Reform School Girls

This article is about the 1986 film. For the similarly titled 1957 film, see Reform School Girl. For the similarly titled 1994 film, see Reform School Girl (1994 film).
Reform School Girls
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom DeSimone
Written by
  • Tom DeSimone
  • Jack Cummins
  • Daniel Arthur Wray
Produced by
  • Jack Cummins
  • Leo Angelos
Starring
CinematographyHoward Wexler
Edited byMichael Spence
Music byDan Siegel
Production
companies
  • Balcor Film Investors
  • International Cinevision Productions
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1986 (1986-08-22) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,510,433[1]

Reform School Girls is a 1986 American prison black comedy film, written and directed by Tom DeSimone.[2] It stars Linda Carol, Wendy O. Williams, Pat Ast, Sybil Danning and Sherri Stoner, and depicts the story of a young girl (played by Carol) who is sent to a reform school for girls that is operated by a sadistic and evil warden. She also has to deal with the local bully (Williams).

After directing two other women in prison films, Prison Girls (1972) and The Concrete Jungle (1982), DeSimone decided to make a film that would be a spoof of the genre. The role of Warden Sutter in the original script was a man. Producers wanted Danning to play the character of Edna, but DeSimone thought she wasn't good for that part so he changed the role of Warden Sutter to a woman and had Ast play that role instead.

The film received mostly negative reviews from critics.[3]

  1. ^ Reform School Girls at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Reform School Girls". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (August 29, 1986). "Movie Review : Parody Fails In 'Reform School Girls". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2015.