Satan's School for Girls (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Christopher Leitch

Writers (WGA):

Arthur A. Ross (1973 teleplay Satan's School for Girls)
Jennifer Maisel (story) ...

Release Date:

13 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Plot:

A young woman enrolls at an all-girls college in New England to investigate her sister's suicide and is slowly lured into a witchcraft cult by a quartet of students wanting to make her their fifth member of their evil circle.

Plot Keywords:

College | Dog Attack | Girl School | Lycanthropy | Pentagram

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Beth Hammersmith / Karen Oxford
Julie Benz	...	Alison Kingsley
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Mark Lantch
Richard Joseph Paul	...	Nick Delacroix
Taraji P. Henson	...	Paige
Aimée Castle	...	Courtney
Mandy Schaffer	...	Hillary
Victoria Sanchez	...	Lisa Bagley
Kate Jackson	...	The Dean
Irene Contogiorgis	...	Jenny Hammersmith
Alan Fawcett	...	Ruben
Jessica Goldapple	...	Kim
Christian Paul	...	T.J.
Adam MacDonald	...	Blake
Jonathan Stark	...	Mr. Hammersmith

Runtime:

87 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 | UK:12 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

John Abbott College, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

The photos on IDs and other forms of identification for Beth/Karen are promotional stills from the first season of "Charmed" (1998), another Aaron Spelling production.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: While Mark is cycling through the town, he passes a Banque d'Epargne (Savings Bank), tipping off the Quebec location.

Quotes:

Alison Kingsley: I just meant that I'm glad someone could be there for you. And you know I'm always here for you too. I guess we don't know each other that well yet but I hope that'll change.

Movie Connections:

References "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Tell Me Girlfriend

It could have been better

I woke up this morning to find a note from my younger sister asking me to tape the movie because it was on while she was at school. So I did.

I didn't think it was too bad, but it would have been better if thy had done it with a different ending.

Shannen Doherty plays your seemingly average girl, Beth Hammersmith. However, after her sister apparently suicides, she receives a message saying "Our Deepest Sympathies--The Five". And out of curiosity, she enrols at her sister's college. On her first day, she gets a note saying "Join Us--The Five".

She meets the Dean (Kate Jackson). And her roomate allison (Julie Benz). And her roomate's friend Paige. And "Sabrina the teenage b tch"--a girl named Lisa (along with her four goth "droogs", if I may use that term).

I'm not going to reveal anything more about this movie in the case that you the reader have not seen it yet.

However, I will tell you that the ending is a little too saccharine for this kind of movie. Had they changed it, the movie would be a lit better (and yes, I do understand that this movie was based on a 1970s TVM that also featured Kate Jackson)