Original U.S. DVD
HALLELUJAH! I have found the Sleazy Grail and it is without a doubt Terrifying Girls’ High School: Lynch Law Classroom! I used to hold Norifumi’s School of the Holy Beast (released a year after Lynch Law) up on that pedestal but Lynch Law Classroom by far as School beaten. Imagine a film in which you get female Yakuza gang girls, Japanese schoolgirls, horny suppressed school teachers, lesbians, “box” checks, torture, rape, murder, blackmail, light bulbs inserted into love tunnels and much much more! Yep, you’re imagining it now aren’t you? Can you feel your skin getting dirty and your palms getting sweaty just thinking about it? If so…
YOU’RE A DIRTY PIG.
It just so happens…I am. This film yanked my crank, floated my boat, rocked my box and threw the ultra smoking super hottie Reiko Ike right on top for good measure! Here’s the kicker…not only was this exploitation at its best…but by God I saw through the haze of scum that had formed over my eyeballs and “got” Norifumi’s socio-political commentary. Not that I ever have problems “getting” commentary, I just dislike having to think about social issues during catfights in which breasts flop out. Once again…I’m a dirty pig.
Lynch Law Classroom starts off with a bang when we’re dropped right into the middle of a hazing type punishment being meted out to a girl by fellow schoolgirls wearing bright red surgical masks. Apparently, this girl had some infractions that required strict discipline and the girls of this rough reform school know just how to deal with trouble makers. Shit happens though and the “naughty” student escapes to the roof of the school where she takes quite the beating before she ends up slamming into the pavement a few stories below. The death is ruled “suicide” but the school’s administration knows what happened and works alongside the local police to cover it up. The school’s founder is a respected politician and the school’s anniversary is coming up…bad press is unwelcome.
The discipline committee had no idea though that the girl that took the dive was the lieutenant of a female yakuza gang and as luck would have it three brand new girls were brought in by police…one of those girls is Noriko the Cross! She learns of her lieutenants death and is determined to take her revenge on the school and the girls responsible for this crime. Nothing will stop Noriko and her new gang from bringing the school, its administration and students to their knees…not even the police!
The three girls begin recruiting more girls to their cause and Noriko’s plan is soon set in motion. The first step is to bring down the principal, then the politicians helping to keep the crimes at the school covered up and finally Noriko plans to bring down the very founder of the school! Can Noriko and her gang do it alone or will she need help?
If you’re thinking this would be the perfect time for Maki (Reiko Ike), a rival ganglord to show up and challenge Noriko, you’d be right! Instead of fighting though, Maki agrees to help Noriko win her revenge so they can fight to the death when all is said and done! HOW HONORABLE!
By the way…did I mention this film has an orgy?
It does. *cough* Okay, so Lynch Law Classroom is sleazy and downright raunchy but as I stated above, this film is attempting to “say something” and Norifumi appears to have quite a few bones to pick with authorities. Nobody is safe in this film…all authority figures are shamed and exposed as the hypocrites they are. No evil is hidden and Norifumi does an amazing job of tearing down the traditional Japanese “ideal” of what a “good woman” should be. There’s female empowerment hiding between the sheets of this film and one needn’t take their clothes off and slide on in to appreciate it. That certainly doesn’t mean I’m encouraging women to rent or purchase this for its political sub-text but I am pointing out that some exploitation does have something worthwhile to say…even if it was originally played in theaters with sticky floors.
By the way, that wasn’t pop and candy that made those floors sticky. Just figured I’d mention that.
Panik House Entertainment is an amazingly cool company and they’ve done their best to give us quality extras. I’m always excited to find out they’re releasing a new film and their Pinky Violence films are my absolute favorites. If you love exploitation as much as I do, why are you sitting here reading my review?!! Go and rent or purchase this film right now!
Just…be sure to throw some plastic down on the floor before watching…cool?
