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Pool Boy Nightmare

  • TV Movie
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
411
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Jessica Morris and Tanner Zagarino in Pool Boy Nightmare (2020)
Psychological DramaDramaThriller

Gale has a brief fling with pool cleaner Adam Lance, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's eighteen-year-old daughter Becca, us... Read allGale has a brief fling with pool cleaner Adam Lance, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's eighteen-year-old daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a twisted game of revenge.Gale has a brief fling with pool cleaner Adam Lance, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's eighteen-year-old daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a twisted game of revenge.

  • Director
    • Rolfe Kanefsky
  • Writer
    • Rolfe Kanefsky
  • Stars
    • Jessica Morris
    • Tanner Zagarino
    • Ellie Darcey-Alden
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    411
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Writer
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Stars
      • Jessica Morris
      • Tanner Zagarino
      • Ellie Darcey-Alden
    • 16User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Jessica Morris
    Jessica Morris
    • Gale Foley
    Tanner Zagarino
    Tanner Zagarino
    • Adam
    Ellie Darcey-Alden
    Ellie Darcey-Alden
    • Becca Foley
    Cynthia Aileen Strahan
    Cynthia Aileen Strahan
    • Jackie
    Clark Moore
    Clark Moore
    • Tony
    Valeria Gomez
    • Cindi
    Luis Fernandez-Gil
    Luis Fernandez-Gil
    • Carlton
    Angela Nicholas
    Angela Nicholas
    • Victoria
    Charlie N. Townsend
    Charlie N. Townsend
    • Greg
    • (as Charles Townsend)
    Gina Hiraizumi
    Gina Hiraizumi
    • Detective Davidson
    Sarah French
    Sarah French
    • Rhonda
    Mario Garcia
    • Police Officer
    Ben Stobber
    Ben Stobber
    • Police Officer
    • Director
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Writer
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews16

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    7susank-15735

    Nothing new but it's got something

    I actually really enjoyed this one, granted it's totally predictable and nothing brand new. There's something about Lifetime movies that just suck me right in.
    7vbacon-111-578329

    Jessica Morris makes this watchable

    Veteran actress Jessica Morris provides solid acting which pulls together the poorer performances of the others. Was especially not impressed with the young newcomer Tanner Zagarino. He's handsome enough but definitely needs to work on his acting skills. The two young women give average performances.

    As for the plot, another reviewer wrote "Nothing new but it's got something". I couldn't have said it better. If you've seen a lot of other LMN movies you won't be too surprised by this one. I am one of those that enjoys these movies and I enjoyed this one so I'll give it a 7.
    4chaychay-01289

    Daughter looks older than the mother

    Very mediocre acting, except for the mother, Gale who carries the show. The daughter, Becca, who looks like she's 30 years old is made to be very unlikeable because of how disrespectful she is to her mother. Not all teens are like this, I wish they would quit portraying them this way so much. Also, parents like Gale who just stand there and let their children insult them and disrespect them is another trend in movies that needs to stop. This movie seems very low budget, even for a lifetime movie. If you're into lifetime movies (I'm not, but I was home sick from work and nothing else was on), then you probably enjoyed this. Otherwise, it's corny and painfully predictable.
    3Graigslist

    Unrealistic storyline

    Movie starts pretty good but gets very unrealistic as it progresses. Unrealistic storyline and the ending is also hard to believe as if what the mother does in the end would work in real life. Better skip this one.
    7RosanaBotafogo

    Regular...

    The story follows Gale as she has a brief affair with pool cleaner Adam, but quickly refuses his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam begins dating Gale's school-aged daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a twisted game of revenge.

    Marathoning the Lifetime channel movies for a week, and always more of the same, a ready-made recipe, pleasant, cynical and forced, I love it, low-budget independent films, simple script, bureaucratic actions, all very simple and sounding almost fake, a piscineiro hot and psycho, or rather, mentally unbalanced, in love with MILF, adorable, if he didn't have murderous, depressive and psychotic tendencies...

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    • Trivia
      Jessica Morris and Cynthia Aileen Strahan worked together on Art of the Dead (2019) where Morris played the step-mother of Strahan.
    • Goofs
      When Adam beats himself up to make it look like Gale's ex-husband Tony roughed him up, his body is covered with bruises. In the next scene in which he's shown shirtless, his body looks perfect and there's no sign of the bruises.
    • Connections
      References The Graduate (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Candy Baby
      Written by Christopher Cano
      Performed by Christopher Cano and Jaymie Valentine

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • production company website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Deadly Payback
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Asylum
      • Acme Holding Company
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 26m(86 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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