s ▁Day , ▁directed ▁by ▁Charles ▁Kauf man . ▁This ▁job ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁six - year ▁association ▁with ▁T rom a ▁Entertainment ▁as ▁the ▁company ' s ▁post - production ▁super visor ▁when ▁Charles ▁Kauf man ▁sent ▁H aines ▁over ▁to ▁his ▁brother ▁Lloyd ▁Kauf man ▁after ▁H aines ▁satisfied ▁them ▁with ▁his ▁editing ▁and ▁sound ▁editing ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁H aines ▁edited ▁several ▁films ▁for ▁T rom a ▁including ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁cult ▁classic ▁The ▁To xic ▁Aven ger . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁H aines ▁also ▁made ▁his ▁feature ▁director ial ▁debut ▁independently ▁with ▁the ▁widely ▁known ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁slash er ▁film ▁S pl atter ▁University . ▁A ▁test ament ▁to ▁the ▁cult ▁popular ity ▁of ▁S pl atter ▁University ▁is ▁the ▁reference ▁by ▁the ▁character ▁R andy ▁Me eks ▁( play ed ▁by ▁Jam ie ▁Kennedy ) ▁in ▁a ▁phone ▁conversation ▁in ▁Wes ▁Cra ven ' s ▁S cre am ▁ 2 ▁( 1 9 9 7 ). ▁A ▁slash er ▁film ▁with ▁rare ▁social ▁and ▁religious ▁comment ary ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁recent ▁print ▁reviews ▁states , ▁" E ven ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁less er ▁ones ▁have ▁something ▁interesting ▁to ▁offer , ▁trying ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁the ▁usual ▁hack ▁and ▁slash ▁routine . ▁One ▁such ▁film ▁surprising ly ▁enough , ▁is ▁S pl atter ▁University .... " ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁commercial ▁success ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁feature , ▁H aines ▁wrote ▁a ▁script ▁titled ▁At omic ▁High ▁School ,