
Scream(1996)
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.


“No one said surviving high school would be easy.”
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?

Donovan Leitch
Brian Woods

Jill Schoelen
Paula Carson

Brad Pitt
Dwight Ingalls

Roddy McDowall
Mr. Dante

Martin Mull
William Carson III

Brenda James
Colleen

Robert Glaudini
Shultz

Dirk Blocker
Coach Harris

Nancy Fish
Mrs. Knocht

Robert Machray
Mr. Conklin
Cutting Class is a horror, comedy, crime, mystery film released in 1989 exploring themes of high school, psychopath, serial killer, slasher, 1980s. Directed by Rospo Pallenberg, it stars Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt. High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?
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