"The Beguiled" (1971)

Who wouldn't want to be a guy in the woods rescued by an all-girls boarding school?

Unless you're a Union soldier and those bitches are Confederate.

This is a fascinating movie for both actor Clint Eastwood & director Don Siegel, in that it really is a drama AND a period piece to boot.

The story revolves around Yankee soldier John McBurney (McB to his friends and girls he wants to bang, played by Eastwood) who is bleeding out in the woods when he is found by a 13 year old girl. Yeah, it's going down this awkward road. Even for 1971, it's pretty racy for Eastwood to smooch a minor. Specifically, a minor THAT minor. But somehow, they make it work. He is taken to a Confederate girls boarding school where the girls and the head mistress has to decide whether or not to turn him over when he heals from his wounds. In his mending, he begins to play one girl against another. In what amounts to a crab bucket of unbridled schoolgirl dreamy lust fantasies, can the girls control themselves when testosterone is introduced.

A lot of secrets up in this school though. For instance, the relationship between Geraldine Page (who plays the house mistress) and her brother. This is their family home/farm/plantation, turned school for girls. The mystery of her family tree is foggy, and probably best not spoken in polite company. Then comes the different personalities of the girls. Not to give much away, but there is a true hussy. A burning Lindsay Lohan crotched one that is over-sexual and unquenchable when it comes to her lust, even after some indecent things were done to her, and around her. This is the Carol character played by Jo Ann Harris, whose innuendos are already spank material. The rest seem to want him for their own sexual pleasure. But are too reserved to act. Which causes a great deal of consternation between the girls, the head mistress and even some of the help.

This is a fantastic one location movie. Perfect in what can be done with such little space. The pitch itself is really clear. No surprise but they are remaking with Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman which...sucks. These girls aren't suppose to be attractive. They're suppose to be Southern teens during the Civil War. Oh well. This one is a hoot. And they even add some psychedelic shit, just because of the time. Can't beat that.