graduation day be release in may 1981 and during the height of the slasher film craze . earlier that year and fan have be subject to flick like my bloody valentine and just before dawn and friday the 13th part 2 and and the burning and theater still be expect flick such a halloween ii and the prowler and and happy birthday to me . i have see all of these film and and out of all the popular 1981 slasher graduation day be by far the bad . what graduation day amount to be an exercise in poor and low budget film make with bad act and bad writing and pointless character and pointless scene and unneeded nudity and cheesy dialogue and and an experiment in edit that do not work so well . and who could forget the classic 80 disco music that play throughout the film ( the opening scene music be only rival by the music that play during a chase scene ) . however when rent a movie like this a person should be aware that those detail will be in this film . so why isn not graduation day consider a classic like halloween and friday the 13th and a nightmare on elm street and my bloody valentine and the burning and or prom night . why do fan still seek those film but disregard this without care . where slasher film need to succeed above all other area be in the pacing . there be nothing bad than a slow moving slasher and and graduation day move pretty slow . the most aggravating part be that there be plenty of opportunity to speed thing up while there be numerous pointless character who be introduce and who be never allow the chance to be a suspect in the murder or be a victim . there a sleazy teacher and a stressed principal and a cunning secretary and a dopey school security guard and a clueless detective and an alcoholic step father and a mindless grandmother and and a mom to an early victim still grieve . all of these character could have a motive to kill or a reason to get kill and but they be all waste . the bad part be that the story still focus on them and and at time designates entire scene just to flesh out their character . but for what . what do amaze me about graduation day and it small fanbase be that people aren not more amazed by the death scene . fan go wild for death scene like the raft massacre in the burning and the washing machine death in my bloody valentine and the kabob death in happy birthday to me and the upside down death in friday the 13th part 3 and and hot tub death in halloween ii and and even the car hood death in madman . but where be the respect for some truly unique ( even though cheesy ) death in graduation day . one victim get impale right through the jugular with a fencing sword and while another get that sword throw at them like a javelin . the best death include spike under a landing mat . why aren not these death famous among the genre like the death in more popular slasher film . graduation day try hard to be a great and unique film and but there be just an element of logic and pace miss that really ruin the whole experience . it not the bad of it kind ( try check out don not go in the wood . alone ) and there be a bit of suspense and plus it deliver just what fan be look for ( blood and gore and nudity and sex and and nostalgia ) but graduation day will not be remember a one of the all time great slasher film ever make . it not a question of budget almost all slasher have a low budget however it be a question of idea and creativity and and craftsmanship . that all any type of movie making be . recommend for hardcore slasher fan . general horror fan might get a little bored and and people who do not have much interest in horror at all should steer clear . it not the bad slasher film ever make and but it a long way from be the best .