
“She wanted to give her daughter the best shot at being a cheerleader... The things you do for your kids.”
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
Release Date: 4/10/1993
Runtime: 99 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Michael Ritchie
00Companies: HBO Films
Countries: United States of America
GenerationofSwine
Again, like so many others I caught this on HBO when I was a kid. The difference is that this time it is NOT a bad horror movie, but an HBO original movie from back in the day when they were making some pretty stellar original movies. "Darkly hysterical" would be the best way to describe it, especially since a lot of the humor comes from the fact that it all seems very...wholesome. It does an excellent job of plotting a murder with a very wholesome and Leave it to beaver/Donna Reed Show feel to it and, it just works.

Holly Hunter
Wanda Holloway

Beau Bridges
Terry Harper

Swoosie Kurtz
Marla Harper

Elizabeth Ruscio
Verna Heath

Gregg Henry
Tony Harper

Matt Frewer
Troy McKinney

Eddie Jones
C.D. Holloway

Frankie Ingrassia
Shanna Harper

Gary Grubbs
Detective Helton

Jack Kehler
Sergeant F.E. Blackwell

Frederick Koehler
Shane Harper
Megan Berwick
Amber Heath
1992