Deadly Sorority

Unbelievably embarrassing "movie" from a director who can't direct, a writer who can't write, and actors who can't act; filled with eye-rolling conveniences, an overly predictable "mystery", & extras laughably trying to act. #nitrosMovieChallenge.

Writing Quality/Character Development: This is one of Lifetime's stronger story lines with no dull moments and an interesting plethora of characters that keep you guessing. There is actually quite a bit of character development among many of the characters, which helps push the story forward. Values: Pursuit of truth and justice Content (sex, language, & violence): No sex, mild infrequent language, minimal violence. Scare factor/Suspense: The scare factor is pretty tame as this is more of a mystery with Sam investigating her best friend's murder. The end reveal of the killer turns a little tense, but it is short-lived. Overall, pretty good plot with a strong main character who refuses to let anyone prevent her from uncovering the truth.

Samantha Blake (Greer Grammer) and her best friend Kris Roberts arrive at Barclay University. Justin Miller (Steve Bacic) is an english professor and Amy Thomas (Moira Kelly) is the girls' history professor. Kris wants to join a sorority but Sam is not wanted. Four months earlier, sorority girl Tanya Brown went missing. The sorority girls led by Jubilee Swan force Kris to distance herself from Sam. Sam's only friend is her T.A. Victor. When Kris is murdered, police detective Lopez suspects Sam.

I tried to give this a chance. It's a cheap TV movie about sorority murders. I'm grading on a curve here. I try not to have big expectations. The murder mystery is fine at first. Greer is a good lead although Kris should be more ditzy. The initial problem comes from detective Lopez. I don't mind that she's wrong about Sam but she should not tell the suspect about her suspicions. She is a horrendous detective. A good detective would pretend to be on Sam's side while privately investigating her. There is also Kris' murder where the perp is obviously a woman. It does come with a misdirection but it would be better without any directions which would allow for many more suspects. There is also a drugging but it makes little logical sense other than simply contributing to the misdirection. It's pushing too hard at that direction and why would the perp drug Sam only to leave her behind. I gave this every chance but there are too many problems.

This film begins with an attractive young woman by the name of "Tanya Brown" (Rachelle Gillis) talking to an unidentified person in her college library and then, when walking back to her dorm, being attacked and never seen again afterward. The scene then shifts to 4 months later with a young woman named "Samantha Blake" (Greer Grammer) and her best friend from high school "Kristina Roberts" (Emilija Baranac) beginning their first day of college together and subsequently petitioning to join a nearby sorority. Although Kristina is accepted into the sorority, Samantha is rudely rejected for reasons she doesn't understand. Not only that, but she continues to be treated in a hostile manner--to the point that even Kristina feels pressured into distancing herself from her. In spite of this, Samantha continues to push back against this sorority until something terrible happens and she finds herself as the prime suspect in Kristina's murder. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film started off rather well but, as the film progressed, it seemed to become less and less realistic--before finally ending on a rather ridiculous note. That being said, while I don't consider this film to be terribly bad, the lack of realism was simply too difficult to ignore, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

Another boring Canadian movie. But the location is awesome