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I went back and forth on whether to feature actor Simon Scuddamore, and his naked humiliation scene from 1986's Slaughter High. The scene certainly fits the horror hunk theme without a doubt. The film opens with high school beauty Carol Manning luring the school nerd, Marty Rantzen (Scuddamore) into the girls locker room with the promise of sex.
After poor Marty gets naked, Carol opens the shower curtain to a group of students laughing and filming poor Marty's embarrassment. Marty tries to run away, but is dragged back across the locker room floor and into the bathroom for a swirlie, just to top off Mary's humiliation.
Although he played a student, actor Simon Scuddamore was actually 27 at the time of filming, and it must have been a bit of an awkward scene to film given he was completely naked through most of it, while his clothed co-stars drag him around hang him upside down. Director Mark Ezra reports Scuddamore was great on set, the only problem they had was his scheduling. Scuddamore worked at a school for disadvantaged children, and didn't want to disrupt their schedule or risk losing his job by taking time off to film the movie.
My reluctance to post this piece wasn't about the scene itself, although it was brutal on the cruelty/humiliation meter. My reluctance was that I didn't want to exploit this particular horror hunk's true life tragic ending.
According to reports, Scuddamore suffered from a drug addiction, and although Ezra reports he remained clean throughout the shoot, the young actor sadly committed suicide shortly before the films official release. It is not thought his death was connected to the film, or the locker room scene, but it adds a layer of pain, not to mention morbid reality to the scene and the entire film.
Above is the locker room scene, but if you want to watch the entire film, it is on Youtube (with Greek subtitles) HERE:
If you ask people what they remember about 1982’s Visiting Hours, odds are it’s the TV ad, which may be the most effective horror movie promo ever.
The actual film doesn’t hold up as well—despite the presence of Lee Grant as an anti-violence crusader and Lenore Zann (Rogue in the ’90s X-Men cartoon) and William Shatner at his most unctuous
I’ve mentioned before that I love claustrophobic horror films, and it probably started with this Canadian (yay!) classic, which is my choice as the greatest slasher film ever made. Unlike the anonymous chum fed to Jason and the rest of the slasher Gods, the kids in My Bloody Valentineare actually likable, and when they venture into the bowels of the earth, it becomes a crap shoot who will survive.
If you get a chance, check out the Special Edition, which restores almost ten minutes of footage that was deemed too extreme for the theatrical release. It’s worth it just for the … laundromat scene. And who can forgot the closing theme “The Ballad Of Harry Warden,” which explains the plot in a creepy “Edmund Fitzgerald”-esque way. It’s the second greatest 80′s horror movie closing theme song (between Prom Night and Happy Birthday To Me).
Disco Death! Five young schoolkids taunt a fellow classmate to death (that falling pane of glass was just … overkill, literally), and years later at the senior prom, someone … exacts revenge! Jamie Lee Curtis has said this was her least favorite slasher film, but it’s one of my favorites. But I can’t quite figure out why. The photography is shockingly muddy (we’re talking Lucille Ball in Mame), and the characters are either forgettable or unlikable (I found myself rooting for Classic Bitch Wendy to get away, simply because she was the most interesting character in the film).
But there’s something compelling about watching these snotty kids get their comeuppance, and the ending is undeniably sad (if inevitable). And then there’s the fabulous soundtrack, which does contain THE #1 GREATEST 80′S HORROR MOVIE CLOSING THEME SONG. It’s called “Fade To Black,” performed by Gordene Simpson, and it reveals the entire plot of the movie in a classic power ballad. It’s been a permanent part of my iPod for years.
Melissa Sue Anderson was really trying to shake Mary Ingalls off in the early 80′s. First she became one of Girls With The Power, and then she made this Canadian (yay again!) slasher pic, about a clique of high school kids getting offed one by one.
Beside the presence of Melissa, the movie is best known for the ending, which TPTB admit … they pretty much made up on the spot. But it’s so cuckoo it ends up working. And I have to give a special shoutout to the closing theme song, which is performed by Syreeta (of Billy Preston and Syreeta “With You I’m Born Again” fame). It’s the THIRD GREATEST 80′S HORROR FILM CLOSING THEME SONG. You’ll see the top two closing theme songs later on this countdown. Enjoy the deranged fragility!
#11 A Nightmare On Elm Street Two: Freddy’s Revenge
Well, of course it was going to be here somewhere. Honestly, the Elm Street franchise was never my favorite. It just became too goofy and muddled… although there were certainly some bright spots in all of the sequels (Dream Master had Tuesday Knight and Lisa Wilcox, and Dream Warriors had Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Rubin and of course, one of the greatest movie themes of all time.)
But Freddy’s Revenge will always have its place in horror history. So much has been written about the “subtext,” but let’s face it, there’s nothing sub about it. This is the gayest horror film ever made (besides Showgirls, of course), and while it’s not the scariest Elm Street, or the most well-made Elm Street, it will always be the most memorable Elm Street. Here’s one of my favorite scenes, as Jessie (Mark Patton) dances in his room, before he’s discovered by Mrs. Muir, and fetus Meryl Streep.
The sequels were so campy (which is not a bad thing), that it’s easy to forget that the original Child’s Playwas actually a straightforward serious horror film, with a fine performance from the always dependable (and underrated) Catherine Hicks as a single mother who discovers that the Good Guy Doll she .. well, you know the story. Gay screenwriter Don Mancini is about to unleash Curse of Chucky on us, so now is as good a time as any to pay tribute to the … gulp … 25TH ANNIVERSARY? God, we’re old.
