School Spirit (1985)

"Billy Batson is a walking plague." - President Grimshaw

A guy uses his ghostly powers to get closer to chicks.
Starring: Tom Nolan, Elizabeth Foxx, Larry Linville, Daniele Arnaud, John Finnegan

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Billy Batson is the sleaziest guy on campus and his main goal in life is to sleep with every girl in school, so I wasn't bothered when he dies in a car crash within the first ten minutes. Unfortunately, Billy comes back as a ghost, and instead of following the guardian spirit of his uncle into heaven, Billy decides to go back to school so that he can continue his attempts at sleeping with the most popular girl on campus, Judith.

Billy and Judith

Billy's ghostly powers allow him to turn invisible whenever he wants, and since he uses these powers to peep on girls and sexually harass Judith, all I was feeling was contempt for Billy. The movie is trying for comedy, with the usual hijinks and the strict President Grimshaw always yelling at Billy, but the humour never works.

Instead of a plot there's just a bunch of stuff happening and if any of it fits together as a story it's by accident. Eventually, the school begins preparing for a big "Hog Day"celebration, and Billy starts falling in love with another girl, an exchange student named Madeleine. Just like the botched attempts at comedy, the romance here also fails to charm me.

Stuff

The filmmakers were so lazy that Billy's undead qualities have absolutely no bearing on the movie whatsoever. After the first 20 minutes, he never uses his invisibility powers again, and the only connection to the ghost premise is that the spirit of his uncle occasionally appears to help Billy.
However, the uncle is an even bigger pervert than Billy is, and in one of the most bizarre scenes ever we watch as he molests a girl with his filthy ghost hands. What the hell !?

Hog Day with Grimshaw

Out of all the smutty teen sex comedies from the 80's, this has got to be one of the most boring, and since Billy spends more time as an average creep instead of an invisible creep, the entire premise is wasted.

The only thing that kept me awake was watching the movie careen headfirst into lunacy, without worrying about good taste or narrative, which means I was entertained only by the worst ways possible.


Be sure not to miss:
- The giant inflatable pig was the best part, by a large margin.
- The Hog Day celebration is never explained. They just like pigs for some reason.
- Liz Sheridan has a cameo.

Internet review:
"Man, this got tiresome fast." - Halbinoni

Should I watch it?
No.

Where can I find it?
Here on YouTube.

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