Satan's School for Girls (1973 film)
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DVD cover for Satan's School for Girls
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| Genre | Crime Horror Mystery |
| Written by | Arthur A. Ross |
| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Starring |
Pamela Franklin Kate Jackson Lloyd Bochner Jamie Smith Jackson Roy Thinnes Jo Van Fleet Cheryl Ladd |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Peter Dunne |
| Producer(s) |
Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg |
| Cinematography | Tim Southcott |
| Editor(s) | Brian Brunette Allan Jacobs |
| Running time | 78 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Spelling-Goldberg Productions |
| Distributor | ABC |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 19, 1973 |
Satan's School for Girls is a 1973 made-for-TV horror film directed by David Lowell Rich, and produced by Aaron Spelling. The film has been named as one of the most memorable television movies of the 1970s.
The film opens with a mysterious person chasing a student, Martha Sayers (Terry Lumley). The same day, the police and her sister Elizabeth (Pamela Franklin) find her hanged in her room. The police rule her death as an unmotivated suicide, but Elizabeth refuses to believe this and investigates further. She decides to visit the exclusive academy that Martha attended, The Salem Academy for Women, despite warnings from Martha's roommate, Lucy Dembrow (Gwynne Gilford). Under the assumed name of Elizabeth Morgan, she enrolls at the college, where she is welcomed by her classmates Roberta Lockhart (Kate Jackson), Debbie Jones (Jamie Smith Jackson) and Jody Keller (Cheryl Ladd).
Elizabeth notes several strange occurrences, but postpones further investigation. Debbie has an outburst in class. The feared headmistress, Mrs. Jessica Williams (Jo Van Fleet), is worried about the influence of "the new girl". When Lucy commits suicide, Elizabeth resumes her investigation. She becomes intrigued with a painting of Martha in a dungeon-like room. Debbie, who painted it, is terrified of the painting and claims she invented the background, but Elizabeth finds an identical setting in a cellar on campus. When she is accosted by a man with a sharp weapon, Elizabeth flees.
The next night, Elizabeth returns to the cellar with Roberta, who is now suspicious as well. They locate a hidden room in which they find the dead body of Debbie, who earlier that evening had tried to leave the campus. Elizabeth suspects that Professor Delacroix (Lloyd Bochner) is responsible, considering his eccentric and mildly sadistic behavior. Elizabeth bursts into his office, finding him in a deranged state with a gun in his hand. He fears something supernatural is stalking him, and he jumps through the window. After running for some time, he ends up mired in a swamp, where he is beaten with sticks by several students including Jody.
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