Death of A Cheerleader

The remake of the '94 A Friend To Die For with Tori Spelling is not as engaging as the original truth-based story.

Aubrey Peeples (Bridget Moretti) plays the starring role, but she brings very little convincing to the part. Kellie Martin played the villain in the original and played the part far better (interestingly, she plays the agent in this one). In this remake, Peeples looks like she's wearing a wig and she displays all the wrong emotions, like she's trying too hard to get them right, and not in a good way. The other actors are okay. And the updated version is voiced over by Nina, another student, bringing in another angle.

Writing Quality: This version goes a bit more in depth about the real life tragedy and adds layers to the original. The writing is pretty solid.

Scare Factor: When Bridget stabs Kelly Locke out of jealousy and ends up killing her. It's a sudden act of madness.

Content (sex, language & violence): No sex. Some language. One act of violence.

Values: The small town works together to uncover the villain. The cheerleaders are a tightly knit group.

It takes months for Bridget to finally confess to the murder. Too concerned with what people will think of her and the humiliation she will face, she kept the deadly secret to herself up to that point. The whole story is such a terrible tragedy and all because Bridget envied Kelly's life and looks, even though Kelly's life was far from perfect. But jealous people never appreciate their own lives. Jealous people think other people are better than them and aspire to be like them. Jealous people think others are perfect. Jealous people are dangerous.

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