Satan's Cheerleaders

Satan's Cheerleaders
Satan's Cheerleaders
Directed by	Greydon Clark
Written by	Greydon Clark ; Alvin L. Fast
Produced by	Alvin L. Fast
Starring	John Ireland ; Yvonne De Carlo ; John Carradine
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Edited by	World Amusement Company
Music by	Gerald Lee
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures
Release date	March 18, 1977;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75,000

Last updated December 29, 2025

Satan's Cheerleaders is a 1977 American comedy horror film directed by Greydon Clark and starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine.^[2]

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."^[3]

References

1 2 "Satan's Cheerleaders". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025.
↑ Satan's Cheerleaders Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine , loftcinema.org
↑ "Satan's Cheerleaders". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.

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[AFI-1] 1 2 "Satan's Cheerleaders". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025.

[2] Satan's Cheerleaders Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine , loftcinema.org

[3] "Satan's Cheerleaders". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.

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