Elite high school students form a violent vigilante group with deadly consequences.
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
A gifted student transfers to an elite high school and is recruited by a secret fraternity. When the bodies of students start appearing in the nearby woods, the new boy must find the courage to reveal his horrible secret.
Quick Answer
Dangerously Close is a 1986 American action, crime, and thriller film directed by Albert Pyun about a secret student group at an elite high school targeting outcasts, prompting a student journalist to investigate as violence escalates.
Programmer's Pick
Albert Pyun turns the classic high school hierarchy on its head by adding guns, secret societies, and more towel-clad tension than your average locker room drama. If you like your teen angst with a side of menace and a pool boy or two, this one's for you.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Why This Matters
Released during a surge of 1980s teen vigilante films, this action thriller reflects the era's cinematic engagement with rising right-wing jingoism in the United States.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
A student-run secret society doles out their own brand of justice, blurring the line between discipline and violence.
The Sentinels aren’t just rich kids—they flirt with neo-Nazi attitudes and embody the school’s warped ideas of power and privilege.
Men's locker rooms, group showers, and towel-wrapped confrontations make the film as much about testosterone as it is about terror.
The editor of the school paper risks everything to expose the truth behind the violence erupting at his elite school.
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Threat File
The Sentinels target outcast students
Vigilante student group
Harassment, escalating violence, and murder
Elite high school
Questions from the Vault
When was Dangerously Close released? +
Dangerously Close was released in 1986.
Who directed Dangerously Close? +
Dangerously Close was directed by Albert Pyun.
How long is Dangerously Close? +
Dangerously Close has a runtime of 95 minutes.
What genre is Dangerously Close? +
Dangerously Close is an action, crime, and thriller film.
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