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The Cheerleader Murders

  • TV Movie
  • 2016
  • TV-14
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
455
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Hannah Kasulka, Samantha Boscarino, and Amanda Leighton in The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
Thriller

A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but th... Read allA high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.

  • Director
    • David Jackson
  • Writer
    • Matt Young
  • Stars
    • Samantha Boscarino
    • Devin Crittenden
    • Nancy Degnan
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    455
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Jackson
    • Writer
      • Matt Young
    • Stars
      • Samantha Boscarino
      • Devin Crittenden
      • Nancy Degnan
    • 11User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Samantha Boscarino
    Samantha Boscarino
    • Ellie Davis
    Devin Crittenden
    Devin Crittenden
    • Ben Forester
    Nancy Degnan
    Nancy Degnan
    • Prom Queen
    David DeSantos
    David DeSantos
    • Agent Ramon Martinez
    Saige Donaldson
    Saige Donaldson
    • Teen Mourner
    Joshua Elizondo
    Joshua Elizondo
    • Teen in Car Crash
    Eric Etebari
    Eric Etebari
    • Hank
    Nigel Gibbs
    Nigel Gibbs
    • Chief Patterson
    Dylan Scott Gilligan
    • Teen Mourner
    • (as Dylan Gilligan)
    David Hill
    David Hill
    • Police Officer
    Michelle Joyner
    Michelle Joyner
    • Mrs. Fuller
    Irene Kaia
    • Teen mourner
    • (as Irene Chiang)
    Hannah Kasulka
    Hannah Kasulka
    • Morgan Wheeler
    Bryan Lawrence
    • Skinny Boy
    Amanda Leighton
    Amanda Leighton
    • Dee James
    Austin Lyon
    Austin Lyon
    • Nicholas Ryder
    Holly Maag
    Holly Maag
    • Tall Girl
    Annie Monroe
    Annie Monroe
    • Mrs. Taylor
    • Director
      • David Jackson
    • Writer
      • Matt Young
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    • Trivia
      There are similarities between this movie and the string of murders that occurred throughout the 90s in the "cursed" town of Dryden, NY.
    • Goofs
      When Chief Patterson is triangulating Dee's cell phone, the website he pulls up reads "Tirangulation" of Local Cell Towers.

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    4/10
    Easy on the Eyeliner
    Here's the set-up… Startlingly full-figured 13-year-old Samantha Boscarino (as Ellie Davis) thinks she is cursed. A van full of partying cheerleaders apparently crashes. Next, a young man appears to expire at a party. Finally, another young man enters Ms. Boscarino's house and shoots half her family. The last shot occurs off camera. That could be a suicide, or an unseen family cat. The important part of what you saw in the opening minutes was the murder of Boscarino's father and sister. The other stuff is part of the curse. Three years later, Boscarino is a sweet 16-year-old high school student. Her cheerleader friends mysteriously disappear and it seems like the curse has returned to frighten Boscarino and quite possibly take her life...

    The words "Inspired by True Events" introduce this TV movie...

    It does not seem possible that a real "curse" was at work here and the story offers no evidence. Now and then, a dead character seemingly offers support. Possibly, the curse and its connection to a ghost or imaginary character were clearer in writer Matt Young's original story. Director David Jackson, with Eric Potter's editing, moves "The Cheerleader Murders" around by artfully positioning characters into scenes with surprise and relating events with quick inter-cutting. There is very little to warrant this attention, however. Boscarino is very attractive. Her boyfriend Austin Lyon (as Nicholas "Nic" Ryder) is stable (until his final scene). Devin Crittenden (as Ben Forester) is sufficiently creepy, but you may be better off watching the eyeliner.

    **** The Cheerleader Murders (4/9/16) David Jackson ~ Samantha Boscarino, Austin Lyon, Tessie Santiago, Devin Crittenden
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    • Release date
      • April 9, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tragedia en las aulas
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      • 16:9 HD

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