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Deadly Lessons (1983) - Movie Browser

Donna Reed trades wholesome for homicide in this bonkers '80s TV slasher.

made-for-TV chaospreppy paranoiacamp classic

Overview

Horror TV Movie Thriller

A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.

Content warning

slasher girls' school boarding school

institutional secretsgenerational fearperformative innocence

Standout Aspects

Acting

Donna Reed's delicious against-type villainy.

Production

Peak '83 TV-movie aesthetic: smoky, soft, unhinged.

Costume

Plaid skirts and shoulder pads of doom.

Best for:Solo·Friends·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence

Director

William Wiard

ReleasedMar 7, 1983

Runtime1h 40m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feellight

Leonard Goldberg Productions

Top Cast

Donna Reed

Miss Wade

Larry Wilcox

Det. Russ Kemper

David Ackroyd

John Ferrar

Diane Franklin

Stefanie Aggiston

Ally Sheedy

Marita Armstrong

Donald Hotton

Robert Hartigan

Krista Errickson

Tember

Nancy Cartwright

Libby Dean

Renée Jones

Cally

Bill Paxton

Eddie Fox

Rick Rossovich

Craig

Ellen Geer

Mrs. Grant

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