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| Massacre at Central High | |
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| Directed by | Rene Daalder |
| Written by | Rene Daalder |
| Produced by | Jerome Bauman Harold Sobel |
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| Cinematography | Bertram van Munster |
| Edited by | Harry Keramidas |
| Music by | Tommy Leonetti |
| Distributed by | Brian Distributing Corporation |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
Massacre at Central High (released as Blackboard Massacre in the UK) is a 1976 American thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a series of revenge killings at a fictional American high school, after which the oppressed students take on the role of their bully oppressors. Despite its title, it is not a slasher film but an unusual blend of political allegory, social commentary, and low-budget exploitation; with the exception of the final sequence, no "adult" characters (such as teachers and parents) are seen.[2]
It was shot on 35mm film, and has a running time of 87 minutes.
The film's director, Rene Daalder, described Massacre at Central High as "eerily predicting punk and Columbine".[3][4][Note 1] It has also been cited as a possible influence on the 1988 black comedy Heathers.[5][6]
- ^ "Massacre at Central High". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Peary, Danny (1984). "Massacre at Central High". Cult Movies 2. London: Vermilion. pp. 88–90. ISBN 0091544416.
- ^ "Massacre at Central High". Rene Daalder. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ Spitz, Marc; Mullen, Brendan (2001). We Got the Neutron Bomb: the Untold Story of L.A. Punk. New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 153. ISBN 0307566242.
...my [director Rene Daalder's] teenage movie Massacre at Central High, which anticipated punk, Heathers, and Columbine back in '76.
- ^ "Return to Central High: An Interview with Derrel Maury". The Terror Trap. May 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ Bowie, John Ross (2011). Heathers. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1593764579.
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