cut class be one of those teen flick co mingle some stupid humor with murder . take place in a high school with the typical cast of character and focus on three . cheerleader chick paula ( jill schoelen ) and basketball star and self proclaim stud dwight ( brad pitt ) and an obligatory crazy guy brian ( donovan leitch ) . crazy in this case meaning mess up enough to take a turn in a mental hospital . sent there by paula dad ( martin mull ) and the district attorney . right after brian be release and the d. a. happen to be shoot by an arrow while on a hunting trip . there be a premise of boy thinking he have girl wrap around his finger and while another boy decide he deserve the girl in question . the high school become the breeding ground for strange murder while duh . who could the main suspect be . playwrite steve slavkin will not be confuse with john hughes . this film march to the beat of several tune from wall of voodoo . the cast also include represent brenda james and eric bole and dirk blocker . nancy fish and roddy mcdowell .