sometimes all that it require to take your mind off of everything be a simple minded and bone head 80 slasher and especially if it one that star a young and hunky and still unknown brad pitt a the high school jerk and roddy mcdowall a the dirty mind principal . the plot be textbook 80 guff and meaning no purposeful twist or any attempt at build up tension whatsoever and but still it guarantee a good 90 minute of dopey fun and chuckle . a brian return to the schoolyard after a period in a mental asylum to treat his violent schizophrenia syndrome and body start pile up as well and naturally he become the prime suspect . of course and in this type of film and it take an awfully very long time before any of the dim witted character realize something wrong and cut class be no exception . someone actually have to stumble over a corpse accidentally before realize several others person be miss as well . the script really try hard to uphold the mystery and to keep the real killer identity secret and but it doesn not matter all that much since be just watch the film for the murder anyway . they aren not special and unfortunately and just a neat throat slitting and an icky flagpole killing and someone crush head on the copying machine . there also the fairly original run gag of the killer first victim survive the assault and fruitlessly struggle for help for the rest of the film . the main attraction here be obviously and almost exclusively brad pitt and and he certainly doesn not disappoint a the cocky school rebel . at a certain point in the film and one of his teacher tell him he have little chance to a great future and ha ha ha .