Roddy McDowall, Traci Lind, and William Ragsdale in Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

They don't make 'em like they used to! If remaking Class of 1999 today crossed any Hollywood producer's mind, then that idea was likely struck down immediately in light of school shootings and gun violence in general. I caught this sci fi-horror actioner from director Mark L. Lester, which was filmed in 1988 as an indirect sequel to his Class of 1984, late at night in the early '90s. It was shown on either Showtime or Cinemax, can't exactly remember which channel. I thought it was the coolest fucking movie ever since Terminator 2: Judgment Day. A high school populated by gang members? Check. Deadly military robots posing as the staff to keep the students in line? Check. Mindless, blow-'em-up action? Check. The tagline is memorably tongue-in-cheek too: "It's 1999. School is a warzone. The latest in automatic weapons are the teachers."

Traci Lind

Traci Lind at the "My Little Girl" premiere at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center in New York City, 1987.

Traci Lind in "The End of Violence" (dir. Wim Wenders - 1997).

Traci Lind