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  • Brenda (Linda Blair), along with her high school friends, feels its a good idea to steal some hoodlum's car & total it after her deaf/mute sister walks into the middle of the road and almost gets hit by them. This doesn't sit well for the decidedly homo-erotic gang of 'bad boys' lead with sadistic panache by Jake, so they decide to rape Brenda's sister which leads to her seeking vengeance in this 80's exploitation staple.

    Some might say that this film is simple-minded and while there's truth to that and it's a valid point, this film is also a pretty good piece of trash that wears it's exploitation badge on it's sleeve. I admire that and it's a fun enough seedy little ride that lets me excuse Blair's terribly campy acting throughout. Director Danny Stienmann does a bang-up job and if he'll just do another film of this caliber I promise i'll forgive him for "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" Oh yeah, and I have to give props to John Vernon, as well, as his part, though rather small, is still greatness.

    Eye Candy: Linda Blair, Rebecca Perle, and Suzee Slater get topless; Linnea Quigley shows boobs and a hint of muff (but it's in a very unerotic scene); various extras show tits, ass & bush in the obligatory shower scene

    My Grade: B+

    BCI's 2-disc set DVD Extras: Disc 1) Audio commentary by director Danny Steinmann; Second commentary by actors Robert Dryer and Sal Landi & director of photography Stephen Posey; & Third commentary by producer John Strong and actors Dryer and Johnny Venocur Disc 2) Interviews with Blair, Quigley, Venocur, Dryer, & Strong; Theatrical trailer for this film; and trailer for "Final Exam"
  • Sexploitation film with the unmistakable mark of the 80's. There are many ups and downs. Some action scenes are nice but thwre is also bad overacting. You can see lots of naked women, often suffering sexual harassment. The leading character seeks revenge against a clockwork-orange-like gang.
  • Savage Streets (1984) is directed by Danny Steinmann and this belongs to the better achievements of the vigilante genre. Brenda's (Linda Blair) deaf little sister Heather (Linnea Quickley) is abused by a brutal street gang and left to her agony on the school floor. Her sister is very tough and powerful (both physically and mentally) and soon she begins her own war against those b****rds that raped and killed innocent people.

    There are no morals in this films, but as far as one is interested in vigilante movies (which may include some morals, too) this is very pleasant classic from the 1980's as these films are not made anymore. The rape scene is pretty disturbing as the girl cannot even scream. The violence is not too heavy but heavy enough to shock the mainstream audience, and this would probably not get an R rating nowadays in its full form, but then, it didn't get it back then, either. Linnea is very beautiful and acts her silent role convincingly, and her sister's actress Linda Blair is also fantastic and should scare all the males with her crossbow and killer expression on her face..

    I liked this flick, because I love these nostalgic (just listen to the marvelous soundtrack!!!) street films from the 80's. Others of its kind are for example Lustig's Vigilante, Winner's Death Wish (from the 70's but still) and Ferrara's Ms. 45. Savage Streets is not too intelligent movie but as a trash exploitation this is very important piece of genre's history, in my opinion! And of course there is a shower scene without any other purpose than to show us naked women. And also a fight scene in the shower! And also.. Well, fans of the genre know exactly what to expect from this kind of film: great dialogue and characters, nudity, gratuitous violence, rock and disco music and so on, and Savage Streets delivers it all and so is recommended for fans of this kind of low budget exploitation.

    7/10
  • Definitely the highlight of Linda Blair's post-Exorcist career, this sleezy tale of high school revenge is a must for bad film fans everywhere.

    This touching tale tells the story of Brenda (Blair), a tough high school gal who spends her nights drinking peach brandy on the streets of LA with her equally tough friends. One night, they make the mistake of messing with a gang called the Scars ("careful Brenda, these dudes look dangerous"), and before you know it, the Scars have raped and beaten Brenda's deaf, mute sister. Once Brenda learns the truth of what happened, she vows revenge on those responsible.

