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Release Date: 1976 Cast: Robert Carradine, Andrew Stevens, Kimberly Beck, Steve Bond
Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Horror, Political drama, Teen Massacre at Central High is a 1976 horror-thriller film directed by Dutch director Rene Daalder, a protegé of Russ Meyer. Despite its title, it is not at all a slasher film; the film is more an odd and violent political allegory, which tells the story of a series of revenge killings at a fictional high school. The cast was largely made up of unknowns, but included well-known actors Robert Carradine, Lani O'Grady, Kimberly Beck, and Andrew Stevens.
The film was also known as Blackboard Massacre. It was shot on 35mm film, and had a running time of 87 minutes.
The film has been described as... MORE
Massacre at Central High is a 1976 horror-thriller film directed by Dutch director Rene Daalder, a protegé of Russ Meyer. Despite its title, it is not at all a slasher film; the film is more an odd and violent political allegory, which tells the story of a series of revenge killings at a fictional high school. The cast was largely made up of unknowns, but included well-known actors Robert Carradine, Lani O'Grady, Kimberly Beck, and Andrew Stevens.
The film was also known as Blackboard Massacre. It was shot on 35mm film, and had a running time of 87 minutes.
The film has been described as "predicting punk and Columbine" , and as "the epitome of the '70s meathead ethic fused with an apt social commentary" . The much-better-known 1989 film Heathers borrowed several plot elements from Massacre at Central High.
David (Derrel Maury) is a new student to Central High, a southern California high school with seemingly no adults, no rules, and no supervision and lots of microphones. He realizes that everyone is under a strict eye from a small group of bullies bent on making things run their way, and their way only. David meets Mark (Andrew Stevens), an old friend who he once helped out of a LESS
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