Jennifer (1978) movie poster

Jennifer

1978 ·1h 30m · ★ 6.0 (24)

Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!

Why it matters

A sly blend of 70s revenge thriller and rural occult horror that turns high society cruelty into venomous comeuppance.

  • Early example of supernatural revenge with a distinctly feminist undercurrent—outsider fights back through chilling psychic snake control.
  • Practical effects and snake sequences deliver tangible, unsettling menace without overreliance on cheap jump scares.
  • For fans of folk horror’s outsider narratives and 70s genre cinema’s gritty moodiness—think a proto-A24 with more fangs.
  • Not flawless—some pacing lags and dated dialogue—but its atmosphere of class resentment and primal fear still bites.

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
29
Supernatural
20
Creature
36
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
28
Survival
0
Revenge

Setting

School

Phobia triggers

Snakes

TMDB Keywords

psychic

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