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Cutting Class

"No one said surviving high school would be easy."

1989-04-24 Horror 1hr 31m

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?

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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?

  • Released
    1989-04-24
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 31m
  • Genre
    Horror, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    4.6
  • Production
    April Productions, Gower Street Pictures, april films

Crew

Rospo Pallenberg
Director
Steve Slavkin
Writer
Donald R. Beck
Producer
Keywords:
high school slasher

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Cast

Donovan Leitch

Donovan Leitch
Brian Woods
Jill Schoelen

Jill Schoelen
Paula Carson
Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt
Dwight Ingalls
Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall
Mr. Dante
Martin Mull

Martin Mull
William Carson III
Brenda James

Brenda James
Colleen
Robert Glaudini

Robert Glaudini
Shultz
Dirk Blocker

Dirk Blocker
Coach Harris
Nancy Fish

Nancy Fish
Mrs. Knocht
Robert Machray

Robert Machray
Mr. Conklin
David Clarke

David Clarke
Crusty Old Man
Norman Alden

Norman Alden
Officer Fondulac
Tom Ligon

Tom Ligon
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Ronnie Sperling

Ronnie Sperling
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Alexander Folk
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A Review by GenerationofSwine 10

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14

Before the shop teachers could get a hold of me, before I was in college and my parents finally had time to be at home, this was the film th... read more

Before the shop teachers could get a hold of me, before I was in college and my parents finally had time to be at home, this was the film that taught me "righty tighty, lefty loosey." Unfortunately that was about all it was good for at the time. Still, at least it had an effect on someone who watched it. At least it taught an unsupervised little 9-year-old boy something that he's used the rest of his life. Yeah, other than that it's a throw-away film. I mean, you have a famous actor making a movie that famous actors NEVER seem to be in and that on itself is interesting and cool... ...but otherwise it's a throw away film. You watch it late at night, you watch it on a rainy Sunday afternoon...and otherwise you forget all about it until you mention to your friends from the 80s that, Brad was in it and then suddenly they click on that light and are moderately shocked he'd be in a trash thriller. I can't tell you to stay away from it, because it does entertain and I can't tell you to watch it because, well, it is kinda a junker.

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A Review by Wuchak 7

Written by Wuchak on 2023-03-28

**_Brad Pitt stars in this flick about a killer on the loose at a high school in SoCal_** A student (Donovan Leitch Jr.) returns to high ... read more

**_Brad Pitt stars in this flick about a killer on the loose at a high school in SoCal_** A student (Donovan Leitch Jr.) returns to high school in the Los Angeles area after spending time in a mental asylum and tries to renew friendships with a couple students (Jill Schoelen and Pitt). Havoc ensues. "Cutting Class” (1989) combines high school dramedy in the mold of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982) with 80’s horror like “Christine,” the “Prom Night” flicks and the first couple of “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies. “The Rage: Carrie 2” came out ten years later and it’s probably the best example of this genre, although this one throws in bits of humor plus a whodunnit angle à la “Scream.” “The Faculty” also comes to mind. I bring up those movies because, if you like them, you’ll probably appreciate this curiously obscure film. It was Pitt’s second theatrical release after “The Dark Side of the Sun” from the year prior. Meanwhile brunette Jill Schoelen is reminiscent of Demi Moore, just more winsome (you might remember her from “The Stepfather”); and redhead Brenda James is worth mentioning as Colleen. I shouldn’t fail to mention Roddy McDowall as the amusing principal. The first half is great for this type of flick since it’s well done and includes all the entertaining staples. Unfortunately, the second half starts to lose its mojo wherein the mayhem gets sloppy. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Malibu Canyon, Calabasas (the neighborhood), and Norwalk (the high school), the latter of which is 17 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. There’s also a sequence at The Old Place in Cornell, which is just southwest of Malibu Canyon. GRADE: B

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A Review by GenerationofSwine

Before the shop teachers could get a hold of me, before I was in college and my parents finally had time to be at home, this was the film that taught me "righty tighty, lefty loosey." Unfortunately that was about all it was good for at the ...

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A Review by GenerationofSwine 10

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14

Before the shop teachers could get a hold of me, before I was in college and my parents finally had time to be at home, this was the film that taught me "righty tighty, lefty loosey." Unfortunately th...

read more
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A Review by Wuchak 7

Written by Wuchak on 2023-03-28

**_Brad Pitt stars in this flick about a killer on the loose at a high school in SoCal_** A student (Donovan Leitch Jr.) returns to high school in the Los Angeles area after spending time in a ment...

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