Movie Review – “Class of Nuke Em High”
Troma is known for many things. Making Academy Award worthy films is not one of them. That being said, their films cannot be taken too seriously. When watching a Troma film you pretty much know what you’re in for and if you don’t, you’re in for a world of hurt.
The plot in a nutshell: Radioactive water leaks from a nuclear power plant and contaminates a near-by school. All the kids from the honor society have turned into total punk assholes. They’re called the “Kreatens” and they go around harassing all the other students. The Kreatens sell pot to the kids throughout school, but there’s a catch: the pot has been growing at the power plant.
The two main characters are Chrissy and Warren. Their school days consist of cuddling, hanging out with friends and dodging The Kreatens. They’ve been dating for a while but haven’t had sex yet. Some friends buy the radiation-bathed marijuana and both Chrissy and Warren smoke it. BIG MISTAKE. (Not the pot smoking part. Just the fact that the pot is covered in radiation). They get stoned and super horny and they end up losing their virginity together. Yes, Chrissy gets pregnant!!! And Warren has a 12-foot erection!!! Disturbingly amazing.
Chrissy’s unborn child is really a monstrous, grotesque creature from hell. During this time Warren mutates into a smashingly strong super hero mutant thing. He goes around town, kicking the piss out of The Kreatens.
Anyway. The editing sucks, the continuity is terrible, the dialogue is juvenile and the acting is crappy. But there is nudity, drug use, monsters, blood, guts and terrible special effects. Let’s not forget about the awesome 80’s crap rock that is sprinkled throughout the film. A good movie to watch after a night of Binge drinking, maybe smoke some pot (no radiation) and your golden.
3 Headstones out of 5
December 29th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Great review… I was present for part of the filming of this flick when I was in high school (the bake sale scene, which was shot in the parking lot of the Annunciation Church school in Paramus, NJ)… have never been able to find myself in the crowd when I\’ve seen the movie though… maybe I oughta look up a wide screen DVD and watch that bit frame by frame, haha. I must be in that mess somewhere!!