Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)

Three snobbish high school girls prematurely age brought on from a curse, a drug (or something) after the arrival of new transfer student whom they believe is connected to a murder they committed a year earlier. A fate worse than death.

Director:

John T. Kretchmer

Writers:

Paul Fleischman (based on the novel by), Robert LoCash (screenplay),

Stars:

Julie Benz, Nicole Bilderback, Monica Keena

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julie Benz	...	Danielle
Nicole Bilderback	...	Tiffany
Monica Keena	...	Brooke
Chris D'Elia	...	Gavin
Jonathan Brandis	...	Drew
Suzanna Urszuly	...	Katarina
Aaron Paul	...	Jonathan Wharton
Terrance Morris	...	Track Athlete (as Terrence Morris)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Chauncey
Janet Leigh	...	Mrs. Witt
Tanja Reichert	...	Charity Chase
Jennifer Carmichael	...	Sales Girl (as Jennifer Anne Carmichael)
Patricia Idlette	...	Woman In Dressing Room
Frederick Pleasure II	...	Volleyball Coach
Bobby Jo Moore	...	Girl in Towel

Storyline

Danielle is the leader of a clique of arrogant, mean high school girls; she and her rich friends Tiffany and Brooke care only about their pampered selves (although Brooke has periodic misgivings). No one really hangs out with them except a dumb jock named Gavin, and the class nerd Jonathan, and poor Danielle is getting nowhere with the popular guy Drew, even after she and friends accidentally killed his last girlfriend. It's been a year, and Drew still ignores her - but he doesn't ignore the new foreign exchange student Katarina. Since Katarina can't take a hint, Danielle begins plotting her downfall. But there's a slight problem: Danielle and her friends begin experiencing a level of high weirdness in which all three of them rapidly age. This serves to make Danielle more desperate than ever. She'll sacrifice anything, even Drew, to get her youth and looks back.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | exchange student | murder | youth | death | 

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Taglines:

Highschool can be Hell, but popularity can be murder!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Fate Totally Worse Than Death

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bubble Factory, The, A Fate Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jonathan Brandis' last movie.

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Goofs

The monitor by the darkroom entrance in the AV room shows that a camera is panning, zooming, and following Tiffany throughout the scene, although it's supposedly coming from a stationary camera since there's nobody else in the room that would be operating it.

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Quotes

Jonathan Warton: [to large black man] Asalaam aleikum, my brown brother!
[promptly gets smacked]

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Connections

References I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Rear View Mirror Perspective"
Written and Performed by Christopher Ward
Published by Westward Film Music (BMI)

User Reviews

Shamefully Good...Almost

Having two actresses that I think are really good - Monica Keena ("Dawsons Creek", "Freddy vs. Jason") and Nicole Bilderbeck ("Clueless" and "Bring It On") intrigued me to watch this film - plus it seemed in the style of the fantastic "Mean Girls". Instead, the film was a bit of a let down, though it had some good moments. Julie Benz gets most of the screen time, and she is pretty decent, while Monica Keena and Nicole Bilderbeck are good, this is not their best work.

The rest of the cast didn't fare much better. Suzanna Urszulay was uninteresting as the new girl, Jonathan Brandis (R.I.P) was nice to look at, but rather bland, and Chris D'Elia was only funny until he became annoying. Janet Leigh (R.I.P), gives, as usual, a terrific performance in her small role, though I wonder what she was thinking when she signed up for it. Christopher Lloyd is funny as the school teacher.

The film seems to try a bit hard in places, and fails. It also seems of poor quality, for example, when the three girls are in the school, there isn't the usual back ground noise you would expect, and it is very noticeable. There are far worse films that one could watch, but there are far better ones also. Only the actors redeem this film.