Wasn't Me", "My Dingaling", and "Festival" National Lampoon history National Lampoon's Class Reunion was the second big-screen movie that was released from the Original National Lampoon Company. The movie had a huge buildup, and viewers expected it to be another hit for the National Lampoon franchise, because it was following National Lampoon's Animal House, the company's first big-screen release in 1978. The original company consisted of the writers from the National Lampoon magazine and some of the cast from the National Lampoon Radio Hour and the stage show National Lampoon's Lemmings. Reviews National Lampoon's Class Reunion suffered negative reviews on release. According to TV Guide, "this is a very unfunny film which was released after the successful National Lampoon's Animal House, and which died at the box office, focuses on the 10th reunion of a 1972 high-school graduating class. The plot combines both comedy and horror-slasher elements, a combination that doesn't work. A murderer is killing off class members, who are such dull, dreary creatures no one could blame him. Even Chuck Berry, who makes brief appearance singing a medley of his songs, can't save this one." Christopher Tookey states, "Very inferior follow-up to Animal House, with remarkably tasteless basis for comedy. John Hughes can be blamed for the script, a feeble spoof of a slasher movie. Songs are used to extend running length, but even Chuck Berry seems under par." Movie historian Leonard Maltin seemed to agree, citing the picture as a "BOMB" and calling it "Spectacularly unfunny...If you went to school with people like this, no jury on earth would convict you for becoming a homicidal maniac, either." References External links at MGM.com 1982 films 1980s black comedy films 1980s comedy horror films ABC Motion Pictures films 20th Century Fox films Class reunions in popular culture 1980s parody films Class Reunion 1980s serial killer films American black comedy films American comedy horror films Films with screenplays by John Hughes (filmmaker) Parodies of horror 1982 comedy films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Michael Miller (director) 1980s American films