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Summary

This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.

Cast

Kristen Riter

Toby Badger

Matthew Goldsby

Hardy

Joe Flood

Mr. Dumpkin

Mimi Weddell

Miss Mumsley

Joe Talarowski

Principal Peters

Carl Jacobs

Dr. Sigmund

Oscar James

Football Coach

Robyn Flanery

Joan

Janice E. O'Malley

Nurse Krud

Peggy Cooper

Ms. Van Dyke

Kevin Mannis

Scott

Sara Eckhardt

Patti

Brian Batytis

Wheels

Cullen G. Chambers

Charles Ray

Joan Browning Jacobs

Mrs. Hummers

Angela Bressler

Julie

Kay Ogden

Ms. Leclair

Douglas Cotner

Mr. Hummers

Charles L. Trotter

Announcer

Jonathan Walling

Al

Keith Singleton

Charlie

Dario O. Jones

Mawamba

Thomas D. Cannon II

Ralph

Tammie M. Tignor

Dagmar

Anita Taylor

Bertha

Jack Armstrong

Joe

Brenda Maduzia

Punker

Dorothy Rich

Mrs. Peters

Anne Bell

Teacher

Kathryn Reve Doster

Sue

Janice Elaine Berridge

Student

Jerry Belson

The Breather

Lauren Ritchie

Student

The Stick

Malvert the Janitor

Jennifer Kliesing

Girl on Parade Float

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Mickey Rose

Reviews

Wuchak

September 20, 2022

4

**_Spoof of early slashers_**

A heavy breather is murdering teens from a high school in southeast Texas, usually while they’re engaging in sex.

"Student Bodies" (1981) satirizes slasher flicks like “Halloween” and “Friday the 13th” with a high school milieu of baby sitters getting strange calls, funerals, classes, teachers, football games, parades, proms and the like. It starts out amusing enough with decent goofy humor, but as it progresses there’s too much tastelessness, which is simply offensive or eye-rolling and not actually funny.

Still, there are some highlights if you’re in the mood for a moderately amusing throwaway flick. The film runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot in Katy, Texas, a town just west of Houston.

GRADE: C-/C