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Cutting Class (1989)

R 07/01/1989 (US) Horror, Comedy, Crime, Mystery 1h 31m

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No one said surviving high school would be easy.

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High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?

Rospo Pallenberg

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Steve Slavkin

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Donovan Leitch

Brian Woods
Jill Schoelen

Paula Carson
Brad Pitt

Dwight Ingalls
Roddy McDowall

Mr. Dante
Martin Mull

William Carson III
Brenda James

Colleen
Robert Glaudini

Shultz
Dirk Blocker

Coach Harris
Nancy Fish

Mrs. Knocht
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A review by Wuchak

70%

Written by Wuchak on March 28, 2023

Brad Pitt stars in this flick about a killer on the loose at a high school in SoCal

A student (Donovan Leitch Jr.) returns to high school in the Los Angeles area after spending time in a mental asylum and tries to renew friendships with a couple students (Jill Schoelen and Pitt). Havoc ensues.

"Cutting Class” (1989) combines high school dramedy in the mold of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982) with 80’s horror like “Christine,” the “Prom Night” flicks and the first couple of “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies. “The Rage: Carrie 2” came out ten years later and it’s probably the best... read the rest.

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