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Dying to be a Cheerleader

Original title: Killer Cheerleader
  • TV Movie
  • 20202020
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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Dying to be a Cheerleader (2020)
When the new girl in town tries out for her high school's cheerleading team, she unwittingly humiliates the most popular girl in school, leading to deadly consequences.
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When the new girl in town tries out for her high school's cheerleading team, she unwittingly humiliates the most popular girl in school, leading to deadly consequences.When the new girl in town tries out for her high school's cheerleading team, she unwittingly humiliates the most popular girl in school, leading to deadly consequences.When the new girl in town tries out for her high school's cheerleading team, she unwittingly humiliates the most popular girl in school, leading to deadly consequences.
IMDb RATING
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204
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  • Director
    • Tom Shell
  • Writer
    • David Chester
  • Stars
    • Ashlynn Yennie
    • Dominique Booth
    • Kalen Bull
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tom Shell
  • Writer
    • David Chester
  • Stars
    • Ashlynn Yennie
    • Dominique Booth
    • Kalen Bull
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    • 7User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Kalen Bull and Dominique Booth in Dying to be a Cheerleader (2020)
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    Ashlynn Yennie
    Ashlynn Yennie
    • Cassandra Tuxford
    Dominique Booth
    Dominique Booth
    • Darcy Daniels
    Kalen Bull
    Kalen Bull
    • Taylor Jennings
    Nicolette Langley
    Nicolette Langley
    • April
    Grace Patterson
    Grace Patterson
    • Madison Benson
    Christian Rivera
    Christian Rivera
    • Brandon Hollister
    Casey O'Keefe
    Casey O'Keefe
    • Coach Janice Phillips
    Nicole Pulliam
    Nicole Pulliam
    • Detective Martinez
    Emma Milani
    Emma Milani
    • Lacey
    Sionne Elise
    Sionne Elise
    • Phoebe
    Tatum Chiniquy
    • Brooke
    Lisa Cole
    Lisa Cole
    • Mrs. Hollister
    Stacy Baker
    Stacy Baker
    • Kerry
    • (as Dylan Baker)
    Lindsey Bermingham
    • Carla
    Jon Briddell
    Jon Briddell
    • Principal Harris
    Erin K Clark
    Erin K Clark
    • Coach Sharon
    • (as Erin Clark)
    Mary Kate Corsetti
    Mary Kate Corsetti
    • News Reporter
    • (as Mary Corsetti)
    Tristina Lee
    Tristina Lee
    • Tracy Trench
    • (as Tristina Lee Bryant)
    • Director
      • Tom Shell
    • Writer
      • David Chester
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    • Trivia
      Kalen Bull also played a cheerleader in The Wrong Cheerleader (2019).
    • Goofs
      When Darcy and Cassie are arguing in Darcy's bedroom, the right side of the towel on Darcy's head changes position constantly between shots.
    • Quotes

      Darcy Daniels: I'm the wrong person to shove.

    User reviews7

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    1/10
    If you want a good laugh, watch this awesomely bad movie!
    Some lifetime movies are pretty good but I've never seen one so over AND under acted in my life! 🤔 The beginning scene where Darcy has a rag shoved in her mouth to stop her from screaming is so ridiculous and unrealistic, I LOL'd. How many women (and she is a woman, she doesn't even look like a teenager to me!) do you know, in this day and age, would keep a washcloth in their mouth that isn't even duct-taped to their heads? One knows one's first reaction would be to push it out with one's tongue in order to scream! It's an automatic reflex so one doesn't gag or smother! 🙄Watching this girl keep this rag in her mouth scene after scene had me in stitches! 😂 Also, the school fights between Darcy and her protagonist- so dumb and unrealistic! 😒Was LAMO 😂😂 Also, in this day and age, it would not have been hair pulling and rolling around on the ground, it would have been flat out punching in the face or some kind of defensive moves! 😐 This is supposed to be a cheerleading movie but even the few cheerleading moves that they bothered to show were gauche.

    And the principal, what a joke! After Darcy and the protagonists little rolling around scene on the ground, he made them get up and apologize like third graders! 😳These ladies are in high school! In the real world you would have had your ass suspended and sent home! All he gave them was detention which the director never bother to show.

    The only redeeming factor in this movie was that the psycho who was harming and killing the cheerleaders, was kind of a mystery. It was something that you did not guess right away though it didn't take long.
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    • Aug 28, 2021

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Killer Cheerleader
    • Production companies
      • MarVista Entertainment
      • Robbins Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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