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In Boston, a young female teacher’s aide is found decapitated in a playground, her head discarded in a nearby bucket. Bearing striking similarities to a murder that took place the week before, Harvard-educated Lieutenant Judd Austin is brought onto the case, who quickly establishes that the latest victim had been enrolled in evening classes at Wendell College, a local girls' school. As suspicions fall on anthropology professor Vincent Millett — whose extra-curricular liaisons with his students are well-known — the black motorcycle helmet-wearing, Gurkha blade-wielding killer strikes again and again, each time decapitating a young woman connected with the school and disposing of the head in water. Can Lieutenant Austin unmask the maniac before the entire female student body loses their heads?
A superlative slasher hailing from the golden age of the slice-and-dice boom, 1981’s NIGHT SCHOOL was the final film from celebrated English director Ken Hughes (Casino Royale, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and the feature debut of Golden Globe-nominated actress Rachel Ward (The Final Terror, Fortress). Boasting cinematography from David Cronenberg regular Mark Irwin (Videodrome, The Fly) and a score by Brad Fiedel (The Terminator, Fright Night), NIGHT SCHOOL was branded a “video nasty” in the UK and censored due to its scenes of shocking violence. Now newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and loaded with brand new bonus features, Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to unveil this slasher classic on UHD for the first time ever in an edition that goes straight to the top of the class!
directed by: Ken Hughes
starring: Rachel Ward, Leonard Mann, Joseph R. Sicari, Drew Snyder
1981 / 89 min / 1.85:1 / English Mono
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Overall rating: 4.9310346 / 5 from 29 reviews.
Night School, a classic 1981 slasher film directed by Ken Hughes, is now available in a newly restored 4K edition. Customers praise the excellent release, fantastic slipcover, and great bonus features. The movie itself is highly acclaimed, making this a must-have for horror enthusiasts.
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"I don't remember ever seeing this one before so was excited to pick it up when I saw this release and very glad I did. What a great giallo style slasher flick! Girls at a college are showing up decapitated with heads dunked in random water locations and everyone suspects the professor who seems to be sleazing it up with all the young ladies or the local peeping Tom weirdo but the ending sure did throw me for a surprise! Thank you VS- keep em coming!"
"Great slasher movie from the early 80s. Tension, good killer reveal, and characters you are interested in. Great transfer and extras."
"Wow. I never thought I'd see a 4k transfer of this. Great kills and great extras on this release."
"Night School is a nice mishmash of a slasher-giallo and quite entertaining. I remember first seeing this on Ch. 17 from Philadelphia decades ago (of course highly censored). It was a great revisit and has really good extras. Recommended."
"Well what can I say, this release by Vinegar Syndrome really blew me away! This film has NEVER looked so good, the 4K restoration is outstanding, the colours were so vibrant (you notice this immediately from the opening scene on the roundabout."
"An excellent slasher now available in a magnificent release with great bonus features and a fantastic slipcover."
"Night School is a 80's Slasher Gem Seen this on Vhs back in the mid 80s Vinegar Syndrome did an Amazing Job on this release 4k Transfer is Mind Blowing . Extras are Great Thanks Vinegar Syndrome for releasing this 80s Horror Gem. Fingers Crossed we get a 4K Release of WOLFEN."
"I've always wanted to see this movie and thanks to VS I filly did. I enjoyed this movie, very fun! I was shocked to find out that the director also directed Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang lol"
"Always love when VS releases these old 80's horror movies. This one was a blast from the past for sure! The film itself looks great and there were tons of cool extras. Glad I picked this one up!"
"Massive step above previous archive release all around. . amazing transfer awesome packaging and filmed with extras couldn’t have asked for more!"
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