Bad Girls From Valley High
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Bad Girls from Valley High is a 2004 direct-to-video
comedy
horror film
starring Julie Benz
, Monica Keena
, Nicole Bilderback
, Jonathan Brandis
, and Janet Leigh
. Originally titled A Fate Totally Worse than Death, the screenplay was based on the novel of the same name
.
), Tiffany (Nicole Bilderback
), and Brooke (Monica Keena
) are the three most popular and most nasty girls in high school. Danielle, the leader, is used to getting what she wants and what she currently wants is good looking yet lonesome ex jock Drew (Jonathan Brandis
). Drew has been mourning over the death of his girlfriend Charity Chase for a year. Charity was believed to have committed suicide; however, this wasn't the case. Danielle, Tiffany and Brooke lured Charity to a cliff and killed her.
A year to the day of Charity's death, a Romanian foreign exchange student Katrina (Suzanna Urszuly) arrives. She and Drew immediately become friends and a jealous Danielle tries to do everything in her power to stop this friendship developing into love. In an attempt to get close to Drew, Danielle works at the elderly home where Drew is also working. She is assigned to look after an old lady whom she believes is in a coma. Danielle, Tiffany and Brooke use this opportunity to raid the old lady's cupboard and eat her box of chocolates.
In the following two weeks, the 3 girls begin to notice that something strange is happening to them, they are receiving back pains and their hair is turning gray - to their horror they discover that they are aging at a rapid speed. They believe this has something to do with Katrina, whom they now think is in fact the ghost of Charity coming back to seek revenge. The three decide the only way to regain their youth is to kill Drew and let his spirit be with Charity.
On the night of Danielle's 18th birthday party, the three lure Drew to the same gorge where Charity died and attempt to shoot him. Katrina shows up and says she is not Charity's ghost. Danielle briefly ponders this but decides to shoot them both anyway. Brooke however, the kindest of all the three, says that they have gone too far and prevents Danielle from pulling the trigger. Drew disarms her, and both Danielle and Tiffany overcome by back pain faint, and are carried to the old age home.
Tiffany is hooked on a life support machine and Danielle is barely alive. At that moment, the old woman who Danielle was meant to be caring for shows up. She reveals that she was Charity's grandmother and that while she had been briefly unable to speak do to a stroke, she had very good hearing and sight and overheard Danielle bragging about Charity's murder. She then reveals she poisoned the chocolate box knowing that the girls would eat it, with a chemical from her friend's husband who works in a chemical factory that specializes in biological warfare technology. Danielle sticks her middle finger up at her and dies.
At the funeral for her and Tiffany, everyone is in attendance, including Drew and Katrina (who were by this time an official couple) attends. Brooke is also in attendance; she didn't die because she didn't eat as many chocolates as Tiffany and Danielle had eaten, demonstrating her sense of self control. She was operated by a plastic surgeon and she appears to be 35 years old. Her teacher (Christopher Lloyd
) will forgive her , knowing she wasn't as cruel as Danielle and she regrets what she has done.
Danielle is then revealed to be in a revealing dress in a luxurious room with her youth restored. She and Tiffany are both young again and are convinced that they are in heaven. However it is revealed that they are actually in hell, forced to forever endure the company of the most annoying dork in school (Aaron Paul
), who is completely devoted to he every move. So much so, that he committed suicide himself just to be with her forever.
until five years after filming completed although it premiered at Cannes Film Market
in France. Bad Girls From Valley High also marks the last screen appearances of both Jonathan Brandis and Janet Leigh.
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
starring Julie Benz
Julie Benz
Julie M. Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television...
, Monica Keena
Monica Keena
Monica C. Keena is an American actress, known for her roles as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, Kristin on HBO's Entourage, and as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason....
, Nicole Bilderback
Nicole Bilderback
Nicole Bilderback is an Korean-born American actress, known for her recurring guest roles on the television programs Dark Angel and Dawson's Creek, and the films Bring It On and Bad Girls From Valley High...
, Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:Brandis was born in Danbury, Connecticut, the only child of Mary, a teacher and personal manager, and Gregory Brandis, a food distributor and firefighter. He began his career as a child model and...
, and Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh , born Jeanette Helen Morrison, was an American actress. She was the wife of actor Tony Curtis from June 1951 to September 1962 and the mother of Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis....
