Cutting Class is a 1989 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rospo Pallenberg in his directorial debut, written by Steve Slavkin, and starring Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Mull.

[1] A paperboy delivers a newspaper to the house of District Attorney Bill Carson, who has planned a hunting trip.

He warns his teenage daughter Paula to do her homework, not to allow boys in the house, and most importantly not to cut class.

Paula then puts the newspaper in the bin, showing its headline: "Boy who killed father released from Mental Asylum."

Meanwhile, teenager Dwight Ingalls enters class late after avoiding two accidents on his ride to school.

The teacher's face is shown smashed into the copy machine glass along with a ring on the killer's finger.

Every classroom they run into, Brian starts talking to Paula and the teacher through the PA in the principal's office.

Brian corners Dwight and puts his head in a vice and points a drill towards his face.

Cutting Class marked the first major role for Brad Pitt in a feature film being third billed in the credits after having previously done mostly television work.