An old gardener at an all-girls school retires. A young stud named Mario (Victor Brandt) replaces him and pretends to be a little on the slow side to get the job. Really, he just wants to get an eyeful of all the young maidens running around the school grounds. Meanwhile, the sexy head mistress (Marsha Jordan) is busy making time with the student body… and what a body these students have!
From the kings of sexploitation writer/producer David F. (Blood Feast) Friedman and director Byron (A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine) Mabe, The Head Mistress is an enormously fun bit of ‘60s skin. From the outset, it looks like it’s going to be one of those “respectable” pictures that actually has a plot and actresses in period costumes. Fortunately for the audience, those costumes don’t stay on the actresses for very long. In fact, part of the fun is seeing how thoroughly unrespectable the movie becomes the further it goes along.
Marsha (Prison Girls) Jordan is a blast as the title character. She’s great in her tender scenes while she’s seducing her students (we never see anyone attend class, but that’s beside the point), but once she gets all hot and bothered and starts tying them up and whipping them, look out! Invitation to Ruin’s Julia Blackburn (billed humorously as “Bermuda Schwartz”), Gee Gentell (who has a hot bubble bath scene), and Samantha Scott all make memorable impressions as the nubile coeds.
The T & A is quite special. Schoolgirls have sex, take baths, have picnics while topless, take literal and figurative rolls in the hay, and generally spend a lot of time with their goodies on display. Also, there’s quite a bit of foot stuff here for fans of that kind of action.
If the movie was merely content on being a skin showcase, it still would’ve been highly recommended. However, it becomes increasingly unhinged in the second half and it’s here where The Head Mistress really shines. One insane bit has a co-ed learning she’s pregnant and hanging herself. Then, one of her classmates finds the body hanging there and… uh… let’s just say she proceeds to get intimate with her. Fortunately, the camera cuts away before it gets icky, but the mere suggestion of what’s going down is rather jaw dropping.
There’s even a surprising bit of gore too. I mean wait till you learn why the movie is called The “HEAD” Mistress. It might not be what you’re picturing. I totally didn’t think it would venture into Evil Dead type territory, especially when it played like your average skin flick in the early going. Then again, that’s one of the many joys of the movie. You never know where it’s going next.
Also amusing is the fact that the two main male characters are named Mario and Luigi!
In short, fans of ‘60s sexploitation are sure to give The Head Mistress high marks.
AKA: The Head Lady.
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