Cherry Falls (2000)

In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.

Director:

Geoffrey Wright

Writer:

Ken Selden

Stars:

Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brittany Murphy	...	Jody Marken
Jay Mohr	...	Leonard Marliston
Michael Biehn	...	Sherrif Brent Marken
Jesse Bradford	...	Rod Harper (as Jesse Watrouse)
Candy Clark	...	Marge Marken
Amanda Anka	...	Deputy Mina
Joe Inscoe	...	Tom Sisler, Principal
Gabriel Mann	...	Kenny Ascott
Natalie Ramsey	...	Sandy
Douglas Spain	...	Mark
Bre Blair	...	Stacy Twelfmann
Kristen Miller	...	Cindy
Michael Weston	...	Ben
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Timmy
Joannah Portman	...	Sharon

Storyline

A psychotic serial slasher starts a bloodthirsty murder rampage at Cherry Falls high school that only kills the local high school virgins. This leads to the local teenage population organising a sex party in order to lose their virginity and thus no longer be targets...

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Plot Keywords:

high school | virginity | slasher | sheriff | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

At Virgin High... it's put out or die.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore, teen sexuality, language and some drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Filmax [Spain] (Spanish) Go For It [Netherlands] (Dutch)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cherry Falls - Asesino de vírgenes

Filming Locations:

Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rogue Pictures,Fresh Produce Company,Industry Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Hollywood acting credit for Zachary Knighton.

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Goofs

When the murderer is hacking down the front door with an ax, the door and its hinges change. In one shot the hinges are on the left (front view) and the door closes. The murderer then manages to hack through the door and the door swings open with hinges on both sides, opening like a swinging door from a western movie.

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Quotes

Ben: She thinks fellatio is a character in Shakespeare.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits roll down instead of up.

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Alternate Versions

The movie had to be re-cut five times in order to achieve an R-rating. Most significant cuts include:

• graphic sexual activity during the climactic orgy sequence;
• The death of a character named Annette The originally scripted scene showed her having her throat slowly pushed onto a pane of glass. The scene was filmed and very brutal, done all in one graphic cut. However, she shot was later replaced with her character's head split open in the front door. That scene was still trimmed heavily. In unrated versions the top of her head erupts and a splash of blood flies across the doorjamb.
• Rod's death had more blood.
• Timmy's death was an on screen kill that featured gruesome spurting blood.
• A character's death at the climatic orgy was nixed for time and MPAA constraints. A male character's throat was slashed open.

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Connections

Referenced in Visionado obligado: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (2011)

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Soundtracks

Mouse in the Moon
Performed by Peter Bradley Adams

User Reviews

Compellingly stupid

There must be something about the way they executed this stupid and so-tired plot - nut case stalks high school virgins, sparking consideration of "protective measures" - because there was no other reason for me to periodically check in on this trash. I don't know, maybe there's a certain quiet campiness to the acting. Otherwise, from the tacky title to the plot and dialogue to the actual (in)action there's really nothing here.