Student Bodies
At last the world's first comedy horror movie.
1981 | 86m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Mickey Rose |
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| Writer: | Mickey Rose |
| Staring: |
| This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 07, 1981 |
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| Director: | Mickey Rose |
| Writer: | Mickey Rose |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror |
| Keywords | countdown, parody, serial killer, slasher, horror spoof, rubber chicken, lurker |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,165,432
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kristen Riter | Toby Badger |
| Matthew Goldsby | Hardy |
| Joe Flood | Mr. Dumpkin |
| Mimi Weddell | Miss Mumsley |
| Joe Talarowski | Principal Peters |
| Carl Jacobs | Dr. Sigmund |
| Oscar James | Football Coach |
| Robyn Flanery | Joan |
| Janice E. O'Malley | Nurse Krud |
| Peggy Cooper | Ms. Van Dyke |
| Kevin Mannis | Scott |
| Sara Eckhardt | Patti |
| Brian Batytis | Wheels |
| Cullen G. Chambers | Charles Ray |
| Joan Browning Jacobs | Mrs. Hummers |
| Angela Bressler | Julie |
| Kay Ogden | Ms. Leclair |
| Douglas Cotner | Mr. Hummers |
| Charles L. Trotter | Announcer |
| Jonathan Walling | Al |
| Keith Singleton | Charlie |
| Dario O. Jones | Mawamba |
| Thomas D. Cannon II | Ralph |
| Tammie M. Tignor | Dagmar |
| Anita Taylor | Bertha |
| Jack Armstrong | Joe |
| Brenda Maduzia | Punker |
| Dorothy Rich | Mrs. Peters |
| Anne Bell | Teacher |
| Kathryn Reve Doster | Sue |
| Janice Elaine Berridge | Student |
| Jerry Belson | The Breather |
| Lauren Ritchie | Student |
| The Stick | Malvert the Janitor |
| Jennifer Kliesing | Girl on Parade Float |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rose | Director, Screenplay |
| Ruth Hope | Editor |
| Robert Ebinger | Director of Photography |
| Kristin Nelson | Costume Design |
| Gene Hobson | Music |
| Donald B. Nunley | Production Design |
| Lynn Wolverton-Parker | Makeup Artist |
| David Sanders | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gary Chason | Casting Director |
| Jamie Barber | Makeup Artist |
| Fred Berner | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerry Belson | Executive Producer |
| Michael Ritchie | Producer |
| Melvin Shapiro | Associate Producer |
| Harvey Miller | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 879 | 890 |
**_Spoof of early slashers_** A heavy breather is murdering teens from a high school in southeast Texas, usually while they’re engaging in sex. "Student Bodies" (1981) satirizes slasher flicks like “Halloween” and “Friday the 13th” with a high school milieu of baby sitters getting strange call ... s, funerals, classes, teachers, football games, parades, proms and the like. It starts out amusing enough with decent goofy humor, but as it progresses there’s too much tastelessness, which is simply offensive or eye-rolling and not actually funny. Still, there are some highlights if you’re in the mood for a moderately amusing throwaway flick. The film runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot in Katy, Texas, a town just west of Houston. GRADE: C-/C