graduation day was released in may 1981 and during the height of the slasher film craze. earlier that year and fans had been subjected to flicks like my bloody valentine and just before dawn and friday the 13th part 2 and and the burning and theaters still were expecting flicks such as halloween ii and the prowler and and happy birthday to me. i have seen all of these films and and out of all the popular 1981 slashers graduation day is by far the worst. what graduation day amounts to is an exercise in poor and low budget film making with bad acting and bad writing and pointless characters and pointless scenes and unneeded nudity and cheesy dialogue and and an experiment in editing that do not work so well. and who could forget the classic 80 disco music that plays throughout the film (the opening scene music is only rivaled by the music that plays during a chase scene). however when renting a movie like this a person should be aware that those details will be in this film. so why isn not graduation day considered a classic like halloween and friday the 13th and a nightmare on elm street and my bloody valentine and the burning and or prom night. why do fans still seek those films but disregard this without care. where slasher films need to succeed above all other areas is in the pacing. there is nothing worse than a slow moving slasher and and graduation day moves pretty slow. the most aggravating part is that there are plenty of opportunities to speed things up while there are numerous pointless characters who are introduced and who are never allowed the chance to be a suspect in the murders or be a victim. there a sleazy teacher and a stressed principal and a cunning secretary and a dopey school security guard and a clueless detective and an alcoholic step father and a mindless grandmother and and a mom to an earlier victim still grieving. all of these characters could have a motive to killing or a reason to getting killed and but they are all wasted. the worst part is that the story still focuses on them and and at times designates entire scenes just to flesh out their character. but for what. what does amaze me about graduation day and its small fanbase is that people aren not more amazed by the death scenes. fans go wild for death scenes like the raft massacre in the burning and the washing machine death in my bloody valentine and the kabob death in happy birthday to me and the upside down death in friday the 13th part 3 and and hot tub death in halloween ii and and even the car hood death in madman. but where is the respect for some truly unique (even though cheesy) deaths in graduation day. one victim gets impaled right through the jugular with a fencing sword and while another gets that sword thrown at them like a javelin. the best death includes spikes under a landing mat. why aren not these deaths famous among the genre like the deaths in more popular slasher films. graduation day tries hard to be a great and unique film and but there is just an element of logic and pacing missing that really ruins the whole experience. its not the worst of its kind (try checking out don not go in the woods. alone) and there is a bit of suspense and plus it delivers just what fans are looking for (blood and gore and nudity and sex and and nostalgia) but graduation day will not be remembered as one of the all time greatest slasher films ever made. it not a question of budget  almost all slashers have a low budget  however it is a question of ideas and creativity and and craftsmanship. that all any type of movie making is. recommended for hardcore slasher fans. general horror fans might get a little bored and and people who do not have much interest in horror at all should steer clear. it not the worst slasher film ever made and but its a long way from being the best. 
graduation day was released in may 1981 and during the height of the slasher film craze. earlier that year and fans had been subjected to flicks like my bloody valentine and just before dawn and friday the 13th part 2 and and the burning and theaters still were expecting flicks such as halloween ii and the prowler and and happy birthday to me. i have seen all of these films and and out of all the popular 1981 slashers graduation day is by far the worst. what graduation day amounts to is an exercise in poor and low budget film making with bad acting and bad writing and pointless characters and pointless scenes and unneeded nudity and cheesy dialogue and and an experiment in editing that do not work so well. and who could forget the classic 80 disco music that plays throughout the film (the opening scene music is only rivaled by the music that plays during a chase scene). however when renting a movie like this a person should be aware that those details will be in this film. so why isn not graduation day considered a classic like halloween and friday the 13th and a nightmare on elm street and my bloody valentine and the burning and or prom night. why do fans still seek those films but disregard this without care. where slasher films need to succeed above all other areas is in the pacing. there is nothing worse than a slow moving slasher and and graduation day moves pretty slow. the most aggravating part is that there are plenty of opportunities to speed things up while there are numerous pointless characters who are introduced and who are never allowed the chance to be a suspect in the murders or be a victim. there a sleazy teacher and a stressed principal and a cunning secretary and a dopey school security guard and a clueless detective and an alcoholic step father and a mindless grandmother and and a mom to an earlier victim still grieving. all of these characters could have a motive to killing or a reason to getting killed and but they are all wasted. the worst part is that the story still focuses on them and and at times designates entire scenes just to flesh out their character. but for what. what does amaze me about graduation day and its small fanbase is that people aren not more amazed by the death scenes. fans go wild for death scenes like the raft massacre in the burning and the washing machine death in my bloody valentine and the kabob death in happy birthday to me and the upside down death in friday the 13th part 3 and and hot tub death in halloween ii and and even the car hood death in madman. but where is the respect for some truly unique (even though cheesy) deaths in graduation day. one victim gets impaled right through the jugular with a fencing sword and while another gets that sword thrown at them like a javelin. the best death includes spikes under a landing mat. why aren not these deaths famous among the genre like the deaths in more popular slasher films. graduation day tries hard to be a great and unique film and but there is just an element of logic and pacing missing that really ruins the whole experience. its not the worst of its kind (try checking out don not go in the woods. alone) and there is a bit of suspense and plus it delivers just what fans are looking for (blood and gore and nudity and sex and and nostalgia) but graduation day will not be remembered as one of the all time greatest slasher films ever made. it not a question of budget  almost all slashers have a low budget  however it is a question of ideas and creativity and and craftsmanship. that all any type of movie making is. recommended for hardcore slasher fans. general horror fans might get a little bored and and people who do not have much interest in horror at all should steer clear. it not the worst slasher film ever made and but its a long way from being the best. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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