''Screwballs'' is a 1983 Canadian teen

sex comedy film Sex comedy, erotic comedy or more broadly sexual comedy is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sex comedy" is primarily a description of dramatic forms such as theatre and film, literary works such ...

that was inspired by the success of '' Porky's''.

Plot

In 1965, five boys at Taft and Adams High School try to see the bare breasts of Purity Bush, the most beautiful girl in school. After being set up, reprimanded and sent to detention by the principal because of Purity, they plot their revenge.

Production

Jim Wynorski designed the poster and said that he was inspired by '' Mad'' magazine.Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 193 Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on the poster.

Reception

Critical

'' Variety'' magazine called the film "a poor man’s ''Porky’s''... full of youthful exuberance and proves utterly painless to watch, but it is so close in premise and tone to its model that negative comparisons can’t help but be drawn." At Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on seven reviews.

Box office

The film was released in U.S. theaters by New World Pictures in April 1983. It grossed $2,082,215.

Sequels

The film led to two sequels, ''

Screwballs II ''Screwballs II'', also known as ''Loose Screws,'' is a 1985 Canadian teen sex comedy film. It is a sequel to ''Screwballs.'' It was one of the first releases from Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures. Synopsis Brad Lovett, Steve Hardman, Hugh G. Re ...

'' (1985) and ''

Screwball Hotel ''Screwball Hotel'' is a 1988 American and British comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski and starring Michael Bendetti, Andrew Zeller, Jeff Greenman, Corinne Wahl, and Kelly Monteith. It is the second sequel to ''Screwballs''. Premise Thre ...

'' (1988).

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