Subtext

Of course it was intentional. An R rated film involving a school full of teenage girls in the middle of nowhere where there is secret pagan witchcraft rituals involved? It screams out lesbo exploitation. And frankly thats a tried and true marketing angle for bad horror films. It was certainly in the back of my mind when I decided to watch it, Ill be honest. But all we get is the subtlest hints of that, some girl on girl fighting and lots of talk about Agnes Bruckner's pubic hairs. But thats it. Theres really no overt sexuality in the film at all. The potential of it was simply used as bait to get shallow people like me interested in watching the movie. And I guess Im ok with that but either go all in or leave it alone completely. Otherwise it seems a cheap empty ploy in a film that seems to be trying to be more serious than relying on campy gimmicks. Give me Ginger Snaps any day.

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There was no "lesbian subtext." I've seen it twice and it's not there (and, keep in mind, it's R-rated, so it would've been there IF the filmmakers wanted it to be). It's an all-female boarding school in 1965, so what? I'm not saying elements of lesbianism didn't happen at this particular school, just that nothing like that occurred in the movie or was shown.

Of course, that doesn't mean a viewer can't project into the film a "lesbian subtext" even though it's not really there.