A killer clad in motorcycle leathers an wielding one of those wacky coconut knives stalks the students and faculty. The main question the viewer and most of the characters within the movie ask themselves are whos been decapitating the unsuspecting girls at a local night. Students learn the concepts to help achieve maximum psychological impact by studying the directors decisions in camera placement, blocking, staging, and visual image design. Night school is just another belowpar kevin hart film. This is one nasty film, with a lot of well done, very unsettling kills and setups. Theres a genuine sense of menace to the giallo influenced stalking scenes. Jan 10, 2015 better quality version of the main theme from ken hughes 1981 bostonbased slasher movie night school, aka terror eyes, starring rachel ward in an early ro.
Interestingly a couple of the films set pieces, one involving rachel ward being followed by a weirdo and an attack in a locker room seem to have influenced a pair of similar scenes in argentos tenebrae. Fear no evil is a 1981 american horror film directed by frank laloggia, and starring stefan arngrim, elizabeth hoffman, and kathleen rowe mcallen. Night school isnt too gory, but it still manages to bring some chills and thrills. But before we get to that, theres the opening scene. I first saw the film when i was in high school, and i found it unexpectedly aspirational. Fueling the trend are state scholarships, the growth in online classes and the use of proficiency testing to earn credits. Cast and crew credits for night school, 1981, directed by ken hughes, with leonard mann, rachel ward, drew snyder, at turner classic movies. January 1981 avoriaz fantastic film festival france may 1981.
Best horror movies of all time 1980s bloody disgusting. Anne barron meb boden, a teachers aide, has just been decapitated by a killer wearing a motorcycle helmet and wielding an odd knife called a kukri. Oct 12, 2011 this forgotten slasher has finally been remastered and released on dvd via warner brothers archive collection. The film premiered at the avoriaz fantastic film festival in 1981, and was released theatrically in the united states on september 11, 1981. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. May 11, 2015 this feature is not available right now. The original idea for developing a film around night schools was from kanesaku toda, a toho staff member who approached honda and other exnichidai men. Night school was denounced by critics upon release, and in england became a video nasty. In this instance, a young woman, a student at a local night school, was finishing up her day job as a teachers assistant and about to head for class as she revolved on a playground roundabout when a mysterious figure dressed in black biker leathers and helmet appeared and started spinning her about at an alarming rate, then cut her head off.
Who made up the original monday night football crew in 1970. The final film directed by kenneth hughes, 1981 s night school centers around wendell college, a womans school located in boston, massachusetts. Several coeds are being murdered with their severed heads found in submerged in water and the detectives believe a sleazy professor is behind it. Slasher thriller night school is an excellent slasher film, with a lot of things to recommend.
What school has produced the most pro football hall of famers. In conclusion this film is a good but not great one by my standards, but dont go into expecting a. The official trailer for the night school documentary film. Find similar and related movies for night school 1981 ken hughes on allmovie. Trailer for the great muppet caper 1981 captured from the the muppet christmas carol 1993 vhs tape. Night school does a good job in fighting negative preconceptions about adult education by showing the type of character and conviction of a person whos apt to succeed. One of several kajillion slasher movies manufactured in the early 80s alone, the americanmade night school sports an oddly canadian aura.
Its plot involves a seventeenyearold student in 1980 realizing that he is the antichrist, and his subsequent battle with two femaleincarnate archangels. Students are introduced to the language and practice of filmmaking. This film course is the core of the 12week evening filmmaking workshop. He is the director of the documentary kid danny for espn films 30 for 30 series and his first film, medora, went on to win an emmy for pbs independent lens series.
The plot revolves around a series of gruesome decapitation murders in boston, massachusetts. Film and tv night school, a 1949 episode of the tv series the life of riley. Its also another documentary this year about education and schools, along with school life and night school. His most recent film, night school, premiered at the 2016 tribeca film festival and will be released theatrically in 2017 by oscilloscope laboratories.
The film was among the first about the topic of night schools. Soon after the camera becomes more intimate and we see old lamp posts, dark streets and small houses. Night school 1981 cast and crew a boston police detective leonard mann blames ritual beheadings on a professor drew snyder with a livein assistant rachel ward. Night school also known as terror eyes in the united kingdom is a 1981 american slasher film directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her film debut, leonard mann, and drew snyder. Let me just caution you not to get too excited about this forgettable slasher film from 1981, though. Adults in massachusetts who do not have a high school diploma and wish to earn one may take evening classes, alternative programs or. Night school official trailer night school a documentary film. The film begins with a brief view of the night skyline of boston. One of the things that many people who grew up in billings in the 1980s fondly remember is pta and pto movie nights. Night school is a 1981 thriller from the director and screenwriter ken hughes of chitty chitty bang bang fame.
Night school is a 1981 american slasher film, directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her feature film debut. Lee and starring kevin hart, tiffany haddish, rob riggle, romany malco, taran killam, megalyn echikunwoke, al madrigal, mary lynn rajskub, keith david, anne winters, fat joe, ben schwartz, yvonne orji, and bresha webb. Early 80s slashervideo nasty night school 1981 opens with a. These programs teach the historical, cultural, political and. I walked into the theater wanting to enjoy it, since i feel as though kevin hart is a very funny comedian and i enjoyed his other films like central intelligence, jumanji, etc. Best horror movies of all time 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s modern horror as we know it today began in the 1970s, with the introduction to horror masters like wes craven, john. Night school, by lee child 2016 jack reacher novel night school books by cj daugherty, 2012. Night school is a 2018 american comedy film directed by malcolm d. A boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds commited by a helmeted, blackleather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female livein assistant.
Night school is an excellent, stylish american giallo with terrific set pieces and great use of boston locations. Night school 2018 film night school is a 2018 american comedy film directed by malcolm d. Night school is a film that made its debut in 1981 with a fairly unknown cast, with names such as leonard mann, rachel ward and drew snyder. I think the mean streak is the thing that put it on the video nasties list, ive given night school 5 stars, because i like it and because i was begining to suspect it would never be released in any form. Night school sessions are digitally archived immediately upon completion and available at any time for readers. Mar 02, 2017 standard slasherfare starring beautiful brit rachel ward making her film debut. Oct 29, 2017 the horror film is armed with a nice mystery at its center, thanks to writer ruth avergon and it is delivered with a nice twist. We hear a melancholic and beautiful soundtrack that serves to enhance the poetry of city and its people and night. The great muppet caper 1981 trailer vhs capture youtube. The fabled slasher class of 1981 boasts several legitimate genre classics to its. This is being released by duvernays distribution company array, which means its a great film that you definitely dont want to miss. Still, night school is a serviceable entry into the slasher canon of films.
The movie is welldirected by ken hughes chitty chitty bang bang, who. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. In this gory horror movie, a group of young, nubile night school students find themselves unable to hang on to their heads when a mad slasher takes up residence in their hallowed halls. My issues have to do with the slowish beginning and the sad fact i correctly guessed the identity of the killer without using any of my lifelines. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The film is now available on 1080p thanks to a rather bareboned release from the warner archive collection. Only after completion was it reformatted to be shown in standard film. Night school is a 1981 american slasher film directed by ken hughes and starring rachel ward, in her film debut, leonard mann, and drew snyder. Find release information for night school 1981 ken hughes on allmovie. But in conclusion im just happy to finally have this on dvd. Ken hughes, leonard mann, rachel ward, drew snyder, joseph r. The mobile film school is in the process of refurbishing an airstream trailer to stock with film. Rank film distributors ltd foreign theatrical distributor.
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