Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

BA_Harrison If you're an avid fan of George Romero's 'living dead' series then you might recognise the name Bill Hinzman: he played the graveyard zombie who attacked Barbara at the beginning of Night of the Living Dead. After several negligible roles in other Romero movies and assorted jobs behind the scenes, Hinzman decided to have a bash at directing, his first effort being this tawdry slasher/revenge flick based on a novel by John Russo (who also provided the screenplay).Opening with a gloriously tacky opening credits scene showing a group of sexy, lycra wearing babes (most of whom look a bit too old to still be in high school) busting some moves, closely followed by a shower scene during which we see the pervy school janitor taking snapshots of the girls through a ventilation grille, the film certainly starts promisingly—heavy on the 80s cheeze and sleaze, it looks set to be a blast. Sadly, even though the gratuitous nudity continues throughout, and is accompanied by plenty of violence (but not much in the way of decent gore), the sense of fun soon wears off thanks to the truly awful performances (the girls certainly weren't hired for their acting ability), Russo's woeful script, and Hinzman's uninspired direction which only goes to prove that lurching around like a drooling ghoul in front of the camera is a darn sight easier than calling the shots behind it.4.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 5 for the silly-but-bloody OTT Peckinpah-style shootout at the end.

BloodTheTelepathicDog This film begins as your average run-of-the-mill slasher flick, with titular cheerleaders getting killed by a man in full camouflage dress. Is it the perverted/peeping tom janitor, the jealous football star, the European nurse or the zealot preacher? Well, the filmmakers lead us astray from the majorettes and seem to center on a group of thugs and their violent escapades - as the viewers knows that this group isn't responsible for the cheerleader slayings.The initial plot is abandoned as we are fed this side story about the thugs and the star quarterback seeking revenge on them for killing his friend. So we have a slasher film in the Cheerleader Camp mold initially and then have some Ramboesque revenge flick near the end.VIOLENCE: $$$$ (Plenty of it, seeing as how this combines the slasher with the revenge saga. However, if you're a fan of variety, then this will not appeal to you. All the majorettes get their throats slashed and the thugs blow people away. I found it quite strange that the high school quarterback had an M-16 in his gun cabinet. I supposed all future Peyton Mannings need semi-automatic rifles).NUDITY: $$$$ (Plenty of it as well - although that big '80's hair gets in the way at times. The peeping tom takes photos of the majorettes in the locker room and Sueanne Seamans has a shower scene that doesn't end well for the buxom beauty).STORY: $$ (There are plot twists, and then there are plot journeys. The screenplay wasn't quite terrible as it should have stuck with one genre rather then trying to mesh two. Also, writing in an Army arsenal for the high school quarterback was foolish).ACTING: $ (There is a reason we have never seen these faces before or since. Kevin Kindlin does the best job as the revenge seeking football star while Jacqueline Bowman - as the only majorette that doesn't employ an entire can of hairspray in one sitting - give the best efforts here. Sueanne Seamans and Terrie Godfrey looked a little too old to be portraying high school students, but without Sueanne, the filmmakers wouldn't have reached the slasher film breast-baring quota).

thirdeyeopen46 This lame attempt at a film was based on Russo's book by the same name and as with all of Russo's movies one wonders how Night of the Living Dead could be so good. Cheerleaders get knocked off in very boring, predictable, and basically uninteresting ways for the first hour and then it becomes a shoot-'em-out, for no real reason, so long that when they get back to the cheerleader killer plot line you forgot what you were watching. Acting is bad, but dialogue is worse, and only one man can take the blame for that.The last scene (don't worry I won't spoil it) is surprisingly well done though and I like the last plot twist. The action were well shot, but in the wrong movie. Ultimately you can't be mad at the movie because it's just as confused as you are, but Mr. Russo has no excuses.

Carycomic *No spoilers that I know of. Well, maybe just one.* I did so, partly out of curiosity/partly out of prurient desire. In most low-budget slasher films, back then (mid-to late 1980's), half the female victims were always cheerleaders. This one featured baton twirlers as the targets! "Something different, for once," I thought to myself, at the time.Well, I quickly found out the only difference was the clothing. Skintight, semi-sequined leotards. Not bad! But, not good enough to compensate for the acting (or, lack thereof). Definitely, a B-MINUS movie!The only reason I can think of for the sheriff being the slasher? He probably got lured into some humiliating trap by a majorette, on behalf of some overindulged jocks, back when he was in high school. Russo and Hinzman, however, obviously couldn't afford to film such an explanatory flashback. And, the only reason I give this 1.9 stars? IT'S STILL WAY BETTER THAN "CABIN FEVER!"