High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?
Acting
Brad Pitt's barely-concealed embarrassment is the real performance.
Practical Effects
Gloriously unconvincing death scenes that defy physics and logic.
Director
Rospo Pallenberg
Donovan Leitch
Brian Woods
Jill Schoelen
Paula Carson
Brad Pitt
Dwight Ingalls
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Dante
Martin Mull
William Carson III
Brenda James
Colleen
Robert Glaudini
Shultz
Dirk Blocker
Coach Harris
Nancy Fish
Mrs. Knocht
Robert Machray
Mr. Conklin
David Clarke
Crusty Old Man
Norman Alden
Officer Fondulac
Tom Ligon
Mr. Ingalls
Alexander Folk
Mr. Nicholson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Brad Pitt's first major film role; he'd later call it 'the movie that shall not be named' in interviews.
Shot in 1987 but shelved until 1989, by which point Pitt had become famous—turning this forgotten slasher into an accidental curiosity.
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