Savage Streets (1984)
SAVAGE STREETS 1984, Danny Steinmann Apparently in the 1980s high school could be the most amazing 24/7 orgy of sex and hijinks as seen in classics like Screwballs and Porky’s. Alternatively, high school could also be a nightmarish existence, where beatings, murder, drugs and rape were commonplace as seen in films such as Class of...
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM 1989, Marc Rocco “Show me a man who has enjoyed his school days and I’ll show you a bully and bore.” ― Robert Morley High school truly does suck, or did suck in the case of old people like myself who are long past those years. And as such the above...
Screwballs (1983)
SCREWBALLS 1983, Rafal Zielinski Let me begin by saying that Screwballs is probably my all time favourite teen comedy. Since seeing it as a teenager, however many decades ago that was, it retains its status as the most immature and absurdly watchable guilty treats going around. If movies were junk food, this would be the...
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)
GHOULIES III: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE 1991, John Carl Buechler Upon finishing high school, I packed up my things, and like lots of other somewhat privileged kids the world around, went to college. I studied Fine Art if you’re interested to know. To prepare me for the apparently debauched, alcohol fueled, partying lifestyle of a...
Cool for Cats (1992)
COOL FOR CATS 1992, dir: Liam Dale Cool For Cats is neither cool nor for cats. I am fully aware that this column is supposed to be about teen movies from the 1980s. And, most importantly, ones from my vast and dust-lined collection in my garage. But on Sunday I was wandering around a...
Over the Summer (1984)
OVER THE SUMMER 1984, dir: Teresa Sparks Some time around 2004 I became cripplingly panicked with fear. It was during the time I was beginning to cultivate a somewhat healthy DVD collection. I realised, as I searched for some of my favourite absurd movies on this several year old, yet fairly-new-to-me platform, that they...
