Class of Nuke 'Em High
Class of Nuke 'Em High (also known as Atomic High School) is a 1986 American science-fiction horror comedy film produced and distributed by Troma Entertainment. Directed by Richard W. Haines and Lloyd Kaufman (the latter under the pseudonym "Samuel Weil"), the film follows a high school impacted by radioactive drugs obtained from a nearby nuclear power plant.
Plot
Tromaville High School in New Jersey is located next to a nuclear power plant. A nuclear accident at the power plant is covered up by plant owner, Mr. Paley, who does not want the facility shut down by the safety commission. The accident causes a radioactive water leak which ends up gruesomely killing a student at the school after the tainted water reaches the drinking fountain. The gang of the school, called "The Cretins," who were originally part of the honor society, torments the school, and it is implied that they have been turned into violent psychopaths by the runoff from the plant. They pick leaves from a radioactive marijuana plant located in the yard of the nuclear plant and sell it to Eddie for $10.
More details
author | Lloyd Kaufman Richard W. Haines |
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contentLocation | New Jersey |
director | Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz Richard W. Haines |
editor | Richard W. Haines |
genre | comedy horror science fiction |
keywords | aphrodisiac begin build disturb drink expel fade freeze frame hear honor society kill marijuana morning mutate no memory nuclear accident nuclear power plant power plant principal psychopath radioactive waste smoke torture water leak |
producer | James Treadwell Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz |
productionCompany | Troma Entertainment |
publisher | Troma Entertainment |
recordedAt | New Jersey |
theme | beach party comedy horror high school horror comedy independent science fiction horror splatter stoner |