Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)

Director:

John T. Kretchmer

Writers (WGA):

Paul Fleischman (novel)
Robert LoCash (screenplay) ...

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Highschool can be Hell, but popularity can be murder!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Murder | Clique | Youth | Death

Cast

Julie Benz	...	Danielle
Monica Keena	...	Brooke
Nicole Bilderback	...	Tiffany
Chris D'Elia	...	Gavin
Aaron Paul	...	Jonathan Warton
Suzanna Urszuly	...	Katarina Wolf
Jonathan Brandis	...	Drew
Janet Leigh	...	Mrs. Witt
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Chauncey
Terrance Morris	...	Track Athlete
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

Also Known As:

A Fate Totally Worse Than Death (USA) (working title)
Bad Girls from Valley High (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Bubble Factory, The

Trivia:

Jonathan Brandis' last movie.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

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

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.