Is there anything scarier than being a teenager? BD has learned that the Criterion Channel will be launching their 13-film High School Horror collection on September 1!
The streaming service previews, “Relive your high school nightmares with these tales of terror unleashed in classrooms, gyms, locker-lined halls, and cafeterias, where psychotic slashers and supernatural monsters pursue jocks, nerds, and prom queens alike.
“The everyday fears of adolescence—social anxiety! changing bodies!—have inspired some of horror cinema’s most giddily bloodthirsty visions, from VHS-era exploitation shockers like Massacre at Central High and Slumber Party Massacre to ’90s teen-movie touchstones like I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Faculty and cult favorites like Donnie Darko and Battle Royale.”
Of particular note, Dario Argento’s Suspiria will be included in the collection, marking the worldwide streaming premiere of the restored uncut version from Synapse Films!
The full “High School Horror” lineup includes…
- Massacre at Central High, René Daalder, 1976
- Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977
- Prom Night, Paul Lynch, 1980*
- Slumber Party Massacre, Amy Holden Jones, 1982
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, David Lynch, 1992
- The Craft, Andrew Fleming, 1996
- I Know What You Did Last Summer, Jim Gillespie, 1997
- The Faculty, Robert Rodriguez, 1998*
- Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku, 2000
- Ginger Snaps, John Fawcett, 2000
- Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001
- Battle Royale II: Requiem, Kinji Fukasaku and Kenta Fukasaku, 2003
- Unfriended, Levan Gabriadze, 2014* (premieres October 16)
*Available in the U.S. only
Watch the trailer below and subscribe to the Criterion Channel today.
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements.
No matter the medium-from laserdisc to DVD and Blu-ray to streaming on the Criterion Channel-Criterion has maintained its pioneering commitment to presenting each film as its maker would want it seen, in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer’s appreciation of the art of film.
High School Horror — Criterion Channel Teaser from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.
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