In this campy horror flick, someone is offing perky cheerleaders. It could be the football players, their coach, a kooky local, or any number of possible suspects.
It's the night before the big rivalry football game between two area high school... and ... more
someone has a game plan of their own. They are killing off the cheerleaders, as well as anyone else who gets in their way. The sleepy little town of Briars creek is...
Advantages: Good fun Disadvantages: Not so much fun second time round
and the ultra-camp.
The movie is directed by Jamie Babbitt and was one of her first features, a keen lesbian activist she is the helmsperson on successful US series The Gilmore Girls as well as the first source of director for lesbian inspired issues in popular shows like Nip/Tuck, Gossip Girl, and Wonderfalls. Most recently found as a guest director on lesbian drama The L Word, Babbit having broke her teeth in movies is a top name in TV.
I can't recommend the purchase of But I'm A Cheerleader because it simply does not have the same power on a second viewing. But as a one of TV viewing or DVD Rental this is definitely one to watch.
Should you decide to make a purchase the DVD comes with no special features and is released by Prism Leisure with an RRP price of £5.99, though you might find it slightly cheaper if you look around ...
Advantages: Funny, some good points Disadvantages: Something didn't quite work for me
the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender for those unaquainted with these confusing acronyms!) section. It's a rather large but depressing section, full of wonderful films with the little (0) after most of the titles, indicating that the poor little film hasn't had a review written for it!
Well, it'd take years for old Sparkydog to single-handedly change that for all of them- I still have to watch most of them first- but for now I'll be writing about a nice little film which is also currently languishing in the nobody-loves-me (0) category- a much neglected US movie, "But I'm a Cheerleader!"
This film is set on a simple premise- the heroine, Megan Bloomfield, (played by Natasha Lyonne, who I hadn't heard of before but has apparently starred in better-known films such as the American Pie movies and Scary Movie 2) is a 17-year ...
Advantages: very funny, can watch again and again Disadvantages: quite cheesy
The first time I saw this film was when I went over to my friends house and she had just put it on, so I had to watch it. Since then I've had to buy it!!
The Stars.
Megan - Natasha Lyonne
Graham - Clea DuVall
Mike - RuPaul
The Characters.
Megan - Megan is a popular cheerleader, from a very religous background who is dating the captain of the football team, and she doesn't think she is gay, its her friends and family who do!
Graham - Graham is already at the True Directions camp when Megan arrives, she is quite rebellious, is only at the camp really to please her parents. Graham has attitude and doesn't get on with the others.
Mike - Mike is the "ex-gay" who was once himself at the True Directions camp, but has been (supposidly been) converted back to "normal"
True Directions
True Directions Is the sexual re ...
In the run up to a big football game between two rival schools, someone is murdering cheerleaders. Suspicion falls on a boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, a local bum, a football coach and the sheriff.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
FILM 2000; SONY DADC
Release date
08/07/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
FMDV 1077
Barcode
5034377010770
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer
DVD Description
In this campy horror flick, someone is offing perky cheerleaders. It could be the football players, their coach, a kooky local, or any number of possible suspects.
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