RETURN TO HORROR HIGH (1987) – Episode 247 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“Well, would you care to walk around in the scene with your schlong hanging out? Only in your case, darling, it would be a ‘schlort.’” Who says this movie isn’t funny? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they try to decipher the movie within the movie depicted in Return to Horror High (1987).

Decades of Horror 1980s
Episode 247 – Return to Horror High (1987)

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In the early 1980s, a series of gruesome murders occurred at Crippen High School. A few years later, a film crew uses the now-abandoned Crippen High as the set for a film, but an uninvited guest makes an appearance on the set.

 

• Director: Bill Froehlich
• Writers: Bill Froehlich (as Bill Froelich), Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims
• Selected Cast:
  • Lori Lethin as Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan
  • Brendan Hughes as Steven Blake
  • Alex Rocco as Harry Sleerik
  • Scott Jacoby as Josh Forbes
  • Andy Romano as Principal Kastleman
  • Richard Brestoff as Arthur Lyman Kastleman
  • Al Fann as Amos
  • Pepper Martin as Chief Deyner
  • Maureen McCormick as Officer Tyler
  • Vince Edwards as Richard Birnbaum
  • Philip McKeon as Richard Farley
  • Panchito Gómez as Choo Choo
  • Michael Eric Kramer as Donny Porter
  • Marvin J. McIntyre as Robbie Rice (as Marvin McIntyre)
  • George Clooney as Oliver
  • Remy O’Neill as Esther Molvania
  • Darcy DeMoss as Sheri Haines
  • Cliff Emmich as Dillon
  • Willie Etra as Mangled Face / Hatchet Face (as Will Etra)
  • George Fisher as Masked Figure
  • Dexter Hamlett as Freddie
  • Joy Heston as Becky
  • Frank Kniest as Camera Assistant
  • John Mueller as Jimmy
  • Alison Noble as Jeanine
  • Kristi Somers as Ginny McCall
  • Larry Spinak as Peter

It’s time to head back to horror school with Return to Horror High (1987), a spooky spoof on slasher films. What is this film about? Well, that’d be telling, wouldn’t it? The bizarre narrative and goofy hijinks have the Grue-Crew scratching their heads with its ‘mayta’ and ‘paradig’em’ references. (Go, Bill!) Regardless of all the shenanigans, the results are fun if often confusing.

At the time of this writing, Return to Horror High is available for streaming from Hoopla and Tubi, and as PPV from multiple sources. 

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Crystal, will be Puppet Master (1989), the first of Charles Band’s still-growing franchise.

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