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Old 08-27-10, 12:22 AM
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Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

Can you guys recommend me some horror movies that take place in a high school/college or on an island? I know this is an odd question, but I have always found these environments interesting to horror.

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Island: A Perfect Getaway
School/College: Cry Wolf
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

The movie "April Fools Day" is a bunch of college kids on an island.

Island: Shock Waves, Zombi, April Fools Day

High School/College - there's a whole lot,
High School: Horror High, Return to Horror High (not a sequel) Prom Night (and it's sequels), Student Bodies to name a few
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High school/college: Urban Legend, Splatter University, Cutting Class, Pieces, Scream 2, Night of the Creeps, Black Christmas (original and remake), Pulse.

Island: House of the Dead, Club Dread, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

High School: The Faculty is the first one that comes to mind.
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

Anatomy takes place in a German medical school.
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

The Island of Dr. Moreau
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
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Does Carrie count?

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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

Island:

American Gothic
Anthropophagus
Survival of the Dead
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Island: Shutter Island
College: Asylum
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

High School: Scream

College: Scream 2

Island: Zombi 2
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

More good island horror: The Wicker Man (go with the original, though both take place on an island), Island of Terror (Peter Cushing versus creepy bone-sucking mutants!), Horror on Snape Island (AKA Tower of Evil - early 70s slasher). If you want something less known, Dark Waters (1993 Mariano Baino movie) is pretty good - if you don't mind a bit of supernatural Nunsploitation. The island locale features prominently in all of these.

There are countless numbers of horror movies set at schools. The most recent one I saw was a Danish sci-fi/horror/comedy called The Substitute (maybe a little unusual in that it was set at a grade school). I liked it, though it was less of a horror movie than the cover implied (I thought it was closer in tone to The Goonies than stuff like Scream or The Faculty).
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Island:

Who Can Kill a Child?
The Pack
Bloody New Year
Battle Royale - if you consider it horror.
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
The Slayer
Island of Lost Souls
The Most Dangerous Game
The Flesh Eaters
Doomwatch
The Breed
Humongous
Death Warmed Up
Island Claws
Killdozer
Bay Cove
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Island: The Killer Shrews

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Island of Death

Nightmare On Elm Street 1,2, remake (maybe some of the other ones)
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

college:
Creepshow (The Crate)
Monster On the Campus
The Mummy's Ghost

Island:
Horror Island (1941)
The Island (1980)
Jurassic Park + sequels
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Scooby-Doo (2002)
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Can anyone help me name this film? It is about a bunch of losers at school who dress up in costumes and get revenge on the people who tormented them. I believe it is a fairly recent movie and I remember hearing about it a while ago, but can't remember what the title is. It is really bugging me. I remember most people not liking it, but I want to decide for myself. Thanks.
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

Island: House of the Dead (huh?)
College: House of the Dead 2 (huh 2?)
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

How did you guys miss such a classic as Piņata: Survival Island? Shame on you.
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Originally Posted by UltimateX1
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Can anyone help me name this film? It is about a bunch of losers at school who dress up in costumes and get revenge on the people who tormented them. I believe it is a fairly recent movie and I remember hearing about it a while ago, but can't remember what the title is. It is really bugging me. I remember most people not liking it, but I want to decide for myself. Thanks.
The Final perhaps? It's part of the After Dark Horrorfest.
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Re: Horror movies that take place in school/college or on an island?

island - Island of Lost Souls, Horrors of Spider Island

school- Slaughter High, Graduation Day, What Have you Done to Solange?, Night School

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