Graduation Day

Having a slasher flick starring Vanna White is definitely a means of pulling curious horror fans into wanting to see what she could possibly do in that type of setting-particularly because all she really has been known for is the main woman on the game show Wheel Of Fortune for as long as anyone can remember. Her character is pretty minor in all honesty as really the main focus of Graduation Day is Patch Mackenzie and Christopher George, and the way this film flows really makes you bounce around about who is killing everyone on the track team throughout. This picture is loaded with red herrings and you can never really fully figure out who is doing the killing until the very end, and it's actually someone you wouldn't expect. Probably my favorite aspect about the kills themselves is that the person doing it has a stop watch and sets it for thirty seconds each time someone is going to die, because at the beginning a runner on the track team named Laura suddenly dies once she wins a thirty second, 200 meter race. So it could be anyone-the coach, Laura's sister, Kevin (Laura's boyfriend) and other various characters sprinkled within to make you zits and zombies scratch your head to put it together and find out who's doing it. That's really part of the fun in Graduation Day (apart from the cheesy campiness of the dialogue and acting) as well as how creative some of the kills themselves end up being, and I was presently surprised and satisfied with this entry at the end. Even though I do wish that Vanna White had a bigger part to make it just that much more of a novelty, she's still better off spinning vowels with Pat Sajak than starring in a slasher outing. 

This is the most 80's high school sports montage's ever cut together.

  Yeah, Laura! Thirty seconds!

Hey fat-ass, besides being to aggressive with the lady there, how about buying some shirts that actually fit. That looks like one you kept from fifth grade or something.

Why can't all chicks that go jogging have some metal in their headphones?

Should have stayed in Guam.

The feedback on your mic is terrible good sir.

No, Kevin's not beautiful-you are Ms. Ramstead.

I don't know what's going on here, but I think the coach is getting a little to excited about Sally being on those gymnastics bars.

Alright-I guess teachers have been banging their students longer than I realized.

"George Michael's wood working"? Now that's funny. 

 Once the moon rises and the sun sets, Graduation Day is a fantastic slasher film. It fits perfectly from the era it was born from, and boasts perfect pacing, kills that couldn't have been better within the context and a hefty "whodunit" layer because of all the red herrings it offers. Zits and zombies, if somehow you let this one pass you up after all these years like I did (unfortunately) go back to high school and re-live Graduation Day all over again. Just skip the four main years, buy a stop watch and start picking off the people on the track team one by one-just don't make it a sequel. No one has time for that non-sense.