Class Reunion

Class Reunion is a 1982 American comedy-horror film about the ten-year reunion of the Lizzie Borden High class of 1972, held in their now-decrepit former school. The festivities are interrupted by Walter Baylor, a former classmate who was driven insane by a cruel prank during his senior year and has escaped from a mental institution. As guests are killed one by one and the exits are blocked, several alumni, among them yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard and Gary Nash, try to work out who is responsible.

The film was directed by Michael Miller and written by John Hughes. It was Miller's second feature, following Silent Rage earlier in 1982, and it precedes the later films Dangerous Passion and Daddy in his directing career. The cast includes Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn, Stephen Furst, Shelley Smith and Michael Lerner, with 28 credited performers in total. It was produced by Matty Simmons for 20th Century Fox and ABC Motion Pictures and runs 84 minutes.

Released on October 29, 1982, the film took about 10 million dollars at the worldwide box office. Audience response has been weak: it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 10 on IMDb from roughly 2,600 votes and 5 out of 10 on TMDB from a much smaller sample. A critics' rating of 2.7 out of 10 from seven reviews places it below even those audience figures.