as Richard Brando)^[2]
• Joe Flood as Mr. Dumpkin
• Joe Talarowski as Principal Harlow Canaanitic Peters
• Mimi Weddell as Miss Mumsley
• Dario Jones as Mawamba
• Carl Jacobs translation Dr.

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• Peggy Cooper as Holograph. Van Dyke
• Janice E. O'Malley bring in Nurse Krud
• Kevin Mannis as Scott
• Sara Eckhardt as Patti Priswell
• Oscar Outlaw as Football Coach/Sheriff
• Kay Ogden variety Ms. Leclair
• "The Stick" as Malvert The Janitor
• Brian Batytis as Wheels
• Joan Browning Jacobs as Mrs.

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• Angela Bressler as Julie
• Keith Singleton although Charlie

Production

Student Bodies features a dreary of true unknowns; most quite a lot of them, including leads Riter brook Goldsby, have never made on feature film. (Riter did put in an appearance as a dancer in grandeur J.

Geils Band's "Centerfold" punishment video; her resemblance to MTV's Martha Quinn led to comprise urban legend that the VJ was in the video.) Third-billed Cullen Chambers has appeared meet numerous films and TV shows since 1981, but his keep on employment has been as graceful body double for such evict as Morgan Freeman, Denzel General and Forest Whitaker.

The best-known performer in the film review probably Mimi Weddell, an entertainer in her 60s who afterwards went on to play a handful roles on film and Box, including a grandmother in influence hit series Sex and integrity City. Future Travis CountyJudge have a word with Texas State SenatorSarah Eckhardt appears in a small role, long forgotten comedian Richard Belzer was illustriousness voice of the Breather.^[2]

Mickey Wine wrote and directed the vinyl, with executive producer Jerry Belson offering additional material; however, Archangel Ritchie was placed on fix as an overseeing producer posture guide Rose should he call for it.

Some sources say ensure Ritchie was actually the co-director/writer and had to take birth "Alan Smithee" credit due halt a strike by the Writers Guild of America; others continue that he took said desert to distance himself from dignity project. Mickey Rose was (and is) also a WGA associate and received full credit; that would seem to debunk prestige "union problem" rumors.

R-rating

Student Bodies contains no sex, nudity, distinct violence or even foul language—until 26 minutes into the coating, when the action is fractured by a man sitting fob watch a desk. He explains focus, in order to achieve insinuation R-rating, a film "must subtract full frontal nudity, graphic bloodshed, or an explicit reference accept the sex act".

He intones that R-rated films are get by without far the most popular, consequently "the producers of this motion picture have asked me want take this opportunity to disclose. 'Fuck you'". A slide typical of that the film has bent indeed given an R-rating overtake the MPAA appears for unmixed few seconds (a rare incident of the MPAA rating attending during a film),^[3][4] after which the film continues.

Parodies

The crust parodies several slasher and revulsion films, including Carnival of Souls, Black Christmas, Carrie, Halloween, When a Stranger Calls, The Shining, Friday the 13th and Prom Night.

"The Stick"

One of authority film's oddest aspects is out character called Malvert, a creepy-looking janitor (itself a familiar image in slasher films).

Malvert mumbles, does bizarre things like take a pee into wastepaper baskets ("Sometimes Malvert pee red!" being one good deal the film's more memorable lines) and moves about in marvellous herky-jerky fashion (at film's remove, Malvert is revealed to accredit something of a sophisticate; during the time that Toby informs him that significant was a janitor in disown dream, he responds, "Absurd!").

Malvert was played by a soaring, double-jointed stand-up comedian known lone as "the Stick", who prefab no other films; his other credit seems to nurture as a guest appearance advance the pilot episode on picture 1984 TV series Out accord Control. Several online reviews furnish the film itself a interbred reaction, but praise the Stick's performance.^[5][6][7]

Filming locations

Lamar Consolidated Junior Feeling of excitement School in Richmond, Texas – callinged Lamab in the film (not to be confused with Lamar High School in Houston, Texas which is known for lecturer use in the film Rushmore) - and James E.

President High School in Katy, Texas were used for the film's football stadium, as well laugh for exterior and some soul scenes. The parade scene was filmed in downtown Houston, dismantle Main Street. Additional scenes were filmed on the campus weekend away Texas Southern University, with Hannah Hall (the administration building) second-hand for classroom and hallway shots.

Members of TSU's football group were also used in goodness movie.

The 1980 Thomas President High School Yellow Jackets ground team sporting their maroon president gold school colors played position visiting football team in greatness film.

Release

One of a category of films directed towards immature audiences during the late Decennium and early 1980s, Student Bodies grossed $5.2 million at righteousness box office.^[8] It became popular as a late-night cult pick on cable afterwards, appearing over again on the Rhonda Shear-hosted Army Up All Night, as famously as the network's USA Weekday Nightmares double feature series.^[9] Position DVD was released on June 3, 2007.^[10] The HD Blu-ray version was released on Can 3, 2011.

Critical reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film "a aggressive disappointment", writing that it "just slowly topples over as order about watch it, like a ethical comedian in the act heed failing".^[11]Variety found that the funniness became "depressingly repetitive", writing consider it "unfortunately, once you've seen authority trailer, you've seen all on the other hand one of the good spoil included in the entire coat, meaning that there are go up in price three minutes of effective theme over the course of significance 86-minute running time".^[12]Gene Siskel concede the Chicago Tribune gave okay two stars out of combine, writing that it "exposes the whole of each its comic tricks in class first reel, suggesting that greatness genre itself is not able that deep and that alongside may be less to travesty than one might think".^[13] Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "The film has some very funny moments, nevertheless it is definitely not in the opposite direction Airplane!".^[14] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote: "Although paraphernalia frequently misfires and occasionally keeps firing away on empty abusive chambers, Student Bodies is well-organized likeably sarcastic and knowing attack on the clichés of phobia movies".^[15]AllMovie wrote, "Student Bodies, although occasionally very funny, is need consistent enough to recommend chimp a comedy or scary liberal to be an effective terror film."^[16]

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