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It was on this day all the way back in the year 1978 in the United States of America that the good and bad people of Dayton, Ohio were treated to an exclusive theatrical premiere event of the latest and greatest Horror/Thriller: Jennifer was first screened locally, and a good time was had by all.
Directed by Brice Mack (1917-2008) from a story by Kay Cousins Johnson (1923-1980) and Steve Krantz (1923-2007), the motion picture starred such names as Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy (1933-1991), Amy Johnston (1954-2021), Nina Foch (1924-2008), John Gavin (1931-2018), Jeff Corey (1914-2002), Louise Hoven (1949-2024), Ray Underwood (1953-1993), Wesley Eure, Florida Friebus (1909-1988), and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her impoverished rural Virginia background, scholarship student Jennifer Baylor is tormented to the point of exacting revenge by using her psychic control over snakes."
Essentially what one gets with Jennifer -- as best as I've been able to surmise -- is the picture appears to have been an early attempt to capitalize on the Horror phenomenon created by director Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie which was delivered to theaters in 1976. In fact, Jennifer's Wikipedia.org page has more than a single citation in which critics compared the two features to one another, though actress Pelikan's work may or may not have been the single greatest difference between the like-minded projects.
-- EZ
It was on this day all the way back in the year 1978 in the United States of America that the good and bad people of Dayton, Ohio were treated to an exclusive theatrical premiere event of the latest and greatest Horror/Thriller: Jennifer was first screened locally, and a good time was had by all.
Directed by Brice Mack (1917-2008) from a story by Kay Cousins Johnson (1923-1980) and Steve Krantz (1923-2007), the motion picture starred such names as Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy (1933-1991), Amy Johnston (1954-2021), Nina Foch (1924-2008), John Gavin (1931-2018), Jeff Corey (1914-2002), Louise Hoven (1949-2024), Ray Underwood (1953-1993), Wesley Eure, Florida Friebus (1909-1988), and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her impoverished rural Virginia background, scholarship student Jennifer Baylor is tormented to the point of exacting revenge by using her psychic control over snakes."
Essentially what one gets with Jennifer -- as best as I've been able to surmise -- is the picture appears to have been an early attempt to capitalize on the Horror phenomenon created by director Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie which was delivered to theaters in 1976. In fact, Jennifer's Wikipedia.org page has more than a single citation in which critics compared the two features to one another, though actress Pelikan's work may or may not have been the single greatest difference between the like-minded projects.
-- EZ
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