Fear Flashbacks! – Chainsaw and Dave cut ’em up in SUMMER SCHOOL (1987)

This is for the veteran horror fans out there. You know who you are.

Yeah, you know me pretty well by now, and so I’ll admit I probably watched this for Kirstie Alley (who was just entering into that late 30’s sexual peak women supposedly hit around that time).

Despite Kirstie’s demure presence, the real stars of the film were Chainsaw and Dave! Played with geeky zest by Dean Cameron and Gary Riley, respectively, Chainsaw and Dave were perfect mirrors of 1980s teenage horror fans, blindly devoted to gore effects and obsessed with films like THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, which they actually get to watch in class one day.

With effects from an uncredited Rick Baker, Carl Reiner’s SUMMER SCHOOL was a rare mainstream movie that trumpeted horror fans in a comedy forum. The film has been pretty much lost to time in the wake of so many zany comedies over the past 35+ years, but if you want to have some messy fun and revel in 80s horror fanboy shtick, SUMMER SCHOOL is a good place to start your education.

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