Student Bodies (1981)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1525 movies items)

" Student Bodies is a 1981 American parody slasher film written and directed by Mickey Rose, with an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing. A spoof of slasher horror films such as Halloween, Friday the 13th and Prom Night, Student Bodies was the first film to satirize the thriving slasher film genre. A prominent feature of the film is a body count that is superimposed onscreen whenever a death occurs. It was essentially, a pre Scary Movie and Scream, before said films were made. One of a"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1525 movies items)

" Student Bodies is a 1981 American parody slasher film written and directed by Mickey Rose, with an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing. A spoof of slasher horror films such as Halloween, Friday the 13th and Prom Night, Student Bodies was the first film to satirize the thriving slasher film genre. A prominent feature of the film is a body count that is superimposed onscreen whenever a death occurs. It was essentially, a pre Scary Movie and Scream, before said films were made. One of a"

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"I was initially positively surprised by how much this leans towards extremely dumb visual gags in the vein of the ZAZ-movies, but as it goes on it goes way heavier on dialogue bits than it does stuff like a meowing cat turning out to be a dog who lets out a big fart. Now that? That's humor. The heavily breathing killer doing stand-up sets that are so far from a tight five as imaginable? Not very funny. I kind of feel like this shows to an extent the need to make this movie during the biggest sla"

Watched in 2019 - Movies (383 movies items)

"My rating: 7/10 (Rewatch)"

Favorite Horror Films: 1981 (18 movies items)

" Directed by: Mickey Rose Produced by: Michael Ritchie Written by: Mickey Rose Cinematography: Robert Ebinger Edited by: Kathryn Ruth Hope Music by: Gene Hobson Distributed by: Paramount Pictures"