Class of Nuke 'Em High

Class of Nuke 'Em High: 1986


When it comes to B-Movie gold you can turn to TROMA for it. Say what you want about their movies but most of them are pretty great. This one in particular is great and for once had pretty decent reviews. Class of Nuke 'Em High is that gem of a film that offers all your basics in a high school film.....a love story, a gang, drug use, sex, violence and a cautionary tale. So sit back and relive your high school days if you lived near nuclear power.

Class of Nuke 'Em High is the story of a high school built near a nuclear power plant. Tromaville is known for its nuclear power and if youve seen enough TROMA films you would know this is a terrible place to live. But the townspeople dont seem to mind the fact that this power plant is screwing up their children, typical American parents. How can a tiny nuclear power plant be messing up this towns teens? Turns out the honor society is now a vicious motorcycle gang. There is also a love story between two typical white blonde hair teens who get high off nuclear marijuana, have crazy sex, hallucinate, turn into monsters for a brief period of time, gives birth to a monster that winds up destroying the school and have things go back to normal...typical high school stuff.

This movie has a plus and a minus, The plus being the honor society. It's a really sweet concept to have the schools brightest students becoming violent and drug selling. Also the costumes were of course awesome 80s style which no one can resist. The minus is the huge plot holes with the honor society. One being that its never explained why and how these teens were turned into a biker gang, And this one teen boy has breast but none of the other gang members have any deformities. But one can ignore the plot holes and enjoy the film for what it is. I applaud the fact that this movie is kind of a cautionary tale, cautionary being dont do drugs and have sex or you will give birth to a monster. And dont build nuclear power plants in small towns because it will fuck up your children and you wont gain profit from it.

A final note being that the theme song and soundtrack is awesomely 80s which as mentioned before no one can resist. Class of Nuke 'Em High is a really good time to watch. If you're looking for a fun movie to watch that has a lot of thought put into it but doesn't seem like it does then this is the right movie for you. It's your typical high school film but better.