Horror High (1973)

From bottom of the barrel Crown International Pictures comes Horror High. Horror High features child actor Pat Cardi in his final onscreen role, though he is still around and directing. Cardi is Vernon Potts, he's a science nerd and almost everyone at his high school, including some of the teachers, are horrible to him. One of the people who isn't horrible to him is Robin Jones, a comely lass who looks like a red-headed Jane Curtin and is played by Rosie Holotik, whose like 28 but playing 16. Vernon invents a 'Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde' formula and after the mean old janitor kills his guinea pig 'Mr. Mumps' its revenge time, and Vernon goes on to kill four people in as many days. Austin Stoker plays Lieutenant Bozeman, he's the lead detective on the case and he's black which is progressive for the early 70's, and while I liked him he should have locked down that dang school and brought more then two officers with him. This movie was filmed on a shoestring which strains credulity of the story a little bit (as if the secret formula doesn't already) because this school should have been a media circus, but they didn't have the money for sufficient extras. However this is a fun bad movie with an unexpected hokey charm amid the murders. **1/2