Night School (1981)

(AKA: Terror Eyes)

My rating 6.5/10

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A police detective is on the hunt for a serial killer after a number of collage students are found brutally murdered.

This is an interesting early slasher that doesn't get talked about much these days. It's supringly creepy and atmospheric in places and some of the killings are pretty brutal even though most are not shown in an overly gory fashion. The movie was the first major role for Rachel Ward who went on to become a pretty big name in the 80s in movies like Sharky's Machine, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Against All Odds and the popular TV show The Thorn Birds. The acting overall is pretty good and the film is well made and even had a decent budget of around 1.2 million. Here in the UK the cinema release was cut by over a minute to soften some of the gore and it was this version that was released on VHS by Guild Home Video. Despite being a cut version it still found it's way onto the UKs video nasty list under the Terror Eyes title. It was eventually removed and wasn't one of the infamous final 39 in the end. It's now out fully uncut but this didn't happen until 2025. Definitely worth tracking down if you're a slasher movie fan and this one has passed you by in the past.

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