Drama Cult Classic

A privileged bad girl wreaks havoc on her sorority sisters in Roger Corman’s campus potboiler.

SORORITY GIRL

The Shock-by-Shock Confessions of a SORORITY GIRL! Smart... Pretty... And All Bad!

1957 · 1h 1m · NR · Drama · IMDB TMDB

A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and enacts a string of revenges on her fellow pupils at a girls' boarding school. However, she is outcast when one of her stunts nearly drives a girl to suicide.

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What is Sorority Girl about?

Sorority Girl is a 1957 American drama film directed by Roger Corman about a privileged but alienated young woman who enacts revenge on her fellow students at a girls' boarding school.

Programmer's Pick

Susan Cabot chews the scenery as a sociopathic queen bee, and Corman’s microbudget only adds to the film’s gleeful nastiness. For those who prefer their campus dramas with a side of humiliation and revenge, this is a master class in emotional sabotage.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Roger Corman’s Sorority Girl takes the classic campus setting and turns it into a cauldron of petty cruelties and emotional one-upmanship. Centered on Sabra Tanner, a calculating and deeply alienated young woman, the film follows her as she manipulates and torments her peers, driven by jealousy and her own fraught relationship with her mother. Rather than promoting sisterhood, Sabra seems to revel in blackmail, humiliation, and exposing secrets, making for a campus drama that gleefully embraces the darker side of student life. With Susan Cabot’s entrancing performance and Corman’s sly, satirical touch, Sorority Girl stands out as a lurid portrait of collegiate cruelty and emotional sadism.

Details & Specs

Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Leo Lieberman, Ed Waters
Release: 1957
Runtime: 1h 1m
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Genres: Drama
Also Known As: The Bad One

Why This Matters

Directed by Roger Corman and released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Motorcycle Gang, this 1957 exploitation film was later remade in 1994 as Confessions of a Sorority Girl, reflecting its enduring premise within cult cinema.

— SassyFlix Curator

Cast & Crew

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Director: Roger Corman Writers: Leo Lieberman +1 more

Susan Cabot Sabra Tanner

Dick Miller Mort

Barboura Morris Rita Joyce

June Kenney Tina BC Barbara Cowan Ellie Marshall

Fay Baker Mrs. Tanner JW Jeane Wood Mrs. Fessenden JL Joan Lora Terry

Beach Dickerson Terry's Boyfriend JS Jay Sayer

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