    Directed by Daniel Steinman (Friday the 13th Pt 5), this film has some of the best (and worst) dialogue ever to grace the screen. Blair is fantastic, a hilarious mix of flared nostrils and foul language. Even better is John Vernon,as the principal, in his second film with Blair (Chained Heat is another must see). Vernon steals every scene he's in, whether he's telling Brenda she has "a great body" (!) or telling the Scars to "go f**k an iceberg"!

    This is the ultimate 80s high school movie - terrible music, awful acting, questionable violence and gratuitous nudity. Seek it out if you haven't seen it. It's best seen in it's uncut form, as here in the UK twelve minutes were censored!
  • Slightly more than a decade after she depicted the legendary possessed teenager Regan, who spun her head 360 degrees and vomited green pea soup in one of the horror genre's greatest historical classics, Linda Blair didn't star in elite and sophisticated movies like "The Exorcist" at all anymore! But that isn't necessarily bad news for the avid cult/exploitation fanatics, because lovely Linda grew out to become one most popular and desirable cult wenches on earth! The unwritten rule states: if you like horror, you love Linda Blair. Nah, just kidding, personally I love Linda because she's an unpretentious and not-at-all-prudish natural babe who stars in some of the silliest and trashiest, but simultaneously most entertaining B-movies of the eighties! After the unsurpassable "Chained Heat" – as far as I'm concerned still the Holy Grail of exploitation cinema – this "Savage Streets" is definitely her finest show piece. This vile and nasty hybrid between vigilante thriller and high-school punk gang literally oozes with unmistakable early 80s trademarks, like raw atmosphere, awful music and even worse clothing styles, misogynic violence, gratuitous nudity and loads of uncompromising violence! Set in less glamorous streets of Hollywood, Blair portrays Brenda, the leader of an all-girl high school gang. Brenda is tough and relentless about pretty much everything except for her vulnerable deaf-mute younger sister Heather, whom she protects and defends with her life. Her gang runs into conflict with The Scars, a violent male gang led by the dangerously disturbed Jake. While Brenda is cat-fighting in the shower and receiving morality speeches in the principal's office, the Scars rape her little sister Heather and kill her pregnant friend Francine. So what's a girl to do? She takes a long bath, dresses up in a tight leather outfit and goes out to extract her vengeance! I could probably write two entire pages filled with the flaws and illogicalities that feature in "Savage Streets", but where's the fun in that? Instead, I'll just shamelessly admit that the film provides non-stop trashy entertainment (well, except maybe during the long & unpleasant gang- rape) and glorious sleaze. The overload of nudity mostly comes from nameless extras; you know the type of girls that are extendedly filmed in the shower before the camera pans to the actual dressing room where the main actresses are having a conversation. But don't worry, as Linda goes topless as well, and so does the beautiful Rebecca Perle whose top is ripped off during a wrestling game in class! Blair and Perle have perhaps the nicest pairs of boobs of the entire decade. But in all honesty, "Savage Streets" also contains a handful of notably tense sequences and truly scary and badass male villains. Particularly Robert Dryer (as Jake) and Sal Landi (as Fargo) are terrifically menacing thugs. The climax is a fantastic – but sadly too short – piece of vigilante action that would even make Charles Bronson proud! The forever underrated John Vernon appears as school principal, but his role is fairly insignificant this time.
  • High school hellcat gets revenge on gang-bangers & thugs in this 80's cult classic. The music soundtrack is outstanding & is truly the movie's highlight.
  • damianphelps26 December 2020
    The late 70's early 80's, particularly with the push of home video, saw a deluge of trashy, violent movies that were the joy of my early teens, back in the day when renting an 18+ movie as a kid was pretty easy :).

    Bronx Warriors, Exterminator and in my opinion the king of them all, Class of 84, led the way in this boob filled, blood dripping bonanza.

