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Satan's School for Girls

  • TV Movie
  • 1973
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
1.8K
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Satan's School for Girls (1973)
Folk HorrorTeen HorrorCrimeHorrorMystery

A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.

  • Director
    • David Lowell Rich
  • Writer
    • Arthur A. Ross
  • Stars
    • Pamela Franklin
    • Kate Jackson
    • Lloyd Bochner
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Lowell Rich
    • Writer
      • Arthur A. Ross
    • Stars
      • Pamela Franklin
      • Kate Jackson
      • Lloyd Bochner
    • 63User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Pamela Franklin
    Pamela Franklin
    • Elizabeth
    Kate Jackson
    Kate Jackson
    • Roberta
    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Delacroix
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    • Debbie
    • (as Jamie Smith Jackson)
    Roy Thinnes
    Roy Thinnes
    • Clampett
    Jo Van Fleet
    Jo Van Fleet
    • Headmistress
    Cheryl Ladd
    Cheryl Ladd
    • Jody
    • (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor)
    Frank Marth
    Frank Marth
    • Detective
    Terry Lumley
    • Martha
    Gwynne Gilford
    Gwynne Gilford
    • Lucy
    Bill Quinn
    Bill Quinn
    • Gardener
    Ann Noland
    Ann Noland
    • Kris
    Bing Russell
    Bing Russell
    • Sheriff
    Bob Harks
    Bob Harks
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Lowell Rich
    • Writer
      • Arthur A. Ross
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    7robertconnor

    A Tale Of Two Jacksons

    Can someone take on the challenge of restoring and preserving all those 'made for TV' movies from the 60's and 70's? Here we have a curious masterpiece... a young woman goes snooping at a spooky American private girls' school in 1973, and gets more than she bargained for.

    Pamela Franklin plays like a prototype Winona Ryder, short and short-haired amidst the tall, long-haired 'California' girls. Having spent much of her career playing skewed or disturbed British girls, here she is the 'straight' heroine, years before all those current Britishers took on the dialogue coach.

    She confronts not one but TWO Jacksons, Kate and Jamie Smith-. Both were striking and imposing, both tall and long-haired... and when contrasted with poor Cheryl Stoppelmoor, both quite fascinating. Jamie is quite captivating playing the freaked and frightened Debbie. Kate is a mess of contradictions - beautiful yet straight-laced (check the night-gowns - Jamie sports a slinky red number, Kate is buttoned up in high neck and frills)... one Jackson sadly retired (as did Franklin - why?), the other unwisely shyed away from unsympathetic roles and found fame as a glam' detective (in polo-necks and neck-covering scarves).

    Ultimately not the best entry in 1973's TV movie offerings, yet in the 21st century it's worth a look for the fantastic casting choices!
    Cujo108

    Expected more

    Following the mysterious suicide of her sister, a young woman enrolls herself in the girl's college she was attending to investigate what really happened.

    This 70's telefilm can sort of be looked at as an earlier, far less extravagant version of "Suspiria". After a strong opening, emphasis is firmly placed on the investigation aspect. We get a solid cast, as was often the case in these old TV efforts. Pamela Franklin, so good in "And Soon the Darkness" and "Legend of Hell House", plays the lead role of investigating sibling. Also present is the lovely Kate Jackson, as well as Cheryl Ladd under a different name. It's interesting seeing these two together before they would later go on to star opposite each other in "Charlie's Angels". Not too surprising when you consider that both this movie and that show were Spelling productions.

    There are some good moments here, but a few too many scenes of exploring dark corridors slow the film considerably. The ending is predictable, but I suppose that's to be expected given the title. It's worth a look, but don't expect one of the better TV horrors.
    nt-30

    Not as bad as you would think... In fact a perfect 666

    This horror "masterpiece" has gone unrecognised and forgotten for so many years, but in fact it's an UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE! It reminded me of 1980 movie Friday The 13th, which is quite well-known as a "classic" horror flick (so to speak). But this movie was made seven years before, and is a lot better. If only this movie hadn't been ignored for so many years, then it may have been a "classic" today, with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare On Elm Street.

    A definite for horror lovers. It's a perfect 666, not any more, not any less. Not 665 or 667, but 666.

    I would give it a 9.5/10. Well worth watching...
    verna55

    one of my all-time favorite made-for-TV movies.

    OK, everybody is always ragging on made-for-TV movies because yes, more often than not, they are really cheesy. But keep in mind made-for-TV movies are made-for-TV, so they are, of course, made on a much smaller budget. However, this is one TV film that rises above its low-budget status. This, for the most part, has to do with the supremely talented cast involved. '70's Scream Queen Pamela Franklin, fresh out of Richard Matheson's nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, stars as a young woman who enrolls in a distinguished all-girls' school to probe her sister's mysterious suicide. The plot reminds me of Dario Argento's horror classic SUSPIRIA, but this TV movie was actually made four years before Argento's film, so perhaps Argento pilfered from this little seen gem. Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd, before they became 'Charlie's Angels', co-starred as two of Franklin's fellow classmates. Incidentally, Jackson later played the Jo Van Fleet role of THE HEADMISTRESS in the 2000 remake. Aaron Spelling produced both versions.
    brobuckley

    I Love Pamela Franklin !!

    I have to admit it - I've had a crush on Pamela Franklin since 1964 (A Tiger Walks). I was about ten at the time and I even wrote to disney asking for a photo of her. They sent me an 8x10 glossy of young Pamela -FOR FREE !! It came with nice letter on Disney stationary thanking ME for asking for the photo. It hung in my room for a while until I realized there were real girls out there!

    I finally got around to seeing SSFG after all these decades. It came out just as I was getting out of High School almost half a century ago. It rekindled my heart-throb for Pamela. She looked so cute in this film I found myself at age 19 (1973) wondering what it would have been like to have known her. Silly...I know! She was just adorable.

    She hasn't acted in years and I understand she and her husband run a book store in Hollywood now. I just find it a interesting human oddity that someone's image and persona -an actress - can get embedded in one's psyche as a child and still be there with the same regard so many years later. I guess that is the magic of cinema.

    The movie is not much of a blockbuster and is obviously dated but it was fun to go along with it and watch these young actresses perform so earnestly. Seeing Pamela as a beatiful young woman made it all worth it.

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    • Trivia
      Kate Jackson took on the role of the dean in the 2000 TV remake.
    • Goofs
      Roberta pours Elizabeth a giant glass of wine when she arrives at school but not enough wine is missing from the bottle to explain the amount in the glass.
    • Connections
      Featured in In the Cellar: Double, Double, More Toil, More Trouble (2009)

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flickskolan
    • Filming locations
      • King Gillette Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Spelling-Goldberg Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 18m(78 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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