Graduation Day (film)

Graduation Day
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Herb Freed
Screenplay by	Herb Freed Anne Marisse
Story by	David Baughn
Produced by	David Baughn Herb Freed
Starring	Christopher George Patch Mackenzie E. Danny Murphy Michael Pataki E. J. Peaker
Cinematography	Daniel Yarussi
Edited by	Martin Jay Sadoff
Music by	Arthur Kempel
Production company	IFI/Scope III[1]
Distributed by	IFI/Scope III
Release date	May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$250,000[2]
Box office	$23.9 million[2] or $1,150,000[3]

Graduation Day is a 1981 American slasher film co-written, co-produced and directed by Herb Freed, and starring Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie, Michael Pataki, and E. Danny Murphy in his film debut. The plot follows a high school track team who are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant days before their graduation. Linnea Quigley, Vanna White, and Karen Abbott appear in supporting performances.

Filmed in Los Angeles, Graduation Day was released in the spring of 1981, grossing nearly $24 million on a budget of $250,000, far exceeding the genre's usual box office at the time. Though it received a largely negative reception, the film has since developed a cult following among fans of the genre.^{[citation needed]}

Fatal Games, another slasher film with a similar plot, was released in 1984.