What's going on...at Nuke 'em High?

It's been a number of years since I had last seen the original Class of Nuke 'em High, but I watched it three times in the past week, because my wife fell asleep the first two times, and she wanted to finish it.

I now feel a greater appreciation for it than ever before. Of course it will always live in the Toxic Avenger's shadow, but I think it's a minor classic in its own right.

First of all, the soundtrack fucking rocks. And the monster actually looks really cool. It helps that you never really get that great of a look at it.

And of course The Cretins are fun. They're over the top ridiculous, as any badass gang in an 80s movie should be. I like that they each have their own unique look and personality. One of them is just a normal looking guy with tits (gender bending was about as outrageous as you could get at the time). I really like the girl Cretin, Muffey, who seems to be fucking all the other Cretins. She has my favorite line in the movie. "God bless America, limp dick!" Her perfect delivery is what really sells it.

And I like Warren's idiot friends, Eddie and Greg, who would be right at home in any of the millions of sex comedies that came out in the 80s.

Oh and Chrissy is so incredibly fucking hot. I remember when I first saw it thinking her nipples were really weird. I was very young and very stupid.

It does have a fair amount of plot holes, and a lot of funny sounding ADR lines but as Eddie said about the radiation in the school, "Who gives a shit?!"