Zombie High

Fun boarding school mystery/horror with a dash of comedy

A girl decides to go to a prep school on a scholarship (Virginia Madsen), which displeases her cool beau (James Wilder). He warns her with rumors of a diabolical covenant the faculty has, but she dismisses it until strange things help her to see otherwise. Sherilyn Fenn plays a student and Richard Cox a sympathetic teacher.

Zombie High (1987) is a mixture of two future movies: Disturbing Behavior (1998) and a little Dead Poets Society (1989) albeit with a wink of humor & camp. Theres also a bit o Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956/1978). The title is somewhat misleading since you wont see a school full of literal zombies, yet its applicable in another way.

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Virginia Madsen plays high school student Andrea, who is awarded a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school originally attended exclusively by boys. Andrea kisses boyfriend Barry (James Wilder) goodbye, and she moves in with wild roommate Suzi (Sherilyn Fenn). Andrea begins seeing a young debonair biology teacher (this is so sci-fi), and he makes a clumsy pass at her. Barry finds out and gets upset...the film takes its time setting up its premise. Eventually, different student friends of Andrea's wind up, well, different. The senator's rebellious son, who wanted to quit the school, suddenly becomes the star pupil. All the boys start dressing alike and reciting facts from books, without showing any emotion or feelings. Andrea finds ou...