    Savage Streets, whilst a lesser entry, is still pretty good for what it was trying to achieve. The draw card was (and probably still is) Linda Blair in her continued efforts to movie along from The Exorcist. Its violent, sleazy and entertaining enough although the passing of time has not been kind.
  • Call "Savage Streets" what it is: trash. However, it is amusing, lowest-of-all-levels trash, and I enjoyed Linda Blair's upfront, colorful performance as the vengeful big sister of a rape victim. The dialogue is hilariously vulgar and self-conscious, and the girls' locker room sequence (filled with naked babes, as if this were a women-in-prison flick) provides just about the final word in exploitative catfights. The tone wavers continually from outrageous juvenalia to psychotic melodrama, and the extreme violence (as well as the rape scene) is tough to stomach. However, the film's goal is to be cartoonish junk, and that is surely realized. ** from ****
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    A decade or so after her head-turning performance as a puking, foul-mouthed possessed girl in The Exorcist, Linda Blair's movie career wasn't exactly flourishing. Bad news for Linda, but good news for fans of trashy movies.

    With the now chubby actress (reportedly) hooked on drugs, and quality roles a thing of the past, Linda made the inevitable move into the world of exploitation cinema.

    After playing an innocent girl banged up in a lesbian hell-hole in the wonderfully sleazy WIP movie Chained Heat, Linda starred in the violent revenge drama Savage Streets, which saw her in one of her finest (ie. Cheesiest) roles of the 80s, as Brenda, the street-smart leader of a gang of high-school girls, who turns vigilante after her deaf/mute sister (played by a young Linnea Quigley) is gang-raped and her best friend is murdered.

    With cat-fights in the school showers, tons of gratuitous nudity (even Linda gets her thruppennies out!), a protracted rape scene, bad disco dancing, nasty deaths (and even nastier 80s fashion), awful dialogue, several lame 'Porkys'-style comedy moments, and a rockin' soundtrack by John Farnham, Savage Streets is tacky sleazoid trash of the highest order.

    A suitably silly ending sees a big-haired, lip-glossed, leather-catsuited, crossbow-toting Brenda hunting down and killing the gang who diddled her little sister and threw her best bud off a bridge-and then being allowed to walk away scot free by a seemingly uninterested bunch of cops, who arrive on the scene just as our heroine has toasted her final scumbag.

    If you enjoy low-budget trash, do yourself a favour and check this one out ASAP.
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    Savage Streets is set in Los Angeles where Brenda (Linda Blair) & her mute deaf sister Heather (Linnea Quigley) are high-school students, Brenda is a tough member of a girl gang & they all decide to play a joke on a vicious gang of local drug dealers named the 'Scars' lead by psycho Jake (Robert Dryer). Brenda & her gang steal the Scars car & fill it with rubbish & find it very amusing but Jake & his boys are unimpressed & decide to take revenge, while at school Heather is forced into some toilets & gang raped by the Scars. Shortly after Brenda's best friend & fellow gang member Francine (Lisa Freeman) cuts Jake's face & as revenge he throws her off a very high bridge. Once Brenda finds out that the Scars were responsible for the brutal rape of her sister & the murder of her best friend she decides to take the law into her own hands & dish out some of her own brand of street justice...

    Co-written & directed by Danny Steinmann this is the type of sleazy, seedy exploitation flick with a very deliberate sense of humour that was made for people with a slight mental imbalance just like myself, damn how can anyone not find Savage Streets the gloriously entertaining & downright funny exploitation film that it was always mean to be? The pace is good with either some scuzzy sleazy scene or some hilarious camp scene happening, some of the dialogue in Savage Streets is priceless & the whole rape revenge plot is pure 100% grade A exploitation gold from start to finish. The funny high school politics between Brenda & cheerleader Cindy is amazing, the Scars who are just downright scum & seem to cause trouble wherever they go & various subplots that go absolutely nowhere like that guy who keeps trying to chap Brenda up make this unmissable for all cult film fans out there. The rape scene is uncomfortable viewing but it's intercut with a silly fight between two girls in a shower which is just genius on director's Steinmann's part, it really is. I would have liked a little more time given to the revenge part of the film towards the end which is over far too quickly & wouldn't Brenda get locked up for killing three people? How she's free to visit graves at the end is anyone's guess. Also we never discover what Brenda did with Vince, the fourth Scar member who develops a conscience. For those with a liking for these over the top vigilante films Savage Streets is a good one full of camp humour & brutal violence with plenty of female nudity as well, what more do you want? What, a cameo from John Vernon? No problem, that's here as well.

