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Massacre at Central High (released as Blackboard Massacre in the UK) is a 1976 American thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens.
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A high-school transfer student pushed to the edge by a trio of brutal bullies resorts to murder to reclaim the school from oppression, and later turns against the students wanting to fill the vacuum of their oppressors.
Aug 20, 2008 · Despite its title, Massacre at Central High (1976) is a politically-charged horror/action examination of modern-day high school life and not a slasher film; in fact, it predates that popular craze by at least two years.
The plot deals with a lanky, odd-looking kid who's transferred to a new school where a former friend (Andrew Stevens, of "The Fury") happens to be attending; he's disgusted with the way a gang of bullies prey on the weak, and starts eliminating the gang, one person at a time.
A handful of wannabe toughs reign in terror at a SoCal high school. When a new kid shows up (Derrel Maury) he decides not to take their sheet. You would think this would be a good thing for the other students.
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student (Derrel Maury) engineers acts of revenge.
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Massacre at Central High. A high school transfer student, pushed to the edge by a trio of brutal bullies, resorts to murder to reclaim the school from oppression, and later turns against the students wanting to fill the vacuum of their oppressors.
When David arrives at Central High, he discovers it is lorded over by a gang of bullies who rule through intimidation and violence. David's friend Mark encourages him to join this dominant clique, but instead David stands up for their victims, and the gang cripples him in retaliation.
Massacre at Central High is about a morally-driven homicidal psychopath domestic terrorist who is kind of the good guy. It asks deep questions about humanity and about how the hero can become the villain, the underprivileged can become the privileged and how the haves will always bully the have-nots, even if who fills those roles is fluid.