Now we have the first of the big horror franchises of the 80’s, and because there were so many sequels for each, I decided to pick the one title I think best represents the franchise. With Jason & Company, that would have to be Part 2. There were great moments in all of the other sequels (i.e. The Final Chapter had bald-headed Corey Feldman, A New Beginning had New Wave girl, The New Blood had Kevin Spirtas, Jason Takes Manhattan was one giant hot mess), but Part 2 pulled everything together the best. It had one of the hottest horror himbos of the 80’s (Wheelchair Guy, played by the late gay actor Tom McBride), and it had the greatest Final Girl in the series, the faboo Amy Steel. Plus it had the greatest “It’s only the dog” moment in screen history.
I don’t know why this summer camp slasher isn't more well known, but it hits all the right marks. Poor camp caretaker Cropsy was a victim of a cruel prank that backfired, leaving him horribly disfigured. So naturally, revenge is required, and soon kids are being sheared left and right. The Burningfeatured very early roles for Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, and Fisher Stevens … one of whom will not survive the infamous RAFT MASSACRE!
PUNISH! The second Killer Santa movie on the list, it’s also the most infamous. Poor little Billy sees his father shot to death and his mother’s throat cut by a psychopathic Santa, and this … affects his later life. After he gets a job in a toy store and is asked to dress up as the jolly guy, well, you can guess what happens next. SNDN stands out for two reasons. The controversy it caused: Upon its original release in 1984, the film received a generally negative reception. Siskel and Ebert condemned the film and went so far as to read the film’s production credits on air, saying “shame, shame” after each one. Siskel also said that all the money the filmmakers were making off of this film was blood money. Leonard Maltin also denounced the film, calling it a “…worthless splatter film”, giving it zero stars and asking: “What’s next, the Easter Bunny as a child molester?” Large crowds (mostly angry families) formed at theaters and malls around the nation to protest the film. TriStar Pictures, its original distributor, pulled all ads for the film six days after its release (November 15). The film itself was also withdrawn shortly thereafter, due to the controversy.”
The second reason is that star Robert Brian Wilson was one of the hottest horror himbos to ever grace the screen.
10-year-old Willard is innocently putting a jigsaw puzzle of a nude woman together when his mother catches him, flies off the handle, and well, Willard ends up grabbing an ax and dismembering her. That’s the opening of one of the most unintentionally hilarious horror films of the 80′s, which starred Christopher George and the faboo Lynda Day George (who will always be Fausta Grables, Nazi Wonder Woman to me). Below you can see Lynda in one of my favorite scenes of the decade (along with co-star Ian Sera, who provides some full frontal nudity in the film … before his testicles are ripped off). Enjoy!
There are two “Killer Santa” films on the list, and the first features Brandon Maggart (who you may remember from the 80′s sitcom Brothers, and he’s also the father of Fiona Apple) as a man who experienced a terrible trauma as a child … he witnessed Santa getting frisky under the mistletoe. Somehow that made him go bonkers, and he finally goes off the deep end, and starts hacking up the town. It’s a serviceable slasher pic, but it probably wouldn't have made the list if it weren't the final scene, which is so wonderfully wrong and bat shit, it elevates the entire film.
If you ask people what they remember about 1982′s Visiting Hours, odds are they’ll mention the TV ad above, which may be the most effective horror movie promo ever made. The actual movie doesn't hold up as well, though, despite the presence of Lee Grant as an anti-violence crusader who … oh, the irony. It also stars Lenore Zann (the voice of Rogue in the classic 90′s X-Men animated series), and Linda Purl, in her greatest performance since starring with Shaun Cassidy in one of the most unintentionally hilarious TV movies ever made. And then there’s William Shatner. His “pudding” scene is the most horrifying moment in the movie, and still haunts my dreams all these years later. See for yourself.
This piece didn't exactly start out as a summer camp themed post. I caught the 1986 John Lithgow film The Manhattan Project a few weeks ago on the movie channel and took notice of adorable actor Christopher Collet. Collet and Cynthia Nixon play the high school kids who get caught up with scientist Lithgow after Collet's character Paul steals plutonium to make an Adam Bomb for a national science fair.
Collet's career spanned most of the 80's and 90's on both film and television. Collet has the distinction of romancing 2 of the 4 Sex And The City ladies, Nixon in MP and Sarah Jessica Parker in 1994's First Born. In checking out Collet's resume, one of the movies that grabbed me was actually his first film, 1983's Sleepaway Camp. I had no idea what I was getting into...
Collet with Sarah Jessica Parker in First Born (1984)
Writer and director Robert Hiltzik's film is crazy. On one hand it is a bit Friday The 13th, but it is so campy, it is almost more a comedy than a horror flick, not that it isn't frightening... The ending has to be one of the creepiest, and by today's standards, offensive reveals of a killer I have seen on film. I won't spoil it for you, but if you really want to know, just image search Sleepaway Camp 1983, and you will see what I mean.
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
I can't say the film wasn't original. The ending was wild and most of the campers and counselors wore their 80's short shorts. It was also fun hearing the voice of James Earl Jones, but then realizing that voice was actually coming from his father, actor Robert Earl Jones who has a small part in the flick.
I didn't include any caps of Collet from the film in this piece. Although Sleepaway Camp marks the actors only nude scene, and although it was just a rear shot in a prank scene with some of the campers, Collet was only 15 at the time of filming. Oh the 80's! There was however, an older set of campers, who had a late night skinny dipping scene worthy of a few caps.
I really enjoyed this film, crazy ending and all. It was a twisted fun ride, that although offensive in many ways, can be excused given it was the early 80's. I had no idea what was coming, so was really surprised (and a wee bit revolted) by the twist ending. I guess that is really the point of a good summer camper horror flick.
