Jack Hill enjoyed success with women in prison and women blaxploitation, so he turned his area to a sub-genre of the “three girls” movie – the cheerleader film. It gave him another financial success, although it’s not as well known today as Big Doll House or Coffy. The three girls here are Jo Johnson (a very likeable performer with an usual look whose career never really took off), Rainbeaux Smith (a sweet-looking thing who later got on heroin and who, like so many 70s drive in female stars, died young) and Rosanne Katon (token black).
The plot involves Johnson going undercover as a cheerleader to write an article, Smith trying to lose her virginity (she gets gangbanged in a very unpleasant sequence), and Katon having an affair with her professor. The best scene is when the professor’s wife goes Katon with a knife – it’s brilliant (Hill always did great female fight scenes and you wish the film had more of them). The support cast includes a young Colleen Camp (who doesn't go nude) as one of the cheerleaders. It's bright and energetic, though a little dodgy - Hill's own description of the film as "a Disney sex comedy" is spot on.
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