Switchblade Sisters

4/18/2021

A little uneven at times but still engaging 1970s exploitation thriller with fine performances from Joanne Nail and Robbie Lee and the dialogue was pretty sharp. It's one of those movies that takes a bit to accept with a bunch of juveniles being part of an organized gang, plus you have one scene of rape that kind is never dealt with. As a whole the movie was okay. **3.0/5**

6/26/2025

**_A gang of high school girls who are “immoral, shameless and impudent”_** A new girl in a neighborhood of Los Angeles joins a female gang that regularly pulls out switchblades in their activities. As she becomes the bestie of the leader, this naturally doesn’t sit well with the associate. Meanwhile the corresponding male gang is having a turf war with a bigger group in the area. “Switchblade Sisters” (1975) is an exploitation film originally titled “The Jezebels” and helmed by Jack Hill, the writer/director of the previous year’s surprise ‘B’ hit “The Swinging Cheerleaders.” This one’s less serious, filled with hammy acting/dialogue and over-the-top violence, not to mention some off-putting sordid bits, such as a rape sequence that the girl just shrugs off and acts like never happe