Main Cast: Gerritt Graham, Michael Lerner, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn, Stephen Furst
Release Year: 1982
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A high school class reunion turns bloody when a former student seeks revenge on his classmates in this black comedy. That mayhem would strike this 20-year reunion seems preordained, given that the name of the school is Lizzie Borden High. Little did anyone expect, however, that this trouble would come from Walter Baylor (Blackie Dammett), a social outcast who was the victim of a humiliating senior year practical joke. Now, two decades later, Baylor has escaped from a mental institution to kill off his tormenters one by one. Class Reunion was the first produced screenplay by John Hughes, a National Lampoon writer who would eventually find a highly successful career as a writer, director, and producer of teen-oriented movies. His debut was exceptionally inauspicious, however, as the film's uncertain mixture of gore and low comedy was met with critical derision and audience indifference. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Marya Small - Iris Augen; Shelley Smith - Meredith Modess; Zane Buzby - Delores Salk; Jacklyn Zeman - Jane Washburn; Blackie Dammett - Walter Baylor; Barry Diamond - Chip Hendrix; Art Evans - Carl Clapton; Randolph Powell - Jerr Barnes; Jim Staahl - Egon Von Stoker; Steve Tracy - Milt Friedman; Isabel West - Gloria Barnes; Robin Eurich; Anne Ramsey - Mrs. Tabazooski; Misty Rowe - Cindy Shears; Chuck Berry - Himself; Wendy Goldman; Anyavel Glynn; Chris Hubbell; Karen Rea; Terry Green
Credit
Rita Graham - Choreography, Peter V. Herald - Co-producer, Jean-Pierre Dorleac - Costume Designer, Michael L. Miller - Director, Richard Meyer - Editor, Ann Mills - Editor, Peter Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Mark Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Peter Bernstein - Songwriter, Mark Goldenberg - Songwriter, John Chambers - Makeup Special Effects, Dean Edward Mitzner - Production Designer, Philip H. Lathrop - Cinematographer, John Hughes - Producer, Matty Simmons - Producer, Jack Taylor - Set Designer, James Camomile - Special Effects, Paul Stewart - Special Effects, Mario Roberts - Stunts, John Hughes - Screenwriter, Stu Krieger - Screenwriter
It is 1982 and Lizzie BordenHigh School is host to the tenth-year reunion of the class of 1972. Their fun is murderously interrupted by the psychotic Walter Baylor who bears a grudge against his former classmates for a prank committed against him ten years ago. The motley crew of '72 set out to uncover who amongst them is committing the killings.
Cameo
Chuck Berry cameos, playing some of his rock 'n' roll hits.
