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The Roommates (1973)

Directed by Arthur Marks

Drama | Horror

Overview

Looking to spend a swinging summer at Lake Arrowhead, Carla, Beth, Brea, Heather, and Heather’s cousin Paula head to the picturesque hills for a little R&R… but a pall soon casts over the girls’ sunny vacation when a mysterious murderer begins picking off the lake’s bevy of beauties. Can the killer be stopped before the coeds’ summer fun ends in blood-spattered chaos?

Rated R | Length 87 minutes

Actors

Uschi Digard | Roberta Collins | Christina Hart | Paula Shaw | Connie Strickland | Albert Cole | Lindsay Bloom | Charles Stroud | John Durren | Juanita Brown | Ken Scott | David Moses | Pat Woodell | Marki Bey | Laurie Rose | Kipp Whitman | David Ankrum | Barbra Fuller | John Hart | Darl Stevens | Ben Pfeiffer | James V. Christy | Greg Mabrey | Peter Oliphant | John Morgan Evans | Dexter Freeman | Candy Kesner | Richard Mansfield | Beth Marks | Hess McLean | Pam Stroud | Gary Mascaro

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/15/2018TVStreamingVideo on Demand6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Really nice print on Prime! Guessing this is newly restored version from Gorgon Video. Looks really good and nice to see a different spin on the slasher trope so early in the 70s. Film also passes the Bechdel test having 4 amazing female leads. Love Pat Woodell.

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