Review of Return to Horror High (1987) by James O — 06 Jun 2011

More like Return to the 1980s! Return to Horror High may be the oddest slasher of the 80s, and it's certainly the most confusing. It's about a film crew shooting a film at a high school about the murders that took place there a while ago.

The writer of the film is telling the story of what happened to the film crew to the police. So in some scenes, you don't know if it's flashback to the actual murders, the crew filming what happened at the high school, an actual murder of one of the crew, or a dream.

However, this isn't the most confusing part. The most confusing part is the end, and it is the only film that literally hurt my brain when I tried to think of some logical explanation for it. If you can think of one, please let me know because I sure can't! Sadly, most of the murders occur off screen, but it's still an entertaining parody of the slasher genre, and I'd say it's even more of a parody than Scream (and the killer's mask even resembles the one from Scream; coincidence?)! One more confusing aspect is the title; it's called Return to Horror High, but it has nothing to do with the 1970s monster flick Horror High.

Those thinking this is the long lost sequel are in for a severe shock. I don't care what everyone else thinks, I feel Return to Horror High is a very fun slasher, and not for the actual slashing.