Soon after the camera becomes more intimate and we see old lamp posts, dark streets and small houses. Night school, by lee child 2016 jack reacher novel night school books by cj daugherty, 2012. What school has produced the most pro football hall of famers. Night school is a 2018 american comedy film directed by malcolm d. Night school is very violent, but not horror film graphic and it is also extremely mean spirited.
Film and tv night school, a 1949 episode of the tv series the life of riley. In this gory horror movie, a group of young, nubile night school students find themselves unable to hang on to their heads when a mad slasher takes up residence in their hallowed halls. Its plot involves a seventeenyearold student in 1980 realizing that he is the antichrist, and his subsequent battle with two femaleincarnate archangels. Night school is a 1981 american slasher film directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her film debut, leonard mann, and drew snyder. Find release information for night school 1981 ken hughes on allmovie. Let me just caution you not to get too excited about this forgettable slasher film from 1981, though. Who made up the original monday night football crew in 1970.
One of several kajillion slasher movies manufactured in the early 80s alone, the americanmade night school sports an oddly canadian aura. Night school is a 1981 american slasher film, directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her feature film debut. The plot revolves around a series of gruesome decapitation murders in boston, massachusetts. We hear a melancholic and beautiful soundtrack that serves to enhance the poetry of city and its people and night. More high school students are graduating in three years. The film premiered at the avoriaz fantastic film festival in 1981, and was released theatrically in the united states on september 11, 1981. Best horror movies of all time 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s modern horror as we know it today began in the 1970s, with the introduction to horror masters like wes craven, john.
In conclusion this film is a good but not great one by my standards, but dont go into expecting a. Early 80s slashervideo nasty night school 1981 opens with a. The film was among the first about the topic of night schools. The film begins with a brief view of the night skyline of boston. The great muppet caper 1981 trailer vhs capture youtube. Slasher thriller night school is an excellent slasher film, with a lot of things to recommend. Best horror movies of all time 1980s bloody disgusting.
The final film directed by kenneth hughes, 1981 s night school centers around wendell college, a womans school located in boston, massachusetts. Night school is a film that made its debut in 1981 with a fairly unknown cast, with names such as leonard mann, rachel ward and drew snyder. I walked into the theater wanting to enjoy it, since i feel as though kevin hart is a very funny comedian and i enjoyed his other films like central intelligence, jumanji, etc. Night school was director ishiro hondas only film ever directed outside of toho. A boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds commited by a helmeted, blackleather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female livein assistant. Trailer for the great muppet caper 1981 captured from the the muppet christmas carol 1993 vhs tape.
Fear no evil is a 1981 american horror film directed by frank laloggia, and starring stefan arngrim, elizabeth hoffman, and kathleen rowe mcallen. Inasmuch as the film dwells at some length on sexual awakening, it is understandable that rascals was slapped with an r rating when released in the us, two years after its completion. Night school sessions are digitally archived immediately upon completion and available at any time for readers. In this instance, a young woman, a student at a local night school, was finishing up her day job as a teachers assistant and about to head for class as she revolved on a playground roundabout when a mysterious figure dressed in black biker leathers and helmet appeared and started spinning her about at an alarming rate, then cut her head off. Night school is a 1981 thriller from the director and screenwriter ken hughes of chitty chitty bang bang fame. Find similar and related movies for night school 1981 ken hughes on allmovie. Interestingly a couple of the films set pieces, one involving rachel ward being followed by a weirdo and an attack in a locker room seem to have influenced a pair of similar scenes in argentos tenebrae. Night school also known as terror eyes in the united kingdom is a 1981 american slasher film directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her film debut, leonard mann, and drew snyder. Night school is just another belowpar kevin hart film. He is the director of the documentary kid danny for espn films 30 for 30 series and his first film, medora, went on to win an emmy for pbs independent lens series. Jan 10, 2015 better quality version of the main theme from ken hughes 1981 bostonbased slasher movie night school, aka terror eyes, starring rachel ward in an early ro. The film is now available on 1080p thanks to a rather bareboned release from the warner archive collection.
