Line #14 Film/SatansCheerleaders


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3	''Satan's Cheerleaders'' is a 1977 American comedy horror film directed by Creator/GreydonClark and starring Creator/JohnIreland, Creator/YvonneDeCarlo, and Creator/JohnCarradine.
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5	The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their rituals. However, unbeknownst to the devil-worshipers, one of the cheerleaders is actually a witch, and has plans of her own for the Satanists.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	* AngryGuardDog: Sheriff Bubb has a pair of vicious guard dogs named Diablo and Lucifer who he uses to guard the cheerleaders he is hold prisoner for sacrifice. His wife later sends them to kill the cheerleaders.
9	* TheBadGuysAreCops: The cheer squad go to Sheriff Bubb after they are attacked by Billy, only to discover--too late--that the Sheriff is the High Priest of the Satanic cult Billy belonged to.
10	* TheBadGuyWins: Or at least [[spoiler: the Satanic Cheerleader ends the movie using the power of the infernal one to make sure her team wins the big football game.]]
11	* BathroomBreakout: Chris, Debbie and Sharon escape from the sheriff's house by going upstairs to go to the bathroom, and then climbing out the window and dropping off the porch. However, Ms. Johnson gets caught when she tries it.
12	* BigBreastPride: When Sheriff Bubb orders his followers to drag "the large one" to the altar, [[TheDitz Sharon]] demands to know if he was [[CallingMeALogarithm implying she is fat]]. She does, however, proudly admit to having the biggest boobs of any of the cheerleaders.
13	* CallingMeALogarithm: When Sheriff Bubb orders his followers to drag "the large one" to the altar, [[TheDitz Sharon]] demands to know if he was implying she is fat. She does, however, [[BigBreastPride proudly admit to having the biggest boobs of any of the cheerleaders]].
14	* CarloadOfCoolKids: The rich kids from Baker High travel about in Robyn's new Cadillac convertible: packed full and with three people sitting on the top of the backseat with the top down. Billy uses magic to cause the convertible to run Ms. Johnson's station wagon off the road.
15	* CruelCheerleader: The cheerleaders may be the protagonists, but they still manage to embody many of the cheerleader stereotypes: from the AlphaBitch (Chris) to ReallyGetsAround (Debbie) to the TheDitz (Sharon).
16	* CrustyCaretaker: Billy is the grumpy high school janitor. He is also a pervert who spies on the cheer squad while they are showering. He is also a Satanist who kidnaps the cheerleaders intending to rape them and them hand them over to the cult for HumanSacrifice.
17	* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: After escaping from the Sheriff's house, Chris makes it to a phone booth and attempts to phone for help, but winds up trapped there when the booth is surrounded by Satanists who [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone line]].
18	* CutPhoneLines: Chris trying to phone for help from a phone booth when the Satanists cut the phone lines.
19	* DirtyOldMonk: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Monk]], who gets very excited about the upcoming VirginSacrifice. Granted, he is a ''Satanist'' monk, but it is implied that he was a Christian monk before he converted to Satanism, and has been celibate his entire life. When an annoyed Sheriff Bubb asks what makes him such an expert on women, Monk replies that he as had a ''lot'' of [[EroticDream dreams about women]].
20	* TheDitz: Sharon, who has to have explained to her what an 'unsoiled maiden' is.
21	* EroticDream: When an annoyed Sheriff Bubb asks the DirtyOldMonk what makes him such an expert on women, Monk replies that he has had a ''lot'' of dreams about women.
22	* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Sheriff Bubb keeps adressing the monk as 'Monk', and it is not clear if he is addressing him by title or if [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep his surname actually is 'Monk']].
23	* GardeningVarietyWeapon: Sharon gets captured by one the local Satanist hicks who corners her with a gardening fork.
24	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Patti mockingly explains to Sheriff Bubb that he ruined his own VirginSacrifice when he raped the cheer coach Ms. Johnson, as she was the only 'unsoiled maiden' on the team. His demonic masters are not happy with this.
25	* HollywoodSatanism: The Satanists practice HumanSacrifice (or, at least, would like to) and can perform actual black magic.
26	* JustKeepDriving: After running the cheerleaders off the road, the Cadillac from Baker High just drives off with stopping (although it is possible this is an effect of the magic Billy used to cause the accident in the first place).
27	* KneelPushTrip: The girls pull this trick on the boys during their game of touch football on the beach.
28	* LouisCypher: The Sheriff's name is 'B.L. Bubb'.
29	* MakeOutKids: Debbie and her boyfriend Stevie keep disappearing to make-out and don't care who walks in on them.
30	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Patti mockingly explains to Sheriff Bubb that he ruined his own VirginSacrifice when he raped the cheer coach Ms. Johnson, as she was the only 'unsoiled maiden' on the team. His demonic masters are not happy with this.
31	* ReligionOfEvil: A Satanist cult kidnaps a cheerleading team and intends to use them for a VirginSacrifice.
32	* RoadSignReversal: Stevie swaps the signs on the locker room doors resulting in Coach leading the University Dean into the girls locker room instead of the boys.
33	* ScoobyDooHoax: The Sheriff is revealed to not really be a High Priest of Satanism, but actually conning the people of Nether for reasons that are never made clear: using trickery and a tape recorder to fake demonic responses to their ceremonies. He gets his comeuppance when he discovers that Satanic magic is RealAfterAll. Which shouldn't have come as a surprise to him given [[FlatEarthAtheist some of his followers have been performing actual magic throughout the movie]].
34	* SexySoakedShirt: The cheerleaders get in a water balloon fight with the girls from the rival Baker high and everyone ends up in soaking, clingy clothing.
35	* ShoutOut: When Stevie disappears into the bushes with Debbie for some hanky-panky, Coach yells after him to "[[Film/DrStrangelove remember your precious bodily fluids!]]"
36	* ShowerScene: There is a scene of the cheerleaders showering while the CrustyCaretaker Billy spies on them.
37	* SuperWindowJump: When Patti turs Emmy's spell against her, the two {{Angry Guard Dog}}s Lucifer and Diablo leap through closed windows to attack her.
38	* ToiletPaperPrank: After being forced off the beach by the cheerleaders and jocks from Benedict High, the kids from Baker High go to Benedict and toilet paper the school. Which does not please the CrustyCaretaker Billy, who has to clean it up.
39	* TownWithADarkSecret: Everybody in the town of Nether is a member of a Satanic cult led by the Sheriff.
40	* VirginSacrifice: Sheriff Bubb receives infernal inspiration that he is to sacrifice the 'unsoiled maiden' among the cheerleaders to be Satan's bride.
41	* WaterGunsAndBalloons: The cheerleaders get in a water balloon fight with the girls from the rival Baker High and everyone ends up in [[SexySoakedShirt soaking, clingy clothing]].
42	* WrongBathroomIncident: Stevie [[RoadSignReversal swaps the signs on the locker room doors]] resulting in Coach leading the University Dean into the girls' locker room instead of the boys while giving him a tour. The locker room is, of course, full of [[FanService mostly naked cheerleaders]].
43	* YouHaveFailedMe: After learning that Billy attempted to rape Patti instead of delivering the girls to the {{cult}} for the VirginSacrifice, Sheriff Bubb kills him, and plans to make him him the fall guy and frame him for the murder of all of the girls.

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