    I must admit I was a little disappointed with the violence levels here, there's a bit of blood but I would have liked to see slightly more satisfying death's for the Scar members. There's a fair bit of nudity with an obligatory girls school shower scene. The whole look of the film is very 80's with very dated looking clothes & hair & an absolutely terrible soundtrack full of awful rock songs. Apparently here in the UK Savage Streets had 12 minutes cut from it on video with the rape scene & scenes involving a crossbow being edited but I find this hard to believe as the rape only lasts a couple of minutes & Blair only uses her crossbow three times at the end so I really can't see it adding up to 12 minutes, I assume other footage was also cut & probably renders the film almost unwatchable.

    According to the IMDb this had a budget of about $1,200,000 & it looks quite good actually with some decent cinematography & production values. The acting is suitably silly with a twenty five year old Linda Blair trying to pass for a teenager, John Vernon is always a hoot while Linnea Quigley makes an early screen appearance.

    Savage Streets is an enjoyably trashy exploitation film with a camp feel at times which just works, sure it's dated & has no great artistic or social merit but it entertains & that's good enough for me. Just don't watch the UK video version.
  • The lively high school student , Brenda (Linda Blair) , and her all-girl team nicknamed The Satins set out along the knockout streets of the metropolis Los Angeles . Then , Brenda as tough leader of the gang decides to play an innocent prank on the ruthless street gang of vicious drug-dealers , The Scars (formed by Robert Dryer , Sal Landi , among others) . This is an extremely grim street gang who terrorizes senior citizens , tourists and dope debtors . After the night out in the streets of L.A. the rebel girls go to High School under direction by a stiff-uppe-lip Principal (John Vernon) . But , before long , Brenda's intimate deaf-mute sister, innocent Heather (Linnea Quigley, though another Scream Queen , Brinke Stevens also auditioned for the character) , catches the eye of their ominous leader, Jake , who , with the help of his companions , sexually assault the defenceless girl , including all gang members taking turns on raping her . As our starring vows revenge and decides ¨this means war¨, along the way Brenda taking on the loving overtures of a dimwitted jock and the venomous disputes from his jealous sweetheart . Now, there's no turning back , only law is "An eye for an eye" and blood demands more blood and a deadly revenge. The gang war of the sexes! They raped her sister and killed her best friend. They raped her sister... killed her best friend. Now she must seek revenge! .Savage Streets : Where the only rule is "an eye for an eye."What They Just Did To Her Little Sister Is Worse Than A Crime ... Now Witness The Ultimate Execution! .

    A disagreeable and disgusting film making us sick to our stomachs with another violent exploitation movie , though other bits are entertaining in a trashy kind of way . The Exorcist kid , Linda Blair , is at it again in a violent role , as she sets out on a heinous journey of retribution to settle the score in a fascinating climax , only instead of throwing up because she's possessed by the devil , she's carrying out an implacable vengeance . Here she executes a commando-style vendetta on the street band who raped her sister , -leaving her for dead as payback- , by using some lethal bear traps and a mighty crossbow . Linda Blair gives an acceptable acting as the merciless avenger who ultimately delivers justice for her sister's stolen virginity, after ¨The Exorcist I and II¨ , Linda starred lots of B films and exploitation movies , as her career fell in bottom of barrel territory , performing mediocre and below average films as ¨Born Innocent¨ , ¨Chained heat¨, ¨Hell night¨ , ¨Night patrol¨ , ¨Red heat¨ ,¨Ruckus , ¨Wild horse hank¨ , ¨Silent assassins¨ , among others . It contains an extended rape scene with brutal rapists proceeding sleazy action with exploitative intentions , in fact these scenes was heavily cut for a lower rating , as originally the scene was lot longer and more cruel . In any way , being rated ¨R¨ for everything imaginable , including rape , profanity , nudism and some really violent scenes.

