Pep Squad

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Audience Member This was a fairly successful little low budget film, and I go ta few laughs out of it. Creative deaths, etc., and it does pay off the comparison to John Waters and Heathers on the DVD cover, so that's something. Rental! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't in great debt recommend this garbage,but I have seen alot worse. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member one of my all-time favorite movies! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I found some of this movie very disturbing while other parts just so hilarious due to the fact that it is highly unlikely to take place in real life... Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member If you like B movies, "Pep Squad" is a B Movie in the best sense of the word. Why it went straight to video is beyond me. Its mix of humor and artistry makes it stand out as the "El Mariachi" of teen flicks. First time director Steve Balderson has fashioned not only an exceedingly witty script (Fave moment in a film full of fave moments: The cheer Cherry pays the cheerleaders to do), but has an eye for what Brian DePalma called "film as a visual medium". Take the costumes, each character given a very specific look and tone through wardrobe, take the finale- a breathtakingly clever denouement set to a new wave version of the star spangled banner. Balderson also knows what B fans come to see and has seen fit to throw in the occasional bit of shock violence and gratuitous nudity (though even that is shot with a fair degree of look and purpose). Special mention must be made of the director's sister, Brooke Balderson who, in the time warped town the film takes place in, is the most warped of all- a teenage Cruella DeVille. She's perfect- snarly, mean and way over the top. Then there's Jane Wiedlin look alike Summer Makovkin...well let's just say she's appealing on a purely personal level. "Pep Squad" is what would happen if David Lynch, in full "Twin Peaks" mode, decided to make a John Hughes film. I can say nothing more than run out and rent it and let's get this film the cult following it so richly deserves. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member it gets 5 stars because it is so bad that it is entertaining. i have no idea if it was intended to be deliberately bad in an ed wood way, or if this is the best that the crew and cast could do. it reeks cheese. it has left me with a big smile on my face. not one to see if you want class entertainment. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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