May 08 2008
From the Grindhouse…
Although grindhouse theaters were dwindling in the early 80’s, a common B-movie theme was still the out-of-control-juvenile-gangs-of-the-future theme. I remember seeing the trailer for this one back in 1982 when I went and saw The Road Warrior, and finally got around to watching it a few months ago, and it was a blast, lemme tell ya’ folks. Class of 1984 has got it all… a horrible song by Alice Cooper, a pubescent Michael J. Fox, angel dust, a teacher who cuts off a guy’s arm with a table saw, and one of the Van Pattens from “Eight is Enough”. What’s really hilarious as you watch this film is the main gang that’s scaring everybody is so pathetically non-scary. The leader (Van Patten) could easily have had his ass pulverized by the smallest guy on the football team, yet he practically runs the school. Perhaps it’s the sneer and the haircut, who knows? It’s really funny that this film came out in ‘82 and they figured things would have all of a sudden gotten this bad in only two years.. Then again, it was the era of Reagan so things did go downhill rather quickly:
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