School in the Crosshairs (1981) User Reviews

Sweet Japanese weirdness

[GuineaPig · 6/10 · 3 September 2013]

Yuka is a normal happy schoolgirl who happens to have psychic powers. When another girl possessed by an interdimensional being arrives at school and tries to impose a military style discipline, Yuka finds herself in the moral obligation to defend humanity against the oppressive desires of the interdimensional being who happens to be the universe itself! (He also comes from Venus).

The film is funny, weird and cute at the same time. Maybe it lacked some character development and coherence specially through the second half but maybe it was just the bad translation which made it a bit senseless from time to time. Still a cute movie which will please fans of school-themed animes and weird Japanese stories.

Wacky, and then some

[Leofwine_draca · 8/10 · 2 November 2023]

Another utterly wacky production from the director who brought us the classic HAUSU. This one's an inventive little combination of science fiction and high school story, following the misadventures of a young student who randomly develops psychic powers one day. She soon learns that it's the result of a visiting Venusian (!) who soon takes over the school with his underlings. The whole thing is an open allegory of fascism, complete with lockdowns and uniformed guard patrols, but it's the director's style that makes it so cool. The wacky direction and low fi effects work an absolute treat, and I admit to finding the whole thing a blast.