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== Cast == Pat Cardi as Vernon Potts Austin Stoker as Lieutenant Bozeman Rosie Holotik as Robin Jones John Niland as Coach McCall Joye Hash as Mrs. Grindstaff Jeff Alexander as Mr. Griggs Mike McHenry as Roger Davis Nick Felix as Mr. Henshaw Michelle Falerne as Girl Student The police officers seen during the movie's climax are also played by members of the Dallas Cowboys football team, including Billy Truax, D.D. Lewis, Craig Morton and Calvin Hill, all of whom were brought in by Niland.
== Production == Screenwriter J.D. Feigelson says he got the idea for the movie after wondering what it would be like if the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde were set in a high school. The movie was filmed during the course of two weeks in Irving, Texas.
== Release == The movie was first released on 20 September 1973 in Irving, Texas, and was later given a wider release in the United States in March 1974. The movie was originally rated X by the Motion Picture Association, and so, after it was sold to Crown International Pictures, the movie's kill sequences were reduced to get a rating of PG. Crown International's then-president Mark Tenser also had approximately 8 minutes of additional footage be filmed to increase the runtime and compensate for the lost duration. This new footage had Tenser himself playing the role of Vernon's father, and has little association with the rest of the film. The PG version of the movie (retitled "Twisted Brain") was broadcast frequently for WPIX's "Chiller Theatre" series.
=== Home media === The movie had its first DVD release in 2004 when Rhino Entertainment released it as part of the boxset Horrible Horrors Collection Vol 1, alongside The Hearse, Prime Evil, Terror, Lurkers, Fleshburn, Satan's Slave, and Point of Terror. However, this release was sourced from a low-quality VHS transfer of the Twisted Brain television version. The R-rated version of the movie was restored and released for the first time on DVD by Code Red on August 10, 2010. The movie was also released as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's 200 Film Set Drive-In Cult Classics Collection. On July 26, 2022, independent home video distributor Vinegar Syndrome released the movie in its original and uncut form on Blu-ray for the first time in a combo-pack with the 1972 movie Stanley. This release, sourced from "the only known and fully-uncut 16mm lab print", features exclusive interviews with screenwriter Fiegelson and actors Cardi, Niland and Falerne, as well as a commentary track by Cardi.
== References ==
== External links == Horror High at IMDb Horror High at AllMovie Alternative beginning for the movie, with its "Twisted Brain" title