Bill and Jeff welcome guest-host Gregory Crosby to review the TV thriller SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1973) directed by David Lowell Rich and produced by Aaron Spelling. The wonderful Pamela Franklin is in the lead, suffering the death of her sister, as she investigates the school her sister attended, convinced her death was a... murder. Jo Van Fleet is the headmistress, Roy Thinnes and Lloyd Bochner are some of the teachers. Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, and Jamie Smith-Jackson are schoolmates. As Bill says in the review, "What the devil is going on?" Oh, that Bill...

SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1973)
Episode 269 - Decades of Horror 1970s

Quote: "Condemn nothing. Embrace everything. And hang loose." - Clampett

Synopsis: A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.

Director: David Lowell Rich
Writer: Arthur A. Ross (written by) (as A.A. Ross)
Cast: Pamela Franklin as Elizabeth, Kate Jackson as Roberta, Lloyd Bochner as Delacroix, Jamie Smith-Jackson as Debbie, Roy Thinnes as Clampett, Jo Van Fleet as Headmistress, Cheryl Ladd as Jody

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Next up for Decades of Horror 1970s , picked by Doc, is MADHOUSE (1974) featuring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Robert Quarry. See you there!

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The Grue-Crew tackle the early Italian horror film THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA (1960, L'amante del vampiro) from director Renato Polselli. This is a first watch for each of the crew: Bill, Daphne, Doc, and Jeff. Walter Brandi makes for an interesting vampire appearing mostly in a oddly effective monster mask while Maria Luisa Rolando fills the role of Countess Aldo - also a vampire. Much of the film is reminiscent of the Dracula story but set near Rome, Italy, shot in the spectacular castle of Artena in 1959. This is a fun episode as we dive into the cast of characters, the posters, the director, writers, and cast. And, oh yeah, dance numbers. Check it out, you won't be disappointed. Enjoy!

THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA (1960)
Episode 230 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

Quote: "His curse is on us all. But one of these times, we'll arrive in time to drive a stake through his heart."

Synopsis: A troupe of beautiful young dancers finds itself stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, unaware that it is home to a group of vampires.

Director: Renato Polselli
Writer: Renato Polselli and Giuseppe Pellegrini and Ernesto Gastaldi
Cast:
Hélène Rémy as Luisa (credited as Helene Remy)
Tina Gloriani as Francesca
Walter Brandi as Herman
Isarco Ravaioli as Luca
Gino Turini as Giorgio (credited as John Turner)
Pier Ugo Gragnani as Il professore (credited as Ugo Gragnani)
María Luisa Rolando as La contessa Alda

Every 2 weeks we'll be focusing on a specific film released between 1920 and 1969. Next up, chosen by Jeff is The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), d. Michael Curtiz w/Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell.

Jeff, Bill, and Crystal are joined by Gregory Crosby to review the experimental, B&W, bizarre TETSUO-THE IRON MAN (1989). Enjoy as the Grue-Crew explore this difficult to explain classic.

TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989)
Episode 312 – Decades of Horror 1980s

Quote: "Just show me. Nothing much scares me… Nothing shocks me…I told you I could take it. " – girlfriend

Synopsis: A businessman accidentally hits The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.

Writer/Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto (also Producer, Cimatographer, Editor, Art Director)

Selected Cast:
Tomorowo Taguchi as Man (credited as Tomorow Taguchi)
Kei Fujiwara as Woman
Nobu Kanaoka as Woman in Glasses
Shin'ya Tsukamoto as Metal Fetishist
Naomasa Musaka as Doctor
Renji Ishibashi as Tramp

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the that decade. Next up, we tackle one chosen by Crystal – Slumber Party Massacre (1982) Make sure you join us for that one.

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