The main question the viewer and most of the characters within the movie ask themselves are whos been decapitating the unsuspecting girls at a local night. Discover what genre night school, 1981, directed by ken hughes, with leonard mann, rachel ward, drew snyder, belongs at turner classic movies. Adults in massachusetts who do not have a high school diploma and wish to earn one may take evening classes, alternative programs or. But in conclusion im just happy to finally have this on dvd. This is being released by duvernays distribution company array, which means its a great film that you definitely dont want to miss.
This film course is the core of the 12week evening filmmaking workshop. Students are introduced to the language and practice of filmmaking. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. One of the things that many people who grew up in billings in the 1980s fondly remember is pta and pto movie nights. Oct 29, 2017 the horror film is armed with a nice mystery at its center, thanks to writer ruth avergon and it is delivered with a nice twist. But before we get to that, theres the opening scene. Oct 09, 2019 many colleges and universities offer social sciences bachelors programs. Only after completion was it reformatted to be shown in standard film. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Night school was denounced by critics upon release, and in england became a video nasty. Students learn the concepts to help achieve maximum psychological impact by studying the directors decisions in camera placement, blocking, staging, and visual image design. A killer clad in motorcycle leathers an wielding one of those wacky coconut knives stalks the students and faculty. Anne barron meb boden, a teachers aide, has just been decapitated by a killer wearing a motorcycle helmet and wielding an odd knife called a kukri.
Several coeds are being murdered with their severed heads found in submerged in water and the detectives believe a sleazy professor is behind it. Cast and crew credits for night school, 1981, directed by ken hughes, with leonard mann, rachel ward, drew snyder, at turner classic movies. Lee and starring kevin hart, tiffany haddish, rob riggle, romany malco, taran killam, megalyn echikunwoke, al madrigal, mary lynn rajskub, keith david, anne winters, fat joe, ben schwartz, yvonne orji, and bresha webb. Ken hughes, leonard mann, rachel ward, drew snyder, joseph r. The movie is welldirected by ken hughes chitty chitty bang bang, who. January 1981 avoriaz fantastic film festival france may 1981. Night school 2018 film night school is a 2018 american comedy film directed by malcolm d. Night school is an excellent, stylish american giallo with terrific set pieces and great use of boston locations. I first saw the film when i was in high school, and i found it unexpectedly aspirational. The fabled slasher class of 1981 boasts several legitimate genre classics to its. Its also another documentary this year about education and schools, along with school life and night school. Night school does a good job in fighting negative preconceptions about adult education by showing the type of character and conviction of a person whos apt to succeed. Oct 12, 2011 this forgotten slasher has finally been remastered and released on dvd via warner brothers archive collection.
These programs teach the historical, cultural, political and. Night school isnt too gory, but it still manages to bring some chills and thrills. Rank film distributors ltd foreign theatrical distributor. The film appeared as terror eyes on the uks list of video. The original idea for developing a film around night schools was from kanesaku toda, a toho staff member who approached honda and other exnichidai men.
My issues have to do with the slowish beginning and the sad fact i correctly guessed the identity of the killer without using any of my lifelines. I think the mean streak is the thing that put it on the video nasties list, ive given night school 5 stars, because i like it and because i was begining to suspect it would never be released in any form. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. Night school official trailer night school a documentary film. Night school 1981 cast and crew a boston police detective leonard mann blames ritual beheadings on a professor drew snyder with a livein assistant rachel ward. This is one nasty film, with a lot of well done, very unsettling kills and setups. May 11, 2015 this feature is not available right now. The official trailer for the night school documentary film. His most recent film, night school, premiered at the 2016 tribeca film festival and will be released theatrically in 2017 by oscilloscope laboratories. Still, night school is a serviceable entry into the slasher canon of films. Theres a genuine sense of menace to the giallo influenced stalking scenes.
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