Satan's School for Girls

Starring:Pamela Franklin
Studio: Bci Eclipse Company
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Satan's School For Girls
Starring: Pamela Franklin , Kate Jackson , Lloyd Bochner , Jamie Smith-Jackson , and Roy Thinnes
Director: David Lowell Rich
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ASIN: B000054OU4
Release Date: 2000-11-13

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I liked it! But then again...I like cheese!!!
Fun and Enjoyable. Spoiler
I REALLY LIKED IT.
Not quite what I expected

Satan's School for Girls
Starring: Satan's School for Girls
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ASIN: B0002MIO0E
Release Date: 2002-02-02

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I liked it! But then again...I like cheese!!!.......2007-02-22

The above heading says it all. It's by far not perfect or even great. But it's fun to watch. The disc transfer is horrible...but it was origionally a tv movie and I doubt the origional transfer was kept in good condition. It's fun to see some of the "Charlie's Angels" before they were the Angels!!! And Pamala Franklin is always a hoot to watch. There are some nice atmospheric scenes that do remind you that you are watching a "horror" film. Overall...I loved it 'cuz it's cheesy and thats the type of movie I adore!!!

Fun and Enjoyable. Spoiler.......2006-01-03

Look, it is low budget and kinda silly, but I would buy this DVD before I would buy Cold Creek Manor, The Missing, High Tension and The Village.
This movie is fun too watch and the Devil in those white shoes and flare (not bell bottoms) leg slacks are worth the price of this film. And Kate Jackson must be at least 6'2" which is a plus for me in itself.
A girl speeding down the road in a Duster, scared to death of something makes it to her sister's house, only to die inside. The investigation closed by the police as suicide; the dead girl's sister embarkes on a mission to find out what really happpend to her late sister. Her investigation leads her to the all girls academy her sister was attending. Lots of night scenes and a basement scene which is a plus. And a few possible candidates for the proverbial bad guy. To top it off a good solid ending. This movie comes from a time where movies were really fun to watch. This movie is right out of the late show era before the days of infomercials when you could get some snacks and cuddle up on the couch and just enjoy a silly film that turns out to be pretty darn good. I rate this just below the Initiation of Sarah and Midnight Offerings (Does anyone know where you can find Midnight offerings about 2 teenage witches one good one evil? By the way you can also purchase this movie on the 4pack from Brentwood "Evil Places," which I have but I would also buy this individual DVD just for backup and maybe some special features.

I REALLY LIKED IT........2005-09-17

THIS MOVIE HAS A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT AND A CAST OF FAMOUS ACTRESSES BEFORE THEY BECAME FAMOUS. IT REALLY WASN'T NEARLY AS BAD AS THE OTHER REVIEWER HAS SUGGESTED. I OWN IT AND IT WILL REMAIN IN MY DVD LIBRARY FOREVER. NOW I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE REMAKE (THE ONE WITH SHANNON DOHERTY IN IT) TO BE RELEASED ON DVD. (I LIKE THE REMAKE A LOT ALSO.) BEST OF ALL FOR 5 BUCKS THIS DVD IS A BARGAIN!!!!!! IT'S LIKE A CLASSIC. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT AT LEAST ONCE. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.

Not quite what I expected.......2005-03-03

This movie is obviously early 1970s before Kate Jackson was a big name star in charlies angels. This film lacked just about everything to give it a good reccomendation. The picture qaulity is not even up to vhs standards. On the other hand it did have an interesting plot and I was able to sit in one place while watching it. That is all I can really say except if you buy this movie don't expect much and you won't be disappointed, I would rather see an alfred hitchcock type movie than one like this though.

Good Against Evil/Satan's School for Girls

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A lot of fun, if you're a fan of the genre
Dull tedium best left forgotten
Wow, Satan Sure Was BUSY In The '70s!
TV Excorcist Good Against Evil
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Good Against Evil/Satan's School for Girls

Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
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ASIN: B00008G82A
Release Date: 2002-10-29

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A lot of fun, if you're a fan of the genre.......2005-06-18

SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS is an early 1970s TV movie with a familiar plot. An all-girls New England prep school (tellingly called The Salem Academy) is really a base of operation for ... Satan! (That should come as no surprise, considering the film's title.) And Satan likes to recruit young women for his coven.

Sounds like a sexy movie, but since this is a TV movie, you don't see much skin. However, you see plenty of pretty faces. Such as future CHARLIE'S ANGELS Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd (though horror fans are more likely to remember Jackson from DARK SHADOWS). But the film's main star is Pamela Franklin. I'm surprised that a below reviewer called Franklin "an unknown actress," as Franklin also starred in horror's THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (and much else).

The horror isn't gory, but there are some scary scenes, such as the death of one of the teachers. The print quality isn't too great. It looks to have been struck from a scratchy 16mm print that had gone out to TV stations.

The second offering on this DVD, GOOD AGAINST EVIL, isn't even a TV movie. It's a TV pilot for a series about tracking down a girl raised to be Satan's bride. Because it's a pilot, the story ends on a cliffhanger (i.e., the hunt is about to begin). But since the pilot wasn't picked up, the series never materialized, so this cliffhanger will forever remain unresolved.

These two "movies" are not objectively great, but you should enjoy them provided you are either (1) a horror completist, or (2) a hardcore fan of 1970s supernatural TV movies & series (i.e., GHOST STORY/CIRCLE OF FEAR, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, THE INITIATION OF SARAH, RACE WITH THE DEVIL, and KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER). No, the "movies" on this DVD don't rise to that level of quality, but hardcore fans and completists will want to see them anyway. You can't beat the price. Even so, more discerning horror fans may wish to pass.

