Class of Nuke 'Em High


Trash-movie moguls Lloyd Kauffman and Michael Herz -- the creative team (so to speak) behind distributor Troma Films and makers of The Toxic Avenger -- foist yet another epic of bad taste upon the viewing public with this melding of teenage sex-comedy and slime-oozing monster mayhem, described by the filmmakers as like The Breakfast Club, only not as stupid, and really, really drunk.

The story involves the student body of Tromaville High school, who resemble the usual group of slackers, stoners and surf punks who drift through the halls of academe... except this is Tromaville, and the dilapidated nuclear plant is busily churning out glowing green effluvia next door.

Before long, the kids are glowing in the dark too, riding hell-bent through the hallowed halls on their choppers, shrieking obscene pseudo-songs and giving birth to slimy mutant offspring... pretty much business as usual.

The only way to put this film into any kind of perspective would be to say it's never dull; fans of Troma product (the cinematic equivalent of head cheese) should be delighted. Followed by two sequels, subtitled respectively Subhumanoid Meltdown and The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid.

Director: Samuel Weil, Richard Haines
Cast: Robert Prichard, Janelle Brady, Gilbert Brenton, R.L. Ryan, James Vernon, Brad Dunker, Gary Schneider, Theo Cohan, Gary Rosenblatt, Mary Taylor, Rick Howard, Heather McMahan, Chris McNamee, Anthony Ventola, Arthur Lorenz, Donald O'Toole, Seth Oliver Hawkins, Larae Dean, Reuben Guss, Diana DeVries, Lauraine Austin, Dianna-Jean Flaherty
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