Sunday, 25 June 2023

Graduation Day (1981)

Who needs an original concept when you can just improve upon a borrowed one? "Graduation Day" is a revenge slasher in the "Friday the 13th" mould, only more fulfilling. The characters are, of course, paper-thin, with the usual motivations of slasher genre victims; they talk glib, have sex, and die. And they die in the best ways possible: via practical effects work that's just so '80s horror. Speaking of which, keep an eye out for Linnea Quigley's boobs making one of their earlier appearances on film. Most of all, enjoy this turn-your-brain-off slasher fun in all its gory glory.



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