SCREWBALLS is very much a typical teen sex comedy of the 1980s, inspired by the likes of PORKY'S and made on a relatively low budget. As usual, a bunch of male characters are extermely horny and trying to get off with every girl in the school, although part of the plot follows their vendetta against a prom queen. The emphasis is very much on bare female flesh and men spying on girls, but the humour isn't too bad at times and a precursor to the likes of AMERICAN PIE. Some of the characters, such as the geeky Howie, are fitfully amusing too. No classic, but it passes the time if you like the genre.
Screwballs
1983
Action / Comedy
Screwballs
1983
Action / Comedy
Plot summary
Starting a new tradition of sex comedy, T & A High School, five boys meet in the detention room thanks to the evil virgin princess Purity Busch. RICK - dressed as a doctor and gave breast exams to the high school new comers. BRENT - sexually teased Purity in French class. MELVIN - caught masturbating in the meat locker. HOWIE - rearranged the mirrors in order to see up the skirts of cheerleaders after practice. And TIM - tricked into entering the girls washroom. Each one fooled by Purity, they want revenge. Each one makes a pact to deflower the virgin, but all have failed. Their only chance is to work together with others of the school to get her at the homecoming game.
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Top cast
Nanci Chambers as Trisha
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720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 731.1 MB
1182*720
English 2.0
NR
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Typical of its type
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It's the 60's at Taft and Adams (T&A) High School. The boys are sex obsessed. Five boys get detention for sexual misconducts. Purity Busch is responsible for the demise of some of them. The boys vow to get back at the impossible Busch.
This Canadian high school sex romp tries to follow the great success of Porky's. The production is lower level. It certainly doesn't have anything as iconic as the shower scene. It's a poor attempt at a money grab. Some of the pranks are confused. It does precede Revenge of the Nerds. The difference is that the guys are not really friends. There is no character work here. It's just an excuse of T&A, mostly T. I'm guessing the local strippers got some extra work. The only joke that worked is the name of the high school. It's so on the nose that it's funny. Otherwise, non of it is funny. This is weak.
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Back in the day
Now if you watch/view this movie with "sentimental eyes", than you might enjoy this more. Also if you do weigh in the fact that it was made in a time, when it wasn't easy to come by nudity, you also will vote a bit more in favor of it. But time hasn't been good to the movie. It did not age well. There are a few very good and funny scenes here, but overall it has lost a lot of its "magic".
There is nudity and there is a lot of foul jokes in there. It was obviously inspired by "Porkys" and other sex teen comedies. They don't deny that, they actually embrace it, if you watch the interviews on the disc. There's also a special from a website that is covering nudity in movies. For them, the movie is in the "Hall of fame" ... of teen comedies that is.