I broke down and watched Massacre at Central High. The new kid starts killing the wealthy proto-frat-boy bullies terrorizing the school, which was okay with me, especially after the attempted rape. He starts out making everything look like an accident, but it picks up later. Realistically, it would have been better if he had just convinced everyone to press charges.
It was very cheap. Roger Ebert was the one critic who liked it. There were no adults in it until the very end and most of them were dancing at a reunion-like event.
Directed by a guy from Holland. I once saw a French movie about high school and there was a pitcher of milk sitting on each table in the school cafeteria. In this movie, there was a large bowl of fruit on an outdoor table during lunch, so that may have been a Dutch thing.
Available on The Criterion Channel.
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