Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Expected more

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The first must-see film of the year.

"Return To Horror High" has always been something that has passed me by through the years, as there have been a lot of other slashers from this era that have always interested me more, and so one day I came across this and thought oh what the hell, just give it a chance and when I did see it, I thought well it's okay, hit and miss definitely but on the whole not bad, but not all that great either.Well for starters the plot was quite interesting, where we get a film crew filming a horror movie based on the murders that happened at the same school many years ago and surprise, surprise it happens again. Plus it also has another soon to be star in the making namely George Clooney makes a small appearance in this as an actor playing a cop on the movie set and this was back in the days where he wasn't quite a star yet and still making b-movies like "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes". Also the performances in this movie on the whole was pretty good and even the entire movie was well shot and looked really professional.This clearly aims to be a tongue in cheek nod and self aware type parody to slasher movies, along the lines of "April Fool's Day" and "Evil Laugh" which both came out during the same decade. Here we get a director aiming for more blood and nudity (in the film itself) instead of scares, storytelling and tension, which was a fun aspect of this movie and while this goes for a more slapstick and goofy approach and tries to mix it in with the horror aspect, well sadly it just doesn't quite gel together and the whole tone gets lost and ruined. Also the jumping between time-lines and certain scenes where you think you are watching someone getting killed but turns out to be a scene for the film within film just gets confusing and muddled. The most annoying thing about this though is that it just lacks the cleverness and wit that it should have had and especially given the way it's shot.All in all "Return To Horror High" is quite a fun watch in a campy way with hilarious performances, but the interesting approach and idea of mixing horror and goofiness are just wasted.

A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events -- on location, at the now abandoned school.This film has received some ex post facto praise and recognition for having George Clooney. And while he is quite entertaining in the film, he is also only in it very briefly. This is hardly a showcase of Clooney talent (and good looks).It also has an awfully terrible score. I could look up who did and call him or her out, but you know what... it is best I just let them remain anonymous.But seriously, this is a decent little slasher film. I have seen dozens of slashers. Maybe one hundred slashers... but never saw this one until now. Shame on me. It is far from the worst, and has some decent kills and effects. Plenty of corpses, blood and all the stuff you like in a slasher film.

In 1981, Student Bodies proved that there wasn't much mileage in spoofing a genre that was already turning to self-parody in order to survive, but that didn't stop studios from churning out one weak parody after another. Wacko (1982), Pandemonium (1982), Slaughter High (1986), Cutting Class (1989), and following the second wave of slashers in the 90s, Scary Movie (2000), Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) and Club Dread (2004): just a few prime examples of unimaginative, low-brow humour at its worst.Return to Horror High (1987) tries to be a little different, with a plot that uses a movie-within-a-movie scenario, flashbacks and nightmares to add a touch of interest, but when all is said and done, it's just another lame, relatively laugh-free spoof. The cast ham it up terribly (given the script, do they really have any other option?), the gore is disappointing (lots of blood, but nothing really gruesome), and the twist ending totally absurd; genuinely amusing moments can be counted on the fingers of one hand.Watch if you really want to see Marcia from the Brady Bunch rubbing blood over her chest or a pre-fame George Clooney sporting a Hasselhoff hairdo, but don't say you haven't been warned.2.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 3 for the gratuitous female locker room scene.

Return to Horror High (1987) ** (out of 4)Long before SCREAM and SCARY MOVIE we had this slasher/spoof that seems to be hated by pretty much everyone and misunderstood by even more. A movie crew shows up at a high school to film a movie based around the real life murders where of course the real killer was never captured. Soon more bodies begin to pile up but is it connected to the real events or is it just a movie? Just about every review you watch is going to really lay into this film but I didn't find it nearly as bad as its reputation. Yes, it's incredibly stupid but that's somewhat the point as it is making fun of the slasher genre. Do all the jokes work? Of course not but there were some minor good moments that make it a lot better than many of the films it spoofs. I think what does work is how the movie never really lets you know whether you're watching something real or if you just seeing a scene being shot. There were a couple moments that really caught me off guard as I thought I was watching something real but it turned out to be just part of the movie being filmed. This is naturally a cheat but it makes for some cheap fun. Another plus is seeing Marsha Brady (aka Maureen McCormick) playing a nutty cop who feels herself up a few times. There's also some mild charm of seeing a young George Clooney getting butchered in front of our eyes. He certainly doesn't show any signs of being a future Oscar-winner but we all have to start somewhere. There's also quite a bit of blood that got past the MPAA since (I'm guessing) many of the death scenes are done in a spoof way. What doesn't work is that the film runs way too long coming in at 91-minutes and much of the charm begins to wear thin after the first hour. Another problem is that none of the main characters are all that interesting with the exception being the director trying to make a classic film and the producer wanting gore and nudity to make money. Those who hate horror films certainly aren't going to change their minds with this film but fans of the genre can get a few cheap laughs here.