    It packs a lot of disco music and composed by John D'Andrea who musicalized ¨Baywatch¨ series . The motion picture was regularly directed by Danny Steinmann who made ¨Friday the 13th : A New Begin¨ and ¨The Unseen¨ , though Tom DeSimone was originally attached to film but quit after only a few days of shooting ; the latter also directed ¨Angel 3¨ , ¨The Concrete Jungle¨ and ¨Reform School Girls¨ . Rating . 5/10 . Mediocre and so-so action but very violent movie.
  • This one pretty much has it all. It wears 1980s on its forehead. Linda Blair gets star billing in a role that was a far departure from her usual victim parts. Age 24 when this was filmed, she really seems to revel in this new role. Linnea Quigley gives one of the best performances of her career as a deaf-mute. One year older than Blair, the implication is that she is Blair's younger sister.

    Linda (wisely) avoids nudity during the shower scene. She did that the year before in CHAINED HEAT. But she does have an artsy candlelit bathtub scene where she is nude displaying her ample assets.

    Also, you know this is an eighties film when the shower scene features an abundance of pubic hair. You wouldn't see that today.

    SAVAGE STREETS has nudity, violence, rape, murder, revenge, 80s music, and good locations.

    But is also has something else....

    Homo hijinks. There's a guy gang called the Scars. They kiss on the lips. One guy sucks another thumb. One wears more makeup than Boy George. And they are CONSTANTLY touching one another. WTF? Did I miss something in the 80s? Oh, yeah...and they have to assert their masculinity through rape. Right.

    Sal Landi, as one of the gang members, gives an outstanding performance. Blair is in top form. Check it out!
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    ****SPOILERS**** The first thing that I noticed right at the beginning of the movie "Savage Streets", and then waited and waited until the film was just about over, is that there were no police or law enforcement personal in the movie at all. This in a film with a murder a hit and run killing a rape drug dealing and brutal beatings and a gory final. With three persons getting stabbed chopped and burned to a crisp sprinkled throughout the movie until the very last scene when all the damage was already done and there was nothing left for the cops, who finally arrived, left to do to but to clean up the mess.

    There was a brutal rape and beating of the movies star Linda Blair, Brenda's, sweet and innocent but hearing impaired and mute sister Heather,Linnca Quigley, by a gang of drug dealers Jake Vince Fargo & Red, Robert Dryer Johnny Venocur Sal Landi & Scott Myer. This outrage happens at the school gym that lasted for what seemed like a hour. With nobody hearing what was happening to poor Heather and calling for help. Even after she was found later there were no police at the scene at all.

    There was also the scene where Jake throws another high school girl and good friend of Brenda Francine, Lisa Freemen, off a high bridge to her death in broad daylight with cars zooming back and forth with nobody bothering to call the cops. There was another scene at the MX disco where Jake and his friends savagely beat two persons almost to death with again no police being call to stop the bleeding. In fact the band playing didn't even miss a beat in their song as if the beating of the two was part of their act.

    Linda Blair is at her friskiest and sexy best as Brenda in the movie as she takes on all comers.Having it out with Cindy, Rebecca Perle, who accused her of stealing her boyfriend Wes, Brian Mann, in a really wild cat fight in the girls gym shower. Later in the classroom Brenda has Cindy running for her life and from embarrassment as she pulled off her blouse and left her topless. Brenda also takes on the brutal drug gang after she found out who beat and raped her sister and killed her best friend from Vince. Vince got sick when he was forced to participate in the gang-rape and beating of Heather and finally quit the group, which later cost him his life, when they murdered Francine.

    In full battle attire Brenda finishes off both Fargo & Red with a arrow from her cross-bow right in Fargo's throat. Then, after he slipped and fell, having a pair of bear-traps close around Red's leg and neck causing him to bleed to death. As well as her giving Jake such a work over that even Jason Voorhees of "Friday the Thirteenth" fame wouldn't have survived it. With Jake doing a good imitation of the movie "The Towering Inferno" at the end of the film.
  • I am a 40+ year fan & connoisseur of exploitation movies. Call them whatever you like...schlock, trash-cinema, psychotronic films...it doesn't matter. I've literally watched thousands of these type movies, including nearly every notorious Italian cannibal film as well as plenty of rape-revenge flicks. Savage Streets is the rare exception in that I found it so genuinely distasteful that I regret watching it.

