{"id":51711,"date":"2020-09-20T16:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T23:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51711"},"modified":"2023-11-25T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T07:00:14","slug":"student-bodies-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51711","title":{"rendered":"Student Bodies (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;With rape and violence rampant in this land &#8212; with human flesh cheapened and vulgarized &#8212; one of the last bastions of decency is the general satisfaction one gains from making a horse head bookend.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-182x270.jpg 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Poster-scaled.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA teenager (Kristin Riter) becomes the prime suspect as her sexually active classmates are murdered one after the other by a &#8220;heavy-breather&#8221; (Jerry Belson).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High School<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Michael Ritchie Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis attempt at very, <em>very<\/em> directly spoofing teenage slasher films seems intended as a parallel follow-up to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2315\"><em>Airplane!<\/em> (1980)<\/a>, which similarly took the tropes of its genre (disaster flicks) to the most extreme degree possible. Here, we&#8217;re given a horny babysitter (Angela Bressler): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter-478x270.png 478w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Babysitter.png 1662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and her boyfriend (Keith Singleton) who are killed on Jamie Lee Curtis&#8217;s birthday as they&#8217;re about to have sex; an unseen villain who not only breathes heavily but actually drools over the phone; flashing body count numbers appearing across the screen each time another victim is found; and many openly disturbed potential suspects, including the principal (Joe Talarowski), the aging school secretary (Mimi Weddell):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-1536x837.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Principal.png 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the woodshop instructor (Joe Flood):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Woodshop.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the distracted school psychiatrist (Carl Jacobs), and the double-jointed janitor (The Stick). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Janitor.png 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The premise is amusing (of course), but unfortunately the jokes fall flat as often as they succeed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Interestingly, as pointed out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4378&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image&#8217;s review<\/a>, co-director Michael Ritchie (who opted for an <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Smithee.png\">&#8220;Alan Smithee&#8221; producer designation<\/a> on this) actually helmed a number of reputable and interesting flicks, including <em>The Candidate<\/em> (1972), <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8485\"><em>Smile<\/em> (1975)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2159\"><em>The Bad News Bears<\/em> (1976)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An occasionally amusing spoof of teenage horror flicks<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still1-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Student-Bodies-Still2-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re curious to check it out. Listed as a Sleeper and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083133\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/studentbodies\/\">BadMovies.org Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4378&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With rape and violence rampant in this land &#8212; with human flesh cheapened and vulgarized &#8212; one of the last bastions of decency is the general satisfaction one gains from making a horse head bookend.&#8221; Synopsis: A teenager (Kristin Riter) becomes the prime suspect as her sexually active classmates are murdered one after the other by a &#8220;heavy-breather&#8221; (Jerry Belson). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: High School Horror Films Michael Ritchie Films Satires and Spoofs Serial Killers Review: This attempt&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51711\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51711"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93477,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51711\/revisions\/93477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}