{"id":7700,"date":"2024-10-30T23:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T03:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=7700"},"modified":"2024-10-30T23:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T03:21:45","slug":"splatter-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2024\/10\/30\/splatter-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatter University"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Splatter University <\/strong>(1984)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Troma\/Horror-Thriller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 78 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (bloody violence, language, suggestive material, drug and alcohol use by teens)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Richard W. Haines\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Cunningham, Richard W. Haines and John Michaels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Chris Burke\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jim Grib\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: July 13, 1984 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Francine Forbes, Rich Randig, Dick Biel, Kathy Lacommare, Laura Gold, Ken Gerson, Sal Lumetta, Clifford Warren, Noel Stilphen, Mary Ellen David, Jane Doniger Reibel, Dan Eaton, John Michaels, George Seminara, Joanna Mihalakis.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: N\/A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Body Count: 8<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: *<\/p>\n

\u00a0Nobody makes bad movies like Troma and Splatter University<\/strong> is a perfect example. It is a howler of a bad slasher flick. In fact, one of the roughly 75 horny dudes in the movie actually howls which is why everybody calls him \u201cWolf\u201d I suspect. It doesn\u2019t matter though since we don\u2019t spend a lot of time with him or any of the students at St. Trinian\u2019s, a private Catholic college run by judgmental priests. They have very little to do with the plot actually. There\u2019s a reason their scenes feel disconnected from the rest of the movie.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Director Richard W. Haines, best known for Troma\u2019s trash classic Class of Nuke \u2018Em High, filmed most of Splatter University<\/strong> in 81. It clocked in at only 65 minutes so he went back the following year and filmed 13 more minutes of mostly unrelated scenes with students to pad it out. The only real student of note is Cathy (Lacommare), a good girl who gets knocked up by her Neanderthal boyfriend Tom (Gerson). The killer takes care of her a few scenes later a drive-in movie which pretty much settles her issue with getting an abortion. The rest of the student body is a jumble of slutty girls and horndog guys who spend more time partying than studying.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The plot opens with a homicidal maniac escaping from a mental hospital (after stabbing a doctor in the crotch) and disappearing. The lunatic turns up again three years later when he\/she stabs a female sociology professor to death. The following semester, a replacement professor named Julie Parker (Forbes) is hired to try and teach the disrespectful class. That\u2019s when the killing begins. Since we never see the killer\u2019s face, he or she could literally be anybody. Suspicion lands on Mark (Randig), a fellow professor who was previously involved with the dead teacher. He acts squirrely every time the subject comes up. It eventually leads Julie to play Nancy Drew and conduct her own investigation.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Splatter University<\/strong> is strictly by the numbers until the finale when Haines throws in a final twist you might see coming. Actually, he gives us two; one involving the identity of the killer and the other the final girl\u2019s fate. I had a feeling about the former, but I didn\u2019t expect the latter. It\u2019s the only time the movie shows a flash of semi-originality. The rest is predictable, slow-going and occasionally obnoxious.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019ve seen a lot of bad acting in my life, but rarely is it as terrible as what\u2019s on display in Splatter University<\/strong>. I know performance isn\u2019t a top priority in the slasher genre, but come on. This is ridiculous! The line readings are overly rehearsed and unconvincing to the point of unintentional comedy. While bad for regular mainstream movies, it\u2019s right at home in Troma\u2019s films. In fact, I think it\u2019s one of their main identifying features. Look at The Toxic Avenger. It\u2019s a great movie, but there\u2019s no denying it\u2019s very, VERY badly acted. It\u2019s one of the things that make it so fun. If only the same could be said of Splatter University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Although it has a few neat gory scenes, I didn\u2019t have a lot of fun with Splatter University<\/strong>. I didn\u2019t really enjoy it at all, in fact. I think it\u2019s lame, boring and cheesy. It\u2019s poorly made and flatly directed. The writing is half-assed at best. It leaves questions unanswered and plotlines incomplete. It\u2019s not good storytelling. There\u2019s zero in the way of suspense, thrills or jump-scares. I\u2019m not even sure I would have liked it as a teen. Bottom line, it sucks! Need I say more?\"\"<\/p>\n

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Splatter University (1984)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Troma\/Horror-Thriller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 78 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (bloody violence, language, suggestive material, drug and alcohol use by teens)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Richard W. Haines\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Michael Cunningham, Richard W. Haines and John Michaels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Chris Burke\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jim Grib\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: July 13, 1984 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Francine Forbes, Rich Randig, Dick Biel, Kathy Lacommare, Laura […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-movies","category-horror","category-this-sucks-so-bad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Splatter-University-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7900,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7700\/revisions\/7900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}