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Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) poster

Class of Nuke 'Em High

dir. Richard W. Haines · 1986

Feature
Environmental Crisis
Mood
Comedic / Dark
Look
vibrant, low-budget aesthetic with campy special effects
Structure
episodic with a series of escalating absurdities
Plot

An accident at a nuclear plant causes a radioactive water leak which ends up gruesomely killing a student at a nearby school after the tainted water reaches the drinking fountain and a gang of students turn into violent psychopaths by the runoff from the plant. Leaves from a radioactive marijuana plant located in the yard of the nuclear plant are smoked by a couple and the mutated drug shows itself to have potent aphrodisiac effects, leading the couple to have sex n later the girl immediately becomes pregnant and spits a little monster into a nearby toilet. The creature travels through the water pipes and lands in a barrel filled with radioactive waste, and mutates into a bigger creature causing mayhem in the school.

Why watch

A radioactive leak from a nearby nuclear plant contaminates the drinking water at a local high school, leading to a series of bizarre and gruesome events. As students transform into violent psychopaths and a couple's encounter with mutated marijuana results in a monstrous pregnancy, the film unfolds with a frenetic energy that blends horror and comedy. Watching it is like being thrust into a wild, chaotic carnival where the grotesque and the absurd collide in a riotous celebration of teenage rebellion and environmental negligence.

Cultural context
1980s nuclear anxietyrise of independent horror-comedyyouth counterculture movements
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