Final Exam is a slasher that makes the grade
I have an affinity toward the slasher film Final Exam (1981) because I discovered it during my second year as a student in business school. During the week of final exams, I would watch the trailer on YouTube late at night after a long evening of studying. The trailer had me convinced that the movie was a genuinely involving horror thriller with a unique college campus, likeable characters, and a mysterious killer. One line of the voice over is “He’s come back!” Perhaps this was a marketing ploy to capitalize on the success of Friday the 13 th (1980) and lure viewers by suggesting a connection to Jason Voorhees. I wanted to be able to watch the film, but it was obscure and hard to find. Naturally, I was very excited years later when I learned that Final Exam was being released on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory. Friday the 13 th is a very popular slasher from the early ‘80s, but similar films released during that time were better. Even though it was an independent film, Frida