AIP late 50s horror which means misunderstood teenagers caught up with monsters - in this case troubled boarding school student Sandra Harrison. She is tormented by some bitchy girls falls under the sway of teacher Louise Lewis who is bitter against the way men rule the world - but just in case you think this might be some surprising feminism, don't worry.... Lewis turns out to be the villain, a vampire to boot.
Herman Cohen's films were often accused of sexism and misgoyny; I used to think they had sexist and misgoynistic characters, which is not exactly the same thing - but here the allegations feel warranted. It's not very comfortable to watch, with the constant slagging off of females. It's a shame because the idea of vampires in a female boarding school isn't a bad one; there are some intriguing lesbian overtones and the drama is intense, plus camp factor of a 50s song and a detective talking about his old school friends from the Carpathian Mountains.
It follows the structure of I Was a Teenage Werewolf very closely - so does I was a Teenager Frankenstein (and Cohen's Konga was similar too).
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