Jennifer (1978)

Directed by

Brice Mack

Genre

horror film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from Appalachia attends a wealthy Los Angeles boarding school where her classmates mistreat her. Using her psychic power to control snakes, she turns the tables on those who have wronged her.

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What happens

Jennifer is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Brice Mack and starring Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Wesley Eure, Nina Foch, and John Gavin. Its plot follows a young woman from Appalachia who, ostracized by her peers at an elite Los Angeles boarding school, enacts violent revenge through her psychokinetic ability to control snakes. Filmed in Los Angeles in the fall of 1977, Jennifer was released by American International Pictures in April 1978. The film was widely considered by critics at the time as the studio's "opportunistic cash-in" on the popularity of Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976). Some contemporary critics have assessed the film as part of a trend of ecological-themed horror films of the era, alongside Willard (1971) and Killer Bees (1974). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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