. Originally titled A Fate Totally Worse than Death, the screenplay was based on the novel of the same name
A Fate Totally Worse than Death
A Fate Totally Worse than Death is a spoof horror novel for young adults by Paul Fleischman, published in 1995, in which a badly behaved clique of high school girls get their comeuppance.- Plot introduction :...
.
Plot
Danielle (Julie BenzJulie Benz
Julie M. Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television...
), Tiffany (Nicole Bilderback
Nicole Bilderback
Nicole Bilderback is an Korean-born American actress, known for her recurring guest roles on the television programs Dark Angel and Dawson's Creek, and the films Bring It On and Bad Girls From Valley High...
), and Brooke (Monica Keena
Monica Keena
Monica C. Keena is an American actress, known for her roles as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, Kristin on HBO's Entourage, and as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason....
) are the three most popular and most nasty girls in high school. Danielle, the leader, is used to getting what she wants and what she currently wants is good looking yet lonesome ex jock Drew (Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:Brandis was born in Danbury, Connecticut, the only child of Mary, a teacher and personal manager, and Gregory Brandis, a food distributor and firefighter. He began his career as a child model and...
). Drew has been mourning over the death of his girlfriend Charity Chase for a year. Charity was believed to have committed suicide; however, this wasn't the case. Danielle, Tiffany and Brooke lured Charity to a cliff and killed her.
A year to the day of Charity's death, a Romanian foreign exchange student Katrina (Suzanna Urszuly) arrives. She and Drew immediately become friends and a jealous Danielle tries to do everything in her power to stop this friendship developing into love. In an attempt to get close to Drew, Danielle works at the elderly home where Drew is also working. She is assigned to look after an old lady whom she believes is in a coma. Danielle, Tiffany and Brooke use this opportunity to raid the old lady's cupboard and eat her box of chocolates.
In the following two weeks, the 3 girls begin to notice that something strange is happening to them, they are receiving back pains and their hair is turning gray - to their horror they discover that they are aging at a rapid speed. They believe this has something to do with Katrina, whom they now think is in fact the ghost of Charity coming back to seek revenge. The three decide the only way to regain their youth is to kill Drew and let his spirit be with Charity.
On the night of Danielle's 18th birthday party, the three lure Drew to the same gorge where Charity died and attempt to shoot him. Katrina shows up and says she is not Charity's ghost. Danielle briefly ponders this but decides to shoot them both anyway. Brooke however, the kindest of all the three, says that they have gone too far and prevents Danielle from pulling the trigger. Drew disarms her, and both Danielle and Tiffany overcome by back pain faint, and are carried to the old age home.
Tiffany is hooked on a life support machine and Danielle is barely alive. At that moment, the old woman who Danielle was meant to be caring for shows up. She reveals that she was Charity's grandmother and that while she had been briefly unable to speak do to a stroke, she had very good hearing and sight and overheard Danielle bragging about Charity's murder. She then reveals she poisoned the chocolate box knowing that the girls would eat it, with a chemical from her friend's husband who works in a chemical factory that specializes in biological warfare technology. Danielle sticks her middle finger up at her and dies.
At the funeral for her and Tiffany, everyone is in attendance, including Drew and Katrina (who were by this time an official couple) attends. Brooke is also in attendance; she didn't die because she didn't eat as many chocolates as Tiffany and Danielle had eaten, demonstrating her sense of self control. She was operated by a plastic surgeon and she appears to be 35 years old. Her teacher (Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He played Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi and more...
) will forgive her , knowing she wasn't as cruel as Danielle and she regrets what she has done.
Danielle is then revealed to be in a revealing dress in a luxurious room with her youth restored. She and Tiffany are both young again and are convinced that they are in heaven. However it is revealed that they are actually in hell, forced to forever endure the company of the most annoying dork in school (Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul
Aaron Michael Paul is an American actor. After appearing in several roles in American television, including a recurring role on the HBO series Big Love, Paul came to prominence in the late 2000s for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad, for which he...
), who is completely devoted to he every move. So much so, that he committed suicide himself just to be with her forever.
Release
Shot in 2000, the film was not released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
until five years after filming completed although it premiered at Cannes Film Market
Marché du Film
The Marché du Film is the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival and the largest film market in the world.It was created in 1959 and it is held annually since then, simultaneously to the Cannes Festival...
in France. Bad Girls From Valley High also marks the last screen appearances of both Jonathan Brandis and Janet Leigh.