[2] It was directed by Alfred Sole and features an ensemble cast including Tom Smothers, Eileen Brennan, Phil Hartman, Tab Hunter, Judge Reinhold, Carol Kane, David Lander, Eve Arden, and Paul Reubens.

In the fictional town of It Had To Be, Indiana, fullback Blue Grange scores the winning touchdown for It Had To Be University in the 1963 National Championship game.

Sandy (Victim #4) asks for directions to the camp at a food truck and decides to hitchhike, but insists on getting references from every driver she passes (eventually accepting a ride with then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan).

He also learns of an escaped convict named Jarrett who murdered his entire family with a hand drill and turned them into bookshelves.

Cooper then leaves the station in the care of his ill-tempered assistant Johnson to visit the Indiana State Asylum, where he inquires about another recent escapee named Fletcher, who is shown hitching a ride to the college with Jarrett.

Inspired, Glenn dresses in a tuxedo and attempts to woo Mandy, but fails to catch her during a routine practice drill and she injures her ankle.

While recovering in her dorm room, Mandy is brushing her teeth with copious amounts of toothpaste when the mystery man bursts through her medicine cabinet and kills her with a hand drill.

They are shocked to discover that Jarrett and Dr. Fuller are working together in a scheme to create and sell furniture made from their victims bodies, but both deny harming any cheerleaders.

After a game of strip poker, Randy, Andy, and Sandy are killed in succession, and a panicked Candy discovers all the bodies before being stalked by the killer herself.

[1] After Ghouls fell apart, producers Doug Chapin and Barry Krost instead offered Sole Thursday the 12th which was an original screenplay written by Jaime Klein and Richard Whitley after the two screened an entry of Friday the 13th and felt it was ridiculous enough to make for a parody.

"[7] A 1990's description of the film in the Canadian edition of TV Guide referenced Tom Smothers role as a Mountie, adding the commentary, "we should sue."