Satan's Cheerleaders
{{Short description|1977 film by Greydon Clark}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Satan's Cheerleaders
| image = Satans-cheerleaders.jpg
| caption =
| director = Greydon Clark
| producer = Alvin L. Fast
| writer = Greydon Clark
Alvin L. Fast
| narrator =
| starring = John Ireland
Yvonne De Carlo
John Carradine
| music = Gerald Lee
| cinematography = Dean Cundey
| editing = World Amusement Company
| distributor = Dimension Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1977}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Satan's Cheerleaders is a 1977 American comedy horror film directed by Greydon Clark and starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine.[https://loftcinema.org/film/satans-cheerleaders/ Satan's Cheerleaders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701140935/https://loftcinema.org/film/satans-cheerleaders/ |date=2020-07-01 }}, loftcinema.org
Plot
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
- 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
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Dimension Pictures in 1977.
= Home media =
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
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."{{Cite web |title=Satan's Cheerleaders |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/satans-cheerleaders/review/2000044824/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105132420/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/satans-cheerleaders/review/2000044824/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0076665}}
- List of American films of 1977
{{Greydon Clark}}
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:1970s high school films
Category:1970s supernatural horror films
Category:1977 comedy horror films
Category:American comedy horror films
Category:American supernatural horror films
Category:Dimension Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Greydon Clark
Category:1977 comedy-drama films
Category:English-language comedy horror films
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