National Lampoon's Animal House

National Lampoon's Animal House (sometimes simply known as Animal House) is a 1978 American comedy film produced by Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman, directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller. It is the first movie in the National Lampoon series, and was inspired by stories written by Miller and published in the National Lampoon magazine, as well as personal college experiences from Ramis, Miller and Reitman.

Plot
The year is 1962, and Kent Dorfman (Stephen Furst) and Larry Kroger (Thomas Hulce) are students at Faber College. They visit the Omega House, the most prestigious house on campus, however, Kent and Larry don't seem to fit in with the crowd, so they visit the Delta House, which is considered to be the worst house on campus, consisting of partying fratboys and troublemakers, one of which is John "Bluto" Blutasky (John Belushi). Nevertheless, due to Kent's brother Fred being a part of the Delta House, Dorfman and Kroger are welcomed into the fraternity, getting nicknames like "Flounder" and "Pinto". Delta House's shenanigans and low academic grades catch the attention of Dean Vernon Wormer (John Vernon), who has put the fraternity on double secret probation, and he eventually threatens them with an expulsion.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The soundtrack is fitting for the film's time period, featuring songs like the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" and Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World". The original music, like Otis Day and the Knights' "Shout!" and "Shama Lama Ding Dong", is also really good.
 * 2) It subverts certain tropes seen in school/college comedies of the time, like when the Delta House gets the answer sheet in an attempt to cheat on a psych test exam, only for it to be revealed as being full of wrong answers due to Omega House switching the answer sheets.
 * 3) Plenty of funny scenes, like Doug Neidermeyer being dragged by his horse after getting hit with a golf ball, Dorfman killing Neidermeyer's horse without even pointing the gun at it, and the student court scene.
 * 4) Lots of memorable lines, especially from Bluto, such as "FOOD FIGHT!", "I'm a zit! Get it?" and "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!".
 * 5) The movie's ending tells the fates for the characters in a freeze-frame with humorous captions, with the Delta House students leading mostly successful lives (like Larry Kroger as the editor of the National Lampoon magazine), and the Omega House members faring much worse (like Doug Neidermeyer being killed by his own troops in Vietnam, which was later referenced in the "Time Out" segment in Twilight Zone: The Movie, also directed by John Landis).

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some people may side with Dean Wormer rather than the Delta House, seeing as he has a legitimate reason for putting the Delta House on probation and later expelling them, as the Delta House students caused a lot of trouble.
 * 2) Some of the scenes have aged poorly, like when Kroger (a college student) is with Clorette (a 13-year old girl) and is confronted by his good and evil sides, deciding whether or not he should have sex with her.