Review of Return to Horror High (1987) by Riley H — 13 Feb 2010

This is sporadically funny and has one or two actual jolts in it. The problem is that it's far too meta. There's a flashback; there's a movie within a movie; there's a practical joke: way too much going on.

If the general incoherence is meant to be a parody, a la Murder by Death, the audience is not aware of it. Rather it comes across merely as way too many ideas for one not very well made film. That still makes it better than a lot of horror crap that came out in the 80s, but it could have been much, much better.

See Return of the Killer Tomatoes instead.