Satan's School for Girls
A TV movie by its original maker, the God of television shows and movies,
Mr. Aaron Spelling. What better way to pay homage to one's own pulsating
veins of creativity than by reincarnating the 1973 version of Satan's
School for Girls into a stylish, eerie, and sexy modern version of
witchcraft at its most evil.
Witchcraft and superstitions at a prestigious woman's college are rumored
to be the extra curricular activities that an elite group of girls dabble
into and who call themselves The Five.
As a child, Beth (Shannen Doherty) was able to see visions in her dreams
and be able to identify if a card being held up was a face or number card
without second guessing it. One night all that changed when Beth and her
parents got into a fight over being able to stay home and watch her sister,
Jenny (Irene Contogiorgis), without a baby sitter. That night Beth dreamt
her parents were killed in a car crash and they were. Beth's guilt caused
her gifts to be buried deep in her heart for the memories and the pain were
too much to bare.
Years later, Beth receives an urgent call for her sister to meet her back
home. Shockingly Beth's arrival ends in a horror scene when she finds Jenny
in a puddle of blood, suicide the obvious cause of death. Beth doesn't buy
this especially since Jenny told her she needed to talk to her about
something very serious happening at the college she attended.
Beth, with the help of her friend, gets a fake ID and enrolls at Fallbridge
Women's College as "Karen Oxford."
Karen meets Dean Olivia Burtis (Kate Jackson) and asks her about the recent
suicide the school had to deal with. Olivia professes her great sadness and
tells Karen that the girl was very troubled and no one could help her.
Karen gets befriended by a few of the college gals named Alison (Julie
Benz,) Paige (Taraji P. Henson) and Hillary (Mandy Schaffer) who fill her
in on some of the more colorful personalities that the school has to offer.
Karen also starts to date Mark (Daniel Cosgrove), who's a real nice guy and
someone that Karen can finally open up her past to and, at the same time,
awaken her magical powers, but there seems to be some strings attached that
Karen is unaware of with her girlfriends and boyfriend.
When Karen starts to question Lisa (Victoria Sanchez), the girl her sister
was roommates with, there is a cold wall placed in front of Karen and Lisa
doesn't want anything to do with Karen. In fact, she even threatens Karen
so she will stay away, but Lisa seems to know something about Karen and
Karen's new gal pals and her boyfriend Mark tell her to stay away from her
because she is involved in the occult.
What happens when Karen has a dream that Lisa is murdered and wakes up to
see her mangled body outside of her window?
Karen is getting deeper into finding out that the school may be up to
something sinister and that The Five are looking to recruit a fifth member
to complete their cycle.
Who are The Five and what do they have planned for Karen, and can Karen
fight this evil without giving into temptation?
This dark, campy and pleasing movie will appeal to fans of Shannen Doherty
and Mr. Spelling's work in general.
There's good stuff in here and the performances and the theme should make
for an engaging watch.
Written by: Lynda Dale MacLean
Reviewers Rating: 6
Reader's Rating: 5.73
Reader's Votes: 15
Added: 2-Nov-2003
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