Class of Nuke 'Em High

Episode 205: Class of Nukem High (1986)

Theme: Troma Films Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off October with Class of Nukem High — a movie marriage of The China Syndrome + A Clockwork Orange with a splash of Class of 1984… and a Spike Lee joint (because someone had to make the joints). It’s peak Troma: radioactive sludge, punk gangs, exploding bladders, questionable makeup choices, and a high school located roughly eight feet from a leaking nuclear power plant. It’s trashy, chaotic, DIY filmmaking at its most enthusiastic — and for Oz, it’s a warm, glowing (possibly glowing) blanket of childhood nostalgia.

Join your two favorite “garbage day!” podcasters as they shred through:

• Dewey’s meltdown — literal meltdown — after drinking from the Brondo-adjacent water fountain.

• Warren & Chrissy hotboxing themselves with nuclear weed and instantly becoming radioactive soulmates.

• The Cretins: former honor students turned leather-bound mutations with piercings, femurs, and a shared class schedule.

• Chrissy giving birth to a screaming tadpole monster in the girls’ bathroom like it’s just another Tuesday.

• The finale: motorcycle hallways, exploding teachers, and a basement creature that looks like Audrey II ate Swamp Thing.

From Fellini Festival FOMO to Popeyes-and-7UP school lunches to mutant tentacle babies, Oz and Curtis break down a Troma classic that shaped an entire brand — and melted a few faces along the way.

Final Verdict

Oz — 75 Femurs
Curtis — 73 Nose Hoops
Both — Still convinced the pipefitters of Tromaville deserve immediate termination.