slaughter high start like any other day at doddsville county high school where little minx carol manning ( caroline munro ) have trick resident nerd marty rantzen ( simon scuddamore ) into the girl locker room where she tell him to get undressed in the shower and while do so carol gang of friend come in and give the now naked marty a big surprise a they film him a they stick his head down the girl toilet in an april fool day joke . the school sport coach ( marc smith ) save marty and punish the gang who rather harshly blame marty and they decide to play another trick on him only this time thing get out of hand and marty be catch in an explosion and have nitric acid splash over his face . year later and the whole gang be invite to a class reunion at the now close down school and they all arrive to discover they be the only one there . they all venture inside where they quickly learn they aren not the only one there a marty be back and have revenge on his mind . originally shoot under the title april fool day which they change probably because of another slasher film name april fool day ( 1986 ) make the same year this american english co production be unusual in that it have three credit writer and director and george dugdale and mark ezra and peter litten ( after never see a film with three credit director i have now see two in a week the other be the jean claude van damme flick kickboxer ( 1989 ) ) and i have to say i really rather liked slaughter high even though it seem to have a pretty bad reputation . one of the thing i like about the script be that it be a pure unashamed slasher flick and it doesn not try to be anything else and it just accept the genre rule and short coming and trapping and play up to them . basically it deliver what it promise and a homicidal killer and blood and boob and babe . i think the character be alright and the story be ok even though it just an excuse to get a load of teen inside an isolated location so some killer can bump them off one at a time and i actually like the twist end as well which be also something for which slaughter high get a lot of flak for . the first half start off a little slow but the second half move along at a rate of knot a there be one gory killing after another . some of the situation and character reaction make little sense but the same can be say of just about any film ever make so who complain . despite three credit director slaughter high turn out pretty good and i like the look of the film a lot . the isolated rundown school make for a really atmospheric location and look good and the maker throw in a good thunderstorm a well and there some nice photography especially at the end where there be numerous impressive uninterrupted long last stedicam track shot which follow carol through various corridor of the rundown school . while not particularly stylish it certainly look nice enough and be professionally make . there be some good gore here include burnt body and people melt with acid and impalings and stomach explosion and ax in face and death by lawnmower as well a someone who get drown in fecal matter down a drain . the special effect be also good than one would expect and i be both impressed and pleased with the high than expect body count . technically the film be good than i have expect and beat most low budget horror crap that get release today and i would have think it be relatively low budget itself though . supposedly set in america this be very obviously shoot in england . harry manfredini compose another score which sound exactly like all of his other musical score and be basically the same a the theme from friday the 13th ( 1980 ) and it sequels . anyone living here in the uk will probably recognise billy hartman who play frank a a regular in emmerdale farm ( one of our nation top rat soap opera ) in which he play terry wood . while most horror fan will recognise the sexy caroline munro in a rare staring role . legendary exploitation producer dick randall do the deed on slaughter high and actually appear in the film a a porno movie producer . talk about typecasting . you can also see a poster for the misunderstood brilliance that be piece ( 1982 ) which he also produce behind him in his office . slaughter high be a slasher film that i like a lot and do you see that . i do not say it be great i actually say i like it on a personal level and i be sure the predictable plot and lack of story will probably put many off so i can not recommend it but i can say i like it and make of that what you want . make sure you you watch the uncut version if you ever decide you want to check it out . if your not a fan of the slasher flick genre then slaughter high would not change your mind but if your look for a simple and effective slasher then you could do a lot bad than this .