Death of a Cheerleader

It's 1983 in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in California. Bridget Moretti (Aubrey Peeples) is an outsider from a modest family. She is desperate to befriend Kelly Locke, the coolest girl in school, and join the Bobettes. Nina Miller is not into the superficial and narrates as Bridget gets arrested for the murder of Kelly Locke.

It's a Lifetime movie. That's the start and the end of it. The cinematic look is poor. The places look cheap despite this is supposed to be the wealthiest neighborhood. The girls are twenty somethings. From the start, Nina should have the same look. I didn't connect her to the opening of the movie. She has no rooting interest. Peeples needs to go full force right from the beginning. She does have a few nice acting moments. That's probably the only good from this. Mostly, it's all very flat. The ending tries to wrap it up by blaming it on the pressure. That needs to be set up much better. All of this needs to be much better.

Nothing even close to the original. I miss the 90's lifetime movies. The new remakes of lifetime are never good. "No one would tell' was a great 90's movie and the new 2018 remake of that was just butchered. Same with this one. I never give my hopes up anymore.

So, my sister tells me that Lifetime has done a remake of A Friend to Die for AKA Death of a cheerleader. Both based on the true story of the Kristin Costas murder in 1984 in Orinda, CA. Bernadette Protti was the name of the killer IRL.

Anyhow, we like the original so we decided to watch the remake. It sucks. The acting is horrible and the movie is just all over the place.

Skip it and watch the original instead.

The original was better. The first part is hard to follow - badly directed and unclear with too many characters and girls who kind of look alike. The camera is jerky. The The killing is scary still.

The killer isn't plain enough.

Not great. Just watch the original. An unnecessary remake.

There's very little build up to the murder and, other than Nina, the characters are all bland and forgettable. The film is also anachronistic. It's supposed to be set in the 80's but looks like it's set in modern times and the main lead dresses like she's from the 40s. Kellie Martin appears in this for like 5 minutes at the end. That's it. No One Would Tell was a decent remake but I'm not really into this one.