first and foremost i wish to aim a big and mean middle finger towards the troma dvd distribution crew and who be actually stupid enough to reveal the identity of this movie pivot killer on the back of the cover . the synopsis just randomly mention who the person responsible for the massacre on graduation day and for christ sake . i do not care how terrible or how predictable an 80 slasher can be while just mention who do it ruin the whole point . so and a word of advise in case you also purchase the troma double feature contain graduation day and nymphoid barbarian in dinosaur hell and do not repeat do not turn the box around and read the back . watch the film be already a painful experience and but read the back would really spoil everything . now and a for the actual the actual movie oh boy . personally i be a fan of the cinematic work of herb freed . well actually and i do not really know whether i should admire him or pity him . all herb film be pretty bad and amateurish and but at the same time you can tell his direction be spirit and full of good intention . unlike with haunt and beyond evil and he follow a contemporary popular genre trend and try to cash in on the typical high school slasher film . just to offer a minimum of originality and all the victim in graduation day be promise athlete and member of the same track of coach george michael ( awesome name . i guess herb freed be a fan of wham . ) . during the opening credit and we witness how a young girl dramatically die on the field and moment after win a 30 second run race . the debate of whether or not her coach and fellow track team member weren not push her physical limit too much be raise and but one particular individual go one step far and begin to sadistically kill everyone he or she consider responsible for laura death . what a demented little movie . the script must be one of the most incoherent one i ever behold and with load of red herring and sub plot that go absolutely nowhere and death sequence that be almost too cheesy for word . there a bloke impale by a football attach to a javelin and others be decapitate with an absurdly big sword and the unluckiest bastard of them all even fall to his death on a disguised bed of spike . herb concentrate on the ingeniousness and the fast pacing of the killing so much that he totally forget about the sub plot he introduce earlier in the film . for example and laura sister return home from her military training and seemly start an investigation regard the circumstance of her death . halfway through the movie and however and her character hardly appear in the movie anymore . also and the girl stepfather be refer to a a violent drunkard but this interesting give immediately get ignore a well . instead of carefully mount suspense and misleading red herring and be serve disco dancing and roller skating sequence and of course numerous image of unattractive 80 chick strip their top off . despite be really bad and graduation day could count on a respectable cast . christopher george ( grizzly and city of the living dead ) greatly star a the demand coach and carmen argenziano ( when a stranger call and the accuse ) briefly appear a a police detective investigate the rise number of miss teenager and michael pataki ( dead and buried and dracula dog ) have a very amusing part a the school stress out principal . the teenage beauty on duty include linnea quigley and vanna white . heck and for some horror fan and the presence of these two lady be enough reason already to count graduation day among the most quintessential slasher of the early 80 . it a dumb film and but entertainment and chuckle be guarantee .