Final Exam (1981) by Jimmy Huston
Well, they can't be all "winners".
Another film I have had lying around in my watchlist for years now, and sadly one that turned out to be a complete waste of time.
Speaking of "milking or cashing" in on the slasher craze of the 80s, this has to be one of the dullest and most forgettable titles of that classic slasher year, as it seems like the director originally made a rather "normal" teen movie, almost a drama rather than a horror film, then realized what was going on and how much money you could make by having a bit of luck and success with making a slasher movie, so sudden changes were done in the last few minutes.
Just throw in some "random" kills, hire in some "menacing" chubby guy from the street with a bad haircut and call it a day!
Damn, this one felt like it was never gonna end, even when I began skipping forward, it felt like time stood still.
Where
The Mutilator aka Fall Break succeeded in being enjoyable thanks to a bit of charm and goofy plot/characters, the stuff going on and the people you meet in Final Exam is just one huge sleeping pill. As for those expecting lots of kills, naked chicks and so on, well, this is surely not the movie to see.
However, there is a bit cool atmosphere going on, and I liked the locations and the whole school property, sadly the plot and everything else was a big letdown.
I do not think it was a very bad movie, just a incredibly boring one, and with no really enjoyable or interesting characters either in sight, so I cannot give it positive rating and end up with:
4/10