Dull tedium best left forgotten.......2004-09-05

Being a fan of occult films this looked like a bargain to me. Not one but TWO films on one disc for one low price. Oh boy! And one of them looked like it couldn't help but be a lot of fun because it featured a couple of Charlie's Angels.

But unfortunately instead of being scary, entertaining or even cheesy in a schlocky, good kind of way, all these two 1970s made-for-TV movies ended up being is just plain BO-ring.

As soon as I got this I couldn't wait to check out "Satan's School For Girls". In this 1973 movie made a few years before Charlie's Angels got started Cheryl Ladd is still a teenager. She and Kate Jackson are joined here by Roy Thinnes of 60's TV sci-fi classic "The Invaders" fame, as well as that staple character actor of evil/snobbish/shady types on 70s TV, Lloyd Bochner.

But the script is so weak and simplistic it's laughable. A girl's sister inexplicably commits suicide so the girl (not Jackson or Ladd but some unknown actress) goes to the school posing as a new student to investigate. Jackson befriends her, and Cheryl Ladd plays a minor character barely in the movie at all. Don't want to spoil what pitifully little surprise the predictable plot has, so just let me say how this dull script ever got made is beyond me. My comment on this one is "where's the story?" A total waste of time, even for Charlie's Angels fans. It just put me to sleep.

Next I tried 1977's "Good Against Evil". A wee bit more substance here, but I didn't enjoy this one either because I found the main character so terribly annoying.

The premise of the film is that a 20-ish fashion designer in San Francisco is actually a child conceived and raised by Satanists in order to bear the Devil's child. Of course she is unaware of this, and any boyfriends she has made in the past mysteriously keep meeting with fatal accidents. Then along comes her latest extra sappy boyfriend, a goody two-shoes type played by Dack Rambo, who I immediately developed a strong dislike for.

He becomes the main character in the film, and it is never explained just why he does not meet with an unnatural death like the previous boyfriends. Perennial bad-guy actor Richard Lynch plays his nemesis, sinister Satanist Mr. Rimmin.

It is clear that this movie was developed in response to some TV exec's desire to have a TV series to cash in on the then-recent success of "The Exorcist" and the subsequent occult interest boom that it spawned. Thus this movie even comes complete with its own white-haired, Scandinavian-accented exorcist priest -- a total Max Von Sydow rip-off.

But between the very draggy plot and the very annoying main character, I found myself fast-forwarding through much of this film. In typical TV series pilot movie fashion the ending is left open, allowing for the possibility of the boyfriend and the priest's adventures continuing. But thankfully the networks saw fit to spare us that hellish fate and never went on to produce what would have been one yawner of a series.

As for the DVD, the prints of both of these films are in terrible faded and scratched shape.

Overall, I would advise staying far, far away from both of these worthless and unremarkable films. But if your curiosity still has the better of you, I would recommend renting rather than buying, since I am now left with a DVD of 2 movies which I don't really feel like ever watching again. Even one viewing was too much of a waste of time!

Wow, Satan Sure Was BUSY In The '70s!.......2003-12-28

GOOD AGAINST EVIL was a made for tv pilot film for a series that never got off the ground. It's sort of an emasculated hybrid of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist. A baby is conceived through ritual rape, taken from her mother, offered to the devil, and raised by a secret group of satanists. As an adult (played by Elyssa Davalos), she is protected by those around her, oblivious to the fact that they are planted agents of satan. Along comes a guy (Dack Rambo) to fall in love with her and mess things up. Of course, the devil-folks (led by snakey Richard Lynch) don't take kindly to the idea, and set out to split them up by any means necessary. They kidnap the girl and take her to an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, a little girl gets demon possessed and draws Rambo's character to her. The girl just happens to be the daughter of his ex-girlfriend (played by none other than Kim Catrall), who tries to rekindle a romance with him, while getting an exorcism for her daughter! Dan O'Herlihy (Halloween 3, Robocop) is the exorcist. Unforunately, we'll never know how things turned out, as the series was never made. -SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS is a cheesey little gem, starring 2/3 of Charlies Angels (Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd)! A woman enrolls in the Salem Academy For Women after her sister is found hanging in her livingroom. Her sleuthing leads her to believe that one of the professors is killing girls (she finds out that others have committed "suicide" too) and making it look like they killed themselves. However, things are not as they appear. Something far more sinister is taking place at the academy! And I'm not just talking about the ultra-groovey '70s fashions either! All in all, a decent double feature...

TV Excorcist Good Against Evil.......2003-09-26

GOOD AGAINST EVIL: A couple's child is posseseed by the devil. Hardly original this made-for-TV movie at least explored the Excorcist theme when The Exorcist was only available at movie theaters.
Now it is a bit of nostalgia. A highlight is Dan O'Hearly playing the priest.
At times its kind of funny like when furniture flies at the priest trying to excorcise the demon. It looked like people out of camera range were throwing things away from the priest. Does the Devil have extremely bad aim?
Still if you like old '70s horror like I do, you'll enjoy it.
SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: This is OK but hardly scary. Kate Jackson plays a witch in a girl's school that isn't quite what it seems. Roy Thinnes also stars. Passable time filler. Definately no SUSPIRIA (although the movie was made before Dario Argento's masterpiece.

TV Excorcist.......2003-09-26

A couple's child is posseseed by the devil. Hardly original this made-for-TV movie at least explored the Excorcist theme when The Exorcist was only available at movie theaters.
Now it is a bit of nostalgia. A highlight is Dan O'Hearly playing the priest.
At times its kind of funny like when furniture flies at the priest trying to excorcise the demon. It looked like people out of camera range were throwing things away from the priest. Does the Devil have extremely bad aim?
Still if you like old '70s horror like I do, you'll enjoy it.

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Satan's School For Girls

Manufacturer: Bci Eclipse
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