Rush Week

1989

Action / Comedy / Horror / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 12% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 12% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 966 966

college serial killer slasher axe murder

Plot summary

An ambitious young journalist working for her college newspaper becomes intrigued by the recent string of disappearances of several female students, which she believes to be connected to an on-campus murder that happened the previous year during the college's raucous Rush Week.

Director

Bob Bralver Photo
Bob Bralver

Top cast

Dominick Brascia Photo
Dominick Brascia as Peeper
Pamela Ludwig Photo
Pamela Ludwig as Toni Daniels
Todd Eric Andrews Photo
Todd Eric Andrews as Harvan
Laura Burkett Photo
Laura Burkett as Rebecca Winters
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882.21 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.6 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stevieboy666 5 / 10

Low on gore but there's boobs galore!

It is Rush Week at Tambers College and several female students have vanished after posing for topless photos taken by the very suspicious looking kitchen cook. The Principal doesn't seem too concerned and there's not a police officer in sight so it's down to new student Toni Daniels (Pamela Ludwig) to investigate. "This is real life, not some stupid horror movie" says one character at the start, stupid maybe not but certainly not good either. The Golden Age of the Slasher Movie was long dead by 1989 though Jason, Michael and Freddy were still busy slashing teens in their respective franchises. So Rush Week is several years late to the party but for fans of the sub genre it is still a slasher movie that is worth seeing (though maybe just once). There is plenty of female nudity plus a lot of the men show - or "moon" - their bare backsides, however gore is in very short supply. Apart from a fairly decent decapitation all of the other kills are either off-screen or blood free, and this is a real shame because it lets the film down. There are a couple of red herrings but the identity of the killer comes as absolutely no surprise. The acting is pretty good and it does have that wonderful 1980's look, feel and sound, it just lacks the crucial red stuff.
Reviewed by drownsoda90 5 / 10

'80s slasher lite

"Rush Week" follows Toni, a young journalism student at a university where the female coeds seem to be disappearing. As Toni digs deeper, she begins to uncover a common theme running between the women.This late-eighties entry in the slasher cycle is a fairly routine and (unfortunately) also fairly forgettable experience. It boasts all of the hallmarks of the sub-genre: A college campus, rowdy students, sex shenanigans, and a killer dispatching the populace. In some ways, it heavily recalls films like "Girls Nite Out," except it's much less sinister and has only a sliver of the intrigue. What "Rush Week" really lacks is any real bite. There isn't enough suspense established to really keep the audience on their toes, and the stalking and murder scenes play out like something from an "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" episode--that is to say, they are muted, bloodless, and largely unthreatening.The villain here boasts a medieval battle axe as the primary weapon, and dons a black cloak with a plaster mask (harkening to the ritualized rush week theme), and while it sounds like it should appear menacing in theory, it just isn't. Pamela Ludwig makes for a decent lead here, and the finale has the film at its most vital (which unfortunately isn't saying a whole lot) with the hackneyed revelation and unveiling of the killer's motive. For a low-budget effort, you could do worse, but there is an unmistakable blandness to "Rush Week" that black cloaks and fog machines cannot distract from. 5/10.
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