Laura Ramstead is only days away from graduating high school, she and the rest of the 1981 class of Midvale High have their whole lives in front of them. But during the last track meet of the year Laura will tragically die of a heart attack during a hundred-meter race. The rest of her life lost in a mere thirty seconds. Although her death is caused by a heart attack, her family and close friends believe that something or someone was actually behind her death. One year later to the day of Laura's death, Midvale High School will be plagued by a bizarre series or murders that all seem to have one thing in common, Laura Ramstead. Is it vengeance from the grave? Or vengeance from another's grief stricken heart? You'll only know if you can survive Graduation Day!

Yeah I know that was a lengthy intro for a teen slasher flick, but hey what can I say I have a flair for the dramatic, but in truth Graduation Day is your standard 80's slasher flick with plenty of blood and T&A to enjoy, but it also has something a little different.

Aside from the entire "horror movie" cliché plot, Graduation Day does have a pretty damn good ending that is both very dark and quite surprising, which makes the film a little better than you might expect.

Graduation Day surprised me with it's plot twists, and by the end I was quite surprised at who the killer was, and I have to say it's done very well and the ending may be on par with say, Sleepaway Camp as far as pure shock value goes.

This film does have it's share of flaws as well. I love the fact that at Midvale High all sports are still going on one day away from graduation and you also have to wonder if Laura was the smartest kid at Midvale, because all of her class mates must of had to repeat their senior year, in order for the revenge to be dished out.

But I can let that part go, because it only gave the girls another year to mature and ripen for the shower room scene, yeah baby! Anytime I can see some teen T&A I'm a pretty happy pervert, but when it is a very young Linnea Quigley and Vanna White, I'm even more happy.

But the worst part about this flick, and I mean WORST, is during the graduation day dance, the band Felony gets to perform their entire song "Gangster Love", my ears and soul still ache. Dear lord is it terrible, but at the same time it's funny as hell! One of those things that just stick with you after you watch it.

All and all this was a pretty good flick, very routine and quite under whelming until the ending, which I really feel makes Graduation Day a pretty good flick if not a really underrated one. Definitely worth a look.

7 of 10