Final Exam (film)
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| Directed by | Jimmy Huston |
| Produced by | James McNamara Perry Katz |
| Written by | Jimmy Huston |
| Starring | Cecile Bagdadi Joel S. Rice DeAnna Robbins Sherry Willis-Burch Ralph Brown John Fallon Timothy Raynor |
| Music by | Gary S. Scott |
| Cinematography | Darrell Catchart |
| Edited by | John A. O'Connor |
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Avco Embassy Pictures Motion Picture Marketing |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $53,000 |
| Box office | Unknown |
Final Exam is an 1981 American slasher film written and directed by Jimmy Huston and starring Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice & Timothy L. Raynor. The plot follows a killer stalking the remaining group of students left on a college campus days before the university's summer vacation.
The film is notable for focusing on establishing its characters and solid pacing. Upon its limited release, the film was panned by critics. Despite this, the film has gained a small cult following and was released to DVD for the first time in 2008. It is also referenced in Scream 2 along with other college themed slasher films such as: The House on Sorority Row, Graduation Day, The Dorm That Dripped Blood and Splatter University. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
Late at night, two college students (Carol Capka and Shannon Norfleet) are kissing in a parked convertible. Ignoring the girl's frequent objections, her boyfriend pushes on. Outside, an unknown killer attacks and cuts through the car's roof with a kitchen knife. Soon, the boyfriend is grabbed by the killer and is stabbed on the car's hood while the girlfriend screams hysterically.
Lanier College is nearing the end of a final exam week. To assist certain members pass a chemistry final, a fraternity fakes a mass shooting as a distraction. The students prepare for their tests as well as the coming vacation break, while unbeknownst that the killer is stalking them. Courtney (Cecile Bagdadi) is completing her exams and is studying hard; averse to hitting the books, her roommate Lisa (DeAnna Robbins) is busy packing and getting back to the city. Meanwhile, Gamma Delta fraternity pledge Gary (Terry W. Farren) is suffered from a prank where he is tied up against a tree until nightfall, but the killer soon murders him after untying him. His girlfriend Janet ( (Sherry Willis-Burch) comes to find Gary before she is attacked and killed off-screen by the murderer.
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