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Class of Nuke'Em High
Class of Nuke'Em High
Actors: Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard, Pat Ryan, James Nugent Vernon
Directors: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, Richard W. Haines
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
R     1997     1hr 25min

Readin', writin' and radiation fill the schooldays of Tromaville High in this riotous sci-fi hyper-action big budget ambitious comedy. When the honor society turns on to some nuclear reefer, they transform into mutated pu...  more »

     

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Actors: Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard, Pat Ryan, James Nugent Vernon
Directors: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, Richard W. Haines
Creators: Lloyd Kaufman, Richard W. Haines, James Treadwell, Mark Rudnitsky, Stuart Strutin
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sub-Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen
DVD Release Date: 12/16/1997
Original Release Date: 12/12/1986
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1986
Release Year: 1997
Run Time: 1hr 25min
Screens: Color,Full Screen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 11
Edition: Director's Cut
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English

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Movie Reviews

One of the greats!
Mark | Iowa | 12/07/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rating: 5-"This is a special rating for bad films that are fun to watch. Because they are inherently difficult to rate, they receive 5's because there is much that is terrible about them, but much that is often unintentionally amusing as well. Or they can be bad films made to be bad or camp. They may have intentional merits, also. Everyone should stay away except for connoisseurs of enjoyably bad films."At various times good, bad, enjoyable and irritating, Class of Nuke 'Em High is a grade C film that was intentionally made to be a grade C film. The plot concerns a nuclear power plant that's run by a whole team of Homer Simpsons. Not only are they having periodic mini-disasters, but one of the employees has been growing marijuana in a restricted outside area and selling it to kids at the local high school, which is only a quarter mile down the road. The high school kids are exposed to nuclear waste both through the marijuana and through a water supply contamination, and it turns some of them into pulsating radioactive superheroes, disintegrates others, and for the former honor society, it turned them into an overacting group of Mad Max rejects. There is one scene in the movie which is especially bad where supposed actor, Brett Weston, playing a corpse gets gang raped by a bunch of covermounters and can distinctively be seen smiling as he recieves wave after wave of punishment.

A lot of Nuke 'Em High is supposed to be funny, and much of it is. Some of the stuff that's supposed to be funny is simply irritating-this goes for the Mad Max rejects most of the time. Movies like this tend to work better when it's not so obvious that they are trying to spoof genres. When they are trying, it has to be extremely funny in order to work. When they aren't trying-when the filmmakers are trying to make a decent film given their budget, and it still comes out bad, the little unintentionally funny bits are enjoyable. It's the difference of laughing at a faux pas as opposed to watching a bad comedian tell a cheesy joke. The nuclear plant setting, with a wonderfully fake looking matte painting for exterior shots, is unfortunately underused-the plant employee characters were enjoyable, funny and there was a lot more potential for them. Several other auxiliary characters should have been used more, also, but the two goody-two-shoe protagonists are well cast and do an admirable job.Classified as horror, Nuke 'Em High doesn't even approach that genre for a large chunk of the first half. That's too bad because it works best when it's violent. The scene with the old lady carrying groceries, the alleyway brawl, the coup d'etat in the principles office, the bathroom fight scene, etc. are all among this films best.Recommendation: Overall, Nuke 'Em High is a mixed bag, and my evaluation while I was watching it continually vacillated between "bad bad" and "good bad." Troma films fans are bound to enjoy this to some extent, although most fans are more than likely already familiar with this Troma staple. Other than Troma fans, approach this film only if you enjoy cheesy B and C movies. It's not the best "turkey," but it is tasty enough for Thanksgiving."
The film with the three R's Reading, Writing and Radiation
TRASH | 11/27/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tromaville High is a regular American highschool with one exception. It's 1/4 of a mile from a nuke planet. At the high school strage things are begining to happen. The honor society has turned from a group of clean cut preppys into a gang of violent creatins. The movie gets really good when the two main characters Warren and Krissy smoke some radio active pot. If your looking for an 80's cult classic with nothing but sex, drugs and rock'n roll get this movie It kicks so much mother ass!"
Every bit as good as The Toxic Avenger
TRASH | THE BRONX | 04/20/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have seen this film many times and never get tired of it. I would mention the plot,but who cares about the plot in a film like this? For some reason,this isn't as respected as The Toxic Avenger,and I wonder why. The laughs in this film are nonstop and any comedy fan should check this film out."