    In many superficial ways, Savage Streets is a typical 80s violent gang-action film. It's got some decent talent in front of the camera and a lead (Linda Blair) with a recognizable name. It's shot well enough for the B-movie that it is. But behind all the artifice of a generic violent movie, the screenwriter/director went out of his way to absolutely revel in sexual assault.

    Sexual assault was, unfortunately, a major trope in countless 70s & 80s exploitation films. It was not uncommon in major studio productions either. I've seen it plenty of times, and I admit, I don't like it. Generally speaking, most of these genre films use rape to amp up the sleaze and provide the protagonist some motivation. Personally, I think this was both distasteful and lazy...but hey, that's just me.

    Savage Streets, takes things to a different level. The rape scene is extremely drawn out, very cruel, and perpetrated against a character that is portrayed as very sheltered, vulnerable, and disabled (mute). And it's not even just a rape scene--it's a gang rape...and it goes on forever.

    Besides the rape, the film is replete with other instances of violence specifically targeted towards women including sexual assault and murder (of a pregnant woman). This is all done in service of setting up the "revenge" element of the movie.

    When I say that the "revenge" element is weak, I'm not lying. Whereas the rape scene was played out graphically, the ONE SCENE with Linda Blair getting "revenge" is shockingly tame (given that this is an exploitation film) and also brief. The film is very unbalanced in that the "revenge" seems a half-hearted afterthought that is only included in order to justify the gratuitous graphic depiction of violence towards women.

    I'm not Puritan by any stretch. I've watched plenty of sick stuff. But Savage Streets seems to really revel in glorifying violence towards women in a way that crosses a big boundary (for me). It doesn't do it because it's taboo, it really comes across as the writer/director really being a twisted person.
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    SAVAGE STREETS stars Linda Blair as Brenda, who, along with her impossibly innocent sister, Heather (Linnea Quigley), and their friends -sort of a 1980's version of the Pink Ladies, with Brenda as Rizzo- set out for a nice evening.

    Simultaneously, a group of four thuggish goons are terrorizing the populace. After a run-in with said miscreants, Brenda and company take it upon themselves to teach them a lesson in civility. Bad idea, as poor Heather is easy pickings for these leather-encased hooligans! Unfortunately, Brenda's too busy fighting in the shower to come to her sister's aid.

    With Heather hospitalized, and clinging to life, Brenda and her friends hang out at what could only be described as the twin of the wonderful Club Scum from HOBGOBLINS! By some miraculous turn of the karmic wheel, the four Neanderthals arrive there as well! Even so, no one figures these mugs as the perpetrators of Heather's attack.

    Then, one of Brenda's cohorts encounters these jerks in their jerk-mobile, and meets a grisly end. At last, Brenda has the evidence she requires, and quickly transforms into a wild-eyed, big-haired angel of death, complete with implements of sweet revenge!

    Now, the tables of fate have turned, and Brenda unleashes her arsenal on these lecherous losers! Oh yes, their deaths are glorious! The finale in the paint store gives a whole new meaning to "redecorating"!

    A wonderful vehicle for Linda Blair, she plays her character to the hilt!

    Shower scene fans rejoice! Annnnd, Ms. Blair takes a relaxing bath!

