FilmRComedy Horror Slasher

Student Bodies1981

Name: Student Bodies
Genre: Comedy Horror, Slasher
Released: 1981-08-07
Rating: 5.2

“At last the world's first comedy horror movie.”

Directed by Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.4Rotten Tomatoes 33%Metacritic 41TMDB 5.2

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Year

1981

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$5,165,432

Domestic

$5,165,432

The premise

This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.

Horror Vault's take

Before Scream made meta-horror mainstream, Student Bodies was skewering slasher clichés with gleeful, low-budget absurdity. A heavy-breathing maniac dubbed the Breather terrorizes a suburban high school, picking off romantically adventurous teens with the most ridiculous weapons imaginable — think eggplants and paper clips rather than knives. It's a loving, anarchic roast of the early-80s slasher boom that never takes itself seriously for a single frame. Fans of horror comedy will find plenty of groan-worthy gags and surprisingly sharp genre observations tucked inside the mayhem.

Content: Comic Violence, Mild Gore, Suggestive Content Involving Teens