Incoming Freshmen

Been a while seen I've seen it -- saw it on videotape in the 80s -- but I recall it wasn't too bad and had some cute girls. I can still recall the opening scene where the professor is imagining one of his students nude, so I have to say the movie is at least more memorable than a lot of the others of the same type.

I didn't think I would find another movie that ranks worse..even "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is better! I purchased Brentwood's Toga Party 10-movie 5-disc set last year but only viewed "Incoming Freshmen" yesterday. I purchased the set mainly because of Dennis Quaid in "Seniors". Doing research finds most of the cast of "Incoming Freshmen" never "acting" in another movie plus Leslie Blacock (Vivian Marie Roberson) died in a road accident in 1978 - a year before the movie was released. If this was theatrically released to play as a drive-in double feature, I certainly hope the other title was good enough to keep customers from driving off!

Actually, I typed this title just to see how thorough this database is. I was a bit surprised to see it here, but not that it hadn't been commented on. It played here in the early eighties with the far superior GAS PUMP GIRLS. It was a T'n'A ANIMAL HOUSE type of deal with a particularly cheap look. Stuff like this just doesn't make it into theatres anymore. There was a party scene where everybody wore goat masks. That's about all I remember. If I had seen this film by itself, I would have felt ripped off, but its companion film made the trip worthwhile.

The original edit of IF finally got a public showing on June 16, 2012 in Knoxville at the Relix Theatre, to an SRO crowd which included a couple of original cast members. The viewing was put on by the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound.

The original version is much better than what Cannon released, and the L.A. Times review from 1979 even mentioned that there seemed to be a disconnect between the two parts of the film.

Google "Knoxploitation" for a Metro Pulse story on the film and its production, which includes some fabulous stills shot during filming. A significant (or not) piece of the original was footage shot on US Highway 129 ("Deal's Gap" or "The Dragon" to tourists) from the back of a Ducati 750ss. This footage was included in the 2012 showing.

Well, partly based on the other comments here I bought Brentwood's "Toga Party" DVD set, which includes this among other fine films for a bargain price. We should all be thankful that this movie has been preserved on DVD, regardless of quality. This appears to have been shot on videotape, then transferred to film. My jaw dropped in several parts of this movie as I could not believe that it had actually been made. But that's OK, because I was expecting a bad movie, I just had no idea how bad! Anyone who thinks they have seen the worst movie ever made owes it to themself to see this- it's definitely in the top 50. (Those who think "Gigli" was bad haven't seen anything!)