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Cherry Falls
When students in the small town of Cherry Falls learn a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize their only chance of survival is to throw a “Pop Your Cherry” party.
2000 · Directed by Geoffrey Wright · 92 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 6 frames
Tagline
Lose your innocence... or lose your life.
Plot
In the woods outside of Cherry Falls, Virginia, a teenage couple, Rod Harper (Jesse Bradford) and Stacy Twelfmann (Bre Blair) are getting romantic in a car when a black-haired woman appears and murders them both. Meanwhile, in town, teenager Jody Marken (Brittany Murphy), the daughter of the local sheriff, is with her boyfriend, Kenny (Gabriel Mann), who thinks it is time to "see other people." Jody goes back home to find her father, Brent (Michael Biehn), upset that she is out past her curfew. Brent and his deputies begin to investigate the murders the next day. They see that the killer carved the word "virgin" into both victims. At school, Brent sees English teacher Mr. Leonard Marliston (Jay Mohr), who urges him to divulge more details of the murder to students and the town so as to eliminate the possibility of secrets.
Annette Duwald, also a virgin, is home alone when she is killed in the same manner as the other two teenagers. Concerned for the town's safety, Brent holds a meeting at the high school to tell parents the nature of the crimes. No students are invited, but Jody and her friend Timmy, who stayed after school, witness the meeting. Timmy asks to borrow Jody's cell phone and goes into the stairwell to make a call. Jody goes downstairs to find him and discovers his dead body in a locker room. She is confronted by the killer, who attacks her, but she manages to escape. At the police station, Jody describes the killer to an officer, who draws a composite. Brent confides with an old friend, Tom Sisler, the current high school principal, that the suspect looks like "Lora Lee Sherman." The two are both visibly nervous, and Jody listens in on their conversation.
Back at school, Jody and Kenny reconcile. Later Jody learns from her mother about the tale of Lora Lee. Twenty-five years ago, Lora Lee was a high school loner. She claimed that four popular boys at school, including Brent and the high school principal, raped her one night. Her cries fell on deaf ears, and she left the city for the rural outskirts, where she was rarely seen or heard from again. After Jody discovers the truth, disappointed with the hypocrisy of her parents, she visits Kenny at his house. They talk, and Jody, being upset with her parents, tries to have sex with Kenny. He refuses, causing her to get upset and leave.
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Crew
- Written by: Ken Selden
- Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond
- Edited by: John F. Link
- Music: Walter Werzowa
- Production design: Marek Dobrowolski
- Produced by: Marshall Persinger, Eli Selden
Cast
- Brittany Murphy as Jody Marken
- Jay Mohr as Leonard Marliston
- Michael Biehn as Sherrif Brent Marken
- Jesse Bradford as Rod Harper
- Candy Clark as Marge Marken
- Gabriel Mann as Kenny Ascott
- Amanda Anka as Deputy Mina
- Joannah Portman as Sharon
- Kristen Miller as Cindy
- Bre Blair as Stacy Twelfmann
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Industry Entertainment Partners, Rogue Pictures, Fresh Produce Company, October Films
- Themes: virgin, high school, small town, rape, psychopath, revenge, murder, serial killer, slasher, virginity
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