Hell High (aka Real Trouble)

Hell High (aka Real Trouble)

1989 • United States • Directed by Douglas Grossman

Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Class of 1984 meets I Spit on Your Grave!

When high school football hero Jon-Jon (Breaking Bad’s Christopher Cousins) quits the team, he winds up falling in with a group of outcasts led by the sadistic Dickens (played to unhinged perfection by the late Christopher Stryker). With a willing new recruit in tow, the gang’s youthful hijinks soon spiral into a night of abject horror when they decide to play a cruel prank on the home of their teacher Miss Storm – who, unbeknownst to the youngsters, harbors a dark and tormented past.

Hell High – which was released in some international territories as Raging Fury – is a singular entry in the late ’80s horror canon, melding elements of the revenge movie with the trappings of the slasher genre to delirious effect. School’s out… forever!

Hell High (aka Real Trouble)
  • Hell High (aka Real Trouble)

    1989 • United States • Directed by Douglas Grossman

    Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Class of 1984 meets I Spit on Your Grave!

    When high school football hero Jon-Jon (Breakin...

Extras

  • Hell High (Audio-commentary with D. Grossman and S. Fierberg)

    1989 • United States • Directed by Douglas Grossman

    Audio-commentary with Director Douglas Grossman and Cinematographer Steven Fierberg.

    Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Clas...

  • School's Out!

    School’s Out! – a newly-filmed interview with director/producer/co-writer Douglas Grossman

  • A Beautiful Nightmare

    A Beautiful Nightmare – a newly-filmed interview with cinematographer Steven Fierberg

  • Jon-Jon's Journey

    Jon-Jon’s Journey – a newly-filmed interview with actor Christopher Cousins

  • The More the Better

    The More the Better – a newly-filmed interview with actress Maureen Mooney

  • Music is Not Sound

    Music is Not Sound – a newly-filmed interview with composers Rich Macar and Christopher Hyams-Hart

  • Back to Schools: The Locations of Hell High

    Back to Schools: The Locations of Hell High – a tour of the original Hell High filming sites with author/filmmaker Michael Gingold