hyped garbage

Fantastic!

The first must-see film of the year.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Back in the early 1980s, the slasher film had already become so popular and profitable - and formulaic - that comedy filmmakers were all ready to make fun of the genre. "Student Bodies" has to rank as the best of the bunch, which also includes such films as "Pandemonium" and "Wacko". Written by Mickey Rose ("Take the Money and Run", "Bananas") and produced & directed by Michael Ritchie ("The Bad News Bears", "Fletch"), "Student Bodies" is pretty funny stuff, telling the story of a heavy breathing killer running amok at a high school, targeting the kids that really have nothing else on their minds besides sex. "Nice" girl Toby (cute, endearing Kristen Riter) has suspicion fall on her when she manages to be present at some of the murder scenes, so she has to solve the crimes in order to clear her name. The movie begins very brightly, managing to take place on Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Jamie Lee Curtis's birthday all at the same time. Some great gags are created, such as the killer most often going with the least likely murder weapons possible (paper clips, erasers, etc.), their tendency to constantly step on chewing gum (sugarless, to boot), the indicating of important plot points on screen, the flashing of the running murder total whenever somebody gets slaughtered, and especially the significance of the horse head bookend. (Trust me, talking during this movie is as sacrilegious as talking during horse head bookends.) Among the gems of dialogue are "Oh. It sounded like you were talking through a rubber chicken.", "Malvert pee red!", and "Hasn't there been enough senseless killing? Let's have a murder that makes SENSE!". The no-name cast is quite engaging in their ridiculous parts, with one guy truly standing out, and that's long limbed stand-up comedian "The Stick" as the hilarious Malvert the janitor. It tends to lose some steam as it goes along, and the ending isn't terribly satisfying, but taken as a whole it's good fun and often genuinely amusing. This viewer still laughs frequently after repeat viewings, regarding this as a solidly entertaining comedy.Besides which, watching slasher film spoofs gets him hot.7/10

At the height of the "Slasher Film" era, this movie quickly determined the cliché and poked huge fun at it, years before Wes Craven thought he was being clever with the "Scream" movies.The plot is that the popular kids are being picked off by an unknown killer, while supposedly clueless teachers stand by. The film is referential with the in-jokes. There's even a running count of how many victims there are as bodies pop up during the film.It recognizes the clichés of the genre far before Craven did, such as the "Good Girl" being immune while the "easy" girls are picked off with impunity.The weakness, if of course, the acting, which is barely above porn level of the time.

...are two of the comedic bits that I found fairly funny in this very original spoof of the incredibly popular slasher movie genre that bombarded the screens in the early 80's after Halloween, Friday the 13th, and a slew of other holidays turned gore-fests. This film starts out strong with some real creative scenes and ideas and, like the genre it is spoofing itself, soon falls into repetitive devices to try and be funny and loses its zip. That notwithstanding Student Bodies is interesting to a point as it is the forerunner of movies like Scream, Scary Movie, and others. It saw that the slasher genre was ripe for a harvest of cliché-riddled formula to be made fun of in film. The budget is pretty low here and the acting talents are less-than-stellar, but the spirit is pretty genuine throughout. Some of the actors playing the teachers were the funniest as was the body count throughout the film. The ending is a little too forced for my liking but overall Student Bodies delivers what is promises - just like the slasher films it pokes fun at.

"Student Bodies" is already a fairly good and successful cinematic satire, but it even gets better when realizing the film actually got released in 1981. In other words, when the trend of prototypical 80's high school slashers still had to be launched properly, this movie already parodied all of its trademarks! The script of "Student Bodies" deliberately intended to spoof the pioneering classics of the slasher sub genre (such as "Black Christmas", "Halloween" and "When a Stranger Calls"), but by doing so unwarily also ridicules the vast majority of slashers that still have to be made throughout the entire 80's decade. "Student Bodies" is basically one giant collection of gags that can be placed in three main categories. First and foremost, there are many slapstick jokes that aren't necessarily related to the horror genre in particular. Following the tradition of films like "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Airplane", these are simply brainless absurdities causing you to laugh out loud whether you want to or not. A fine example to illustrate this type is, for instance, a student throwing a overripe tomato at the intercom in his classroom and then subsequently the camera cuts towards the principle's office where the tomato hits the speaker in the face. It's extremely stupid, yet so inventive you simply have to laugh! Then there's the specifically horror related jokes that are either (1) brilliantly witty or (2) fall painfully flat. Most of the jokes that are meant to emphasize the clichés of the genre and to point out the stupidity of stereotypical horror characters are hilarious and very effective. Whenever an empty-headed character does something really dumb (like leaving the door unlocked or wanders off by herself), an arrow appears on screen in order to make it even clearer. There's even a tally to keep us informed about the increasing body count and the killer him/herself has a heavy breathing problem, like cinematic stalkers often do. Unfortunately, however, the misfires are numerous as well and these are usually the longest-running jokes. In between all the craziness, there's also some room left for a textbook horror movie story. High school student Toby's friends have the annoying habit of showing up barbarically murdered, strangely enough always immediately after having sex. When suspicion falls upon her, Toby has no choice but to investigate what's going on herself and there are plenty of potential culprits to choose from; including the perverted janitor, the angry shop teacher, the sneering school counselor and even the principle who insists that his school is one of the best run in the county. In spite of having a small but loyal fan base, "Student Bodies" is a relatively unknown and underrated movie. I remember when "Scary Movie" got released a good 8 years ago, many people acted as if it was the first comedy ever to parody the slasher genre. For all those people, and of course for everyone who enjoys a good laugh as well, please grab the opportunity to check out this pleasant little gem.