robocopssadside-1 William Carson, a wealthy district attorney decides to take a hunting trip, leaving his lovely daughter, Paula (Jill Schoelen) alone at home. Before going, he leaves her with some rules, such as no boys in the house, no partying, and no cutting class. While out hunting, Mr. Carson takes an arrow to the chest and is left for dead by someone that knew him. Before you know it, teachers and students from Paula's school start turning up missing and some, dead. Could it be the redneck pot smoking custodian, the perverted principal (the excellent Roddy McDowell) who loves catching ass shots, Paula's no brain jock boyfriend, Dwight (Brad Pitt, nice hair *chuckles*), or an old friend of Dwight's who just recently got out of the hospital for being, *dramatic pause* f***ed in the head? This sometimes funny on purpose, sometimes-unintentional 80's horror romp actually had me guessing until the end! It is an assumption of mine that director Rospo Pallenberg had a huge goal of showing many an angle, many a long pause of the lead heroine's butt while making this movie. Not to mention the teasing side nude shots that I have grown to both hate and love. And who better to perform these tasks than Jill Schoelen? She may not be the greatest actress, but definitely nice to look at. The director pretty much flaunts her here. You could easily play a drinking game to Cutting Class where everyone has to take a shot when Jill Schoelen bends over and you would be wasted when this flick is through. There is even one scene where her art teacher has the whole class drawing her, while she is modeling in a body suit either bent over, or standing on her tiptoes trying to grab an apple from a significantly taller boy. Did they really have a class like this in high school? If so, how did I miss it? I would get into the gymnasium scenes, but we would have a Jill Schoelen bending over discussion overload.The movie is filled to the brim with hilariously bad dialog. So bad that it is utterly enjoyable. Particularly one scene where the custodian tells Paula and Dwight that he's "the custodian of their f***ing destiny"! I had to play that part a few times, and my stomach hurt afterward from laughter. The acting is downright awful. Brad Pitt must have used whiteout on his resume. Sadly, Roddy McDowell only has a few scenes in the flick. Most of them are him drooling at Schoelen, like every other male character in the movie.Not a huge gore level, but some interesting kill scenes. My favorite is the gym teacher being impaled by a flag while doing body flops on the school trampoline. The aftermath of a cheerleader (who removes her panties before the basketball game) and her boyfriend being murdered under the grandstand is messy. A neat little off screen death with a teacher being melted in a kiln takes place, also.There is also an enjoyable tool duel at the end with obvious stunt doubles a blazin'.IT said that Brad Pitt and Jill Schoelen were engaged after starring in the movie together, but split up shortly afterward. Donovan Leitch from the Blob '88 also stars.Not great, but not bad 80's horror comedy smoke n' joke flick.

WorkerB1 I'm a huge fan of "B" movies. Especially "B" horror movies from the 80's but this one simply has nothing to offer. A complete waste of time. The story is lack luster and very unbelievable. The lack of a story line usually does not pose a serious problem for most "B" movie fans as long as there are other components of the film that make it fun to watch. This movie comes up short in almost every aspect of what I consider to be "B" movie magic. The only value I was able to find in this title was the numerous continuity issues. They gave me something to do while I was waiting for this movie to end. Don't waste your time on this one.

Michael_Elliott Cutting Class (1989) 1/2 (out of 4) Incredibly bad slasher film sat on the shelf for many years but finally got released after Brad Pitt became a huge star. I'm sure Pitt wasn't too thrilled with this but he's the only reason this film doesn't get a BOMB rating. Jill Schoelen and Pitt play a couple who find themselves trying to discover who is killing all of their classmates. Fingers point to a former friend who was just released from a mental house due to killing his father. This is a really bad film and there's no way around that fact but seeing someone like Pitt in a movie like this makes it somewhat entertaining. Pitt isn't too bad in the film but God knows no one will mistake this for Fight Club or something to that nature. The death scenes are all incredibly lame and the limited amount of nudity does nothing. Martin Mull plays the girl's father and his scenes are the strangest of the film as they come off as a spoof yet these scenes go against everything else going on in the movie. Roddy McDowall plays the perverted school principle.

Woodyanders A mysterious killer bumps off various students and teachers at a high school. Possible suspects include angry jock Dwight Ingalls (a moody turn by a pre-stardom Brad Pitt), troubled former mental patient Brian Woods (an excellent performance by Donovan Leitch), lecherous principal Mr. Dante (a deliciously leering Roddy McDowall), and creepy weirdo janitor Shultz (a hilariously manic Robert Glaudini). Sweet Paula Carson (winningly played by the adorable Jill Schoelen) finds herself caught in the middle of Dwight and Brian. Director Rospo Pallenberg, working from a witty tongue-in-cheek script by Steve Slavkin, milks the standard premise for maximum campy entertainment. The game cast give it their proverbial all: Pitt and Leitch make for fine adversaries, Schoelen is her usual pretty and appealing self, Martin Mull contributes an amusingly droll portrayal of Paula's bumbling dad William, Brenda James delightfully vamps it up as the luscious Colleen, and Dirk Blocker has a grand jerky time as browbeating ramrod Coach Harris. The nifty murder set pieces -- art teacher stuffed in kiln, vice principal killed by a Xerox machine (!), gym teacher impaled on a flagpole -- all do the trick. Avi Karpick's slick cinematography, Jill Fraser's funky shivery score, the cool'n'catchy 80's rock soundtrack (the fantastic New Wave band Wall of Voodoo have three songs featured herein), and the rousing conclusion are all up to speed. Good, goofy fun.