Initially launched as A Good friend to Die For, Demise of a Cheerleader is a psychological thriller that aired on NBC in 1994. Tori Spelling, well-known on the time for taking part in virginal Donna Martin on the hit present Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), starred as a mean-spirited common lady, Stacy Lockwood. Kellie Martin performed the opposite lead, Angela Delvecchio. Future Scream queen Marley Shelton additionally had a smaller function as one in all Stacey’s associates.
Thanks partly to Tori Spelling’s casting through the top of her recognition and the salacious title, Demise of a Cheerleader grew to become the highest-rated TV film of 1994. Later it started airing on Lifetime and was a favourite on the community. In 2019, the movie was remade by Lifetime, with the story set within the 80s. Kellie Martin (who performed Angela Delvecchio within the unique) returned, this time taking part in an FBI agent. Sarah Dugdale performs the title function of a well-liked (however imply) cheerleader who’s murdered.
Demise of a Cheerleader opens with Stacy’s homicide after which flashes again 10 months to indicate the occasions main as much as the crime. Stacy Lockwood (Tori Spelling) is a high-school pupil in Santa Mira, California. She is common, a cheerleader, and a member of the unique Larks social membership. Principally, Stacy is every thing that shy pupil Angela Delvecchio (Kellie Martin) desires to be. Despite the fact that Angela is accepted into the Larks, Stacy rejects her advances for friendship.
One evening, Angela lies to Stacy’s mother to get some alone time with Stacy. When she later tells Stacy the reality, she is disgusted and berates Angela. Stacy leaves the automobile and asks a stranger to make use of their cellphone so she will be able to get away from Angela. Nonetheless, Angela follows as Stacy is given a trip residence. Anxious that Stacy will begin rumors about her, Angela stabs Stacy to loss of life exterior of her neighbor’s residence.
At first, the id of Stacy’s assassin is unknown locally, and most of her classmates attribute the crime to a Goth outsider who had a mutually aggressive relationship with Stacy. A guilt-ridden Angela confesses the crime to her mother and father in a letter. A trial is held, and Angela is discovered responsible of Stacy’s homicide and sentenced to be incarcerated till she is 25. The group reels and examines their function in pressuring high-school college students to compete and be good.
The movie was based mostly on the true story of an Orinda, California high-school pupil who murdered her classmate in 1984. Kirsten Costas was an prosperous and common pupil cheerleader who additionally labored on the varsity’s yearbook. Bernadette Protti was one other pupil who aspired to be like Kirsten however didn’t make the yearbook or the cheerleading squad. After her makes an attempt to befriend Kirsten failed, Bernadette faked a celebration invitation to Kirsten’s mother. Kirsten left when she found the reality and obtained a trip residence with a neighbor. Bernadette adopted them to Kirsten’s home, the place she stabbed Kirsten 5 occasions with a kitchen knife. Initially, Bernadette handed a lie-detector take a look at, however after six months police realized she had been mendacity. Bernadette confessed to her mother and father in a letter.
Kirsten’s household say they consider Bernadette fabricated the occasion invitation with premeditated plans to homicide her. Bernadette maintained that it was a spur-of-the-moment response and that the 18-inch knife was in her automobile as a result of “her sister cut vegetables with it.”
Bernadette Protti was sentenced to 9 years in jail; in 1992, she was launched after serving seven years. She was 23 years previous upon her launch. Bernadette has since modified her title and lives in Oregon together with her household.
