Satan's Cheerleaders
| Satan's Cheerleaders | |
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| Directed by | Greydon Clark |
| Written by | Greydon Clark Alvin L. Fast |
| Produced by | Alvin L. Fast |
| Starring | John Ireland Yvonne De Carlo John Carradine |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | World Amusement Company |
| Music by | Gerald Lee |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Satan's Cheerleaders is a 1977 American comedy horror film directed by Greydon Clark and starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine.[1]
Plot
[edit]Benedict High School's cheerleaders are not shy or sweet. The football team knows them well – and Billy, the school's disturbed janitor, would like to. In the locker room, the girls shower and dress, unaware of the eyes which secretly watch them. They do not know that a curse has been placed on their clothes and that their trip to the first big football game of the season might sideline them for eternity.
Cast
[edit]- John Ireland as The Sheriff
- Yvonne De Carlo as Emmy / Sheriff's Wife / High Priestess
- Jack Kruschen as Billy the Janitor
- John Carradine as The Bum
- Sydney Chaplin as Monk
- Jacqulin Cole as Ms. Johnson
- Kerry Sherman as Patti
- Hillary Horan as Chris
- Alisa Powell as Debbie
- Sherry Marks as Sharon
- Lane Cordell as Stevie
- Joseph Carlo as Coach
- Michael Donavan O'Donnell as Farmer
- Robin Greer as Baker Girl
Release
[edit]The film was released theatrically in the United States by Dimension Pictures in 1977.
Home media
[edit]The film was released on VHS in the 1980s by various companies including Interglobal Home Video, Liberty Home Video, and United Video and on DVD by VCI Entertainment in 2002. The DVD version was released by the VCI Home Video label from Music Video Distributors. A Blu-ray and DVD combo was released on November 7, 2017.
Reception
[edit]TV guide found that "This is a wretched drive-in movie that doesn't even live up to the potential for unintentional laughs promised by the title."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Satan's Cheerleaders Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, loftcinema.org
- ^ "Satan's Cheerleaders". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
External links
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- 1977 films
- 1970s American films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s high school films
- 1970s supernatural horror films
- 1977 comedy horror films
- American comedy horror films
- American supernatural horror films
- Cheerleading films
- Dimension Pictures films
- Films about curses
- Films directed by Greydon Clark
- Teensploitation
- 1977 comedy-drama films
- English-language comedy horror films
- Comedy horror film stubs