    Co-stars John Vernon as the world's meanest school principal!...
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    An adult thriller with period charm, SAVAGE STREETS is, like CLASS OF 1984, one of those high school movies of the 1980s that mixes sleaze and ultra violence for a surprisingly explicit thrill-ride. Seen today it's an odd mix of depravity and high camp, as Linda Blair dresses in leather and hunts members of a criminal gang with her crossbow. Her performance is OTT to say the least, but then it fits a film which never goes for restraint. There's a nasty scene of gang rape straight out of a DEATH WISH movie, alongside the obligatory gratuitous nude scenes, the girl's locker room scene a notorious highlight; even Blair isn't spared. Why bother having a scene of quiet introspection when she's dressed, anyway? The revenge scenes take a long time to come, but until that point you get plenty of sassy dialogue, snarling villainy and John Vernon in a small but entertaining role as the principal.
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    This 1984 thriller stars Linda Blair, Linnea Quigley and John Vernon. Blair (The Exorcist, Hell Night) plays Brenda, a sexy, bold teen who takes deadly revenge on a vicious thug, Jake (Robert Dryer) and his gang after they rape her handicapped sister, Heather (Quigley) and murder one of her friends. Vernon appears briefly as a Principal. This isn't a bad flick except for a bit of the acting, Blair is fierce yet cheeky in it and I like some of the music. The film follows the revenge formula as "Death Wish" and in the footsteps of exploitation films. Give this one a try if you're into crime & punishment.
  • domoddo20 February 2022
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    I watched it alone at 10pm and that turned out to be the perfect time to watch it because being tired allows your mind to kind of skip over the lack of clarifying detail the movie has.

    Something worth mentioning is that it was very unbalanced. Reading the plot, I expected it to be more like Die Hard - facing one enemy/challenge after the other, using skill and smarts to persevere. Instead what I got was one hour and twenty minutes of nude women (which I didn't mind), and then ten minutes of Brenda shooting the bad guys with a crossbow and frantically running away from Jake because he's too big and scary. It was like writer wanted to jack off the entire time and then remembered he was supposed to be working on an action movie at the last minute.

    In short, watch this at 10pm or later. If it's earlier than 10pm, watch Die Hard instead.
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    I was in the mood for some '80s schlock and came upon this title, a rape revenge movie starring Linda Blair. It looked like I had struck gold, but, alas, it was a disappointment. Not a massive one, mind you, but its many awesome elements never gel into anything particularly amusing. Blair plays a teenager who, along with her friends and younger, deaf sister (Linnea Quigley, much more innocent than usual), trashes some punks' car after they mess with them on the street. The punks (led by Robert Dryer, whose neck muscles are so taut they look like could snap at any moment and put an eye out) find the girls at school and retaliate by raping Quigley. The big problem with the film is it's just so basic. Rape revenge plots are pretty common in exploitation cinema, but, really, there's only one good one: Ms. 45. Most of them are boring, because there's just not much going on in them. In Savage Streets, there's way too long a time when Blair and her buddies are sitting around moping about the crime, wondering who did it. When it finally kicks into full throttle, it's fun, but it's all over in a few minutes. Blair's 1980s hairdo is fantastic, and the horribly cheesy rock music is glorious (the song that plays over the credits includes a line about neon rainbows).
  • Savage Streets (1984) is one of my favorite trashy flicks. Linda Blair is out for revenge! Dressed in black and armed with a crossbow (that has one heck of a pull) walking the streets, stalking the street scum that have wronged her family and friends. See her marinate in the tub, calculating her every move. This movie's classic Linda Blair. If you love bad movies, this ones for you. It has everything a b-movie fan loves. Bad dialog, hammy acting, pedestrian direction and sleaze (the good kind, not the one that gives you bad flashbacks or nightmares). A couple of the genre's mainstays also have supporting roles, Linnea Quigley and John Vernon make co-star appearances (what no Michelle Bauer?). This movie has bad girls, bad clothes and bad attitude. I highly recommend this movie.

    For trash lovers only.
  • kosmasp8 May 2020
    I went alphabetically there, not saying I priorotize one over the other in any way shape or form. Though to be clear, girls are the good ones here. Even if they may not be considered pure I reckon (the way the talk and behave and all that), but that is for the morality police to decide and be furious about.

