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Rush Week

- There's a Killer on the Campus!

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.

Release Date : 1989-12-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Noble Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Toni Daniels

Original Name : Pamela Ludwig

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jeff Jacobs

Original Name : Dean Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean Grail

Original Name : Roy Thinnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Byron Rogers

Original Name : Donald Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonelle Watson

Original Name : Courtney Gebhart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Arnold Krangen

Original Name : John Donovan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Greg Ochs

Original Name : David Denney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harvan

Original Name : Todd Eric Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca Winters

Original Name : Laura Burkett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ichabod

Original Name : Edward Rayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gordo

Original Name : Mark Clayman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alma

Original Name : Toni Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Girl

Original Name : Johnna Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peeper

Original Name : Dominick Brascia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie Ann McGuffin

Original Name : Kathleen Kinmont

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Heidi Holicker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cosmo Kincald

Original Name : Gregg Allman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Ray Bickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Dean Wein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Caldwell

Original Name : Darrell Zwerling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wendy

Original Name : Pamela Owen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Veronica

Original Name : Chantel Dubay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dean Seckel

Original Name : Pres Seckel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Band Leader

Original Name : Addie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Accordian Player

Original Name : Eddie Battos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Francis McCaffrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : GAE Member

Original Name : Tim Topper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freshman

Original Name : Michael Corbin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shadow

Original Name : Michael W. Leighton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Rita M. Saiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frat Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Gregory James

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phantom Pledge

Original Name : Mitch Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parker

Original Name : Jay Pickett

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Watchable (just barely) but also highly predictable 1980s slasher that has some good-bad moments here and there, but nearly enough to make it a recommendation. The lead actress, Pamela Ludwig, was at least easy on the eyes and gives an okay performance, but everything else really doesn't work. Heck, the end feels like the culmination of a Scooby-Doo episode. **2.25/5**

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-06-30

**_Nancy Drew goes to college where there’s an axe-murderer_** A journalism student (Pamela Ludwig) transfers to a university in SoCal during a notorious fraternity’s rush week ceremonies. When attractive female coeds go missing and are curiously underreported, she investigates, but this attracts the attention of the axe-wielding antagonist. “Rush Week” is a mystery/slasher that was released direct-to-video in the UK at the end of 1989, and not made available in the USA until early 1991. I point this out because it doesn’t have the ‘feel’ of a theatrical release. While there’s some nudity, there’s hardly any gore until the final ‘kill’ (not that I care personally; I’m just reporting). Despite being second tier, it should be enjoyed by fans of, say, "Happy Birthday to Me" (1981), “Zombie High” (1987) and the later “Class Warfare” (2001). Ludwig works well as the star with her distinctive, pretty face. She was 28 during shooting and left acting for good in 1990 after an 11-year career where breakout success was denied her. Also on the feminine front, Kathleen Kinmont, from “Halloween 4” (1988), has a noteworthy sequence in the opening act. Meanwhile Heidi Holicker is a highlight as Sarah in a small part; you might remember her as Stacey in “Valley Girl” (1983). On the other side of the gender spectrum, Gregg Allman from the Allman Brothers, and Cher’s ex-hubby, has a notable cameo as an aged-hippie “faculty advisor.” While this has a comic booky direct-to-video vibe, it’s colorful and a fitting choice if you’re in the mood for something Halloween-ish, like "Night of the Creeps" (1986), just not as good production-wise. I’d watch it any day over the overrated and ridiculously contrived “Scream” (1996). Sure, this is contrived and cartoonish too, not to mention predictable, but it’s more palatable and less eye-rolling. The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles at the VA Hospital in Brentwood and the Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch Mansion in Windsor Square. GRADE: B-