    Furious is a good segway to the premise or rather inciting incident. The movie at least does not linger too long on the abuse and the fact the victim has no way to ... communicate what is being done to her is quite ingenious I guess. You can't be faint hearted or too easily offended though ... otherwise you'd have serious issues (not just with the nudity and the swearing but also the violence)! It's 80s trash to some degree, some will cherish it more than others, and some will loathe it quite a lot
  • Repellent, yet somehow engaging 80s rape/revenge exploitation flick has Linda Blair ("The Exorcist" "Hell Night" "Chained Heat") as a revenge seeking female version of Charles Bronson, sporting a leather catsuit and wielding a crossbow. The movie is a complete mess and is truly exploitative trash in a not good way, but its' such a mess and done with just enough flair, that it keeps you watching. Blair's deaf-mute sister, scream queen Linnea Quigley ("Return of the Living Dead" "Night of the Demons" Silent Night, Deadly Night"), is viciously attacked and assaulted by a nasty gang known as The Scars. When the police and the school principal, John Vernon (Dean Wormer himself), fail to take action, Blair takes matters into her own hands, offing the gang members one by one. The film's climax is pretty good as gory exploitation action goes, but what makes the film so bizarrely engaging is all of the strange story tangents. It's pretty clear the filmmakers didn't know what type of film they wanted to make and just threw everything against the wall to see what would stick. Is it a revenge tale? Is it a high school melodrama? Is it a girl gang movie? Or is it about disconnected teenagers? Maybe if they'd decided on a focus, the film would have been better. Still, the film does feature a catchy soundtrack made up of bands you've never heard of, some decent action, and is not a bad film to watch if you're in the mood for some 80s VHS style video nasty memories.
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    Linda Blair was at the height of her 80's trash exploitation fame when she starred in this delectably down and dirty grindhouse sleaze howler as Brenda, an over-aged high school "bad girl" senior who's the leader of the tough all-girl gang the Satins. Trouble rears its ugly head when the Satins run afoul of a brutish all-guy street gang called the Scars (led by pockmarked sneering Neanderthal Robert Dryer). These detestable no-count hoodlums not only viciously rape Brenda's innocent deaf mute sister Heather (a very cute and endearing Linnea Quigley), but also toss Brenda's pregnant best gal pal off a bridge to her death. Man, are these guys real nasty customers. But have no fear. After sitting in a bath tub topless and dragging on a cigarette while lost in deep thought, the spunky and resourceful Brenda decks herself out in a clingy skintight leather jumpsuit and breaks out both a crossbow and some bear traps with the specific intent of hunting down and killing the vile subhuman scum.

    Director Danny Steinmann, who also blessed us with the criminally underrated early 80's psycho slasher gem "The Unseen" and the fifth "Friday the 13th" picture, really pours on the scorching sleaze with this choice chunk of 80's low-grade dreck. All the correct sensationally scuzzy elements are ripely abundant here: polished production values, a roaring rock score, plentiful graphic violence, profanity-ridden dialogue, a catfight, the expected gratuitous high school girls' gym locker room shower sequence, a harshly drawn-out, explicit and unflinching rape scene, and a generous sprinkling of bare female flesh (besides the luscious Linda and the adorable Linnea, the equally hot Rebecca Perle and Suzee Slater also show us their stuff). Moreover, we also get gleefully hammy overacting from a game cast (John Vernon in particular has himself a rip-snorting ball as the cranky, foul-mouthed high school principal). Overall, "Savage Streets" sizes up as a hugely enjoyable and satisfying serving of topflight tacky and raunchy 80's exploitation action revenge thriller junk.
  • Hardcore, Unapologetic, In your face 80's revenge thriller!! Linda Blair is TOP NOTCH in this film.... A MUST SEE!!
  • Seen in Uncut version on Dutch DVD

    An interesting mix with the makers trying to incorporate the punk gang violence of Class of 1984 with the classroom dancing of Fame, sprinkled with 80's AOR by John Farnham. And of course the obligatory shower nude scene with cat fight.

    It tries to be everything but ends up being unsatisfactory on most counts. The infamous rape scene is a catalyst to the violence but it seems strange that they chose a girl who looked 15 years younger than the rest i.e 16 ! Seriously though, there is a feeling of titillation that leaves a sour taste here and could have been handled so much better.

    Overall, for school gang violence try Class of 1984, for classroom dancing try Fame, for revenge try Deathwish, for titillation just grab a porno.

    I wouldn't bother with Savage Streets and consign it to deleted/OOP status so collectors can pay $$$ for a second rate movie.
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