Deadly Cheers

Ok. So when you decide to watch a Lifetime movie called "Deadly Cheers" you should know exactly what you're getting... A trashy semi-exploitative movie of teens getting inexplicably killed or abused. And this is exactly what you got. Nothing more.. nothing less.

Surprisingly, I'm not as hard on this movie as other reviewers. No. This is NOT "the worst Lifetime movie ever" by any means. I will actually give the movie credit for not marching down the generic predictable plot line of stupid cheerleaders getting knocked off one by one. There was actually a mystery to be unraveled.. and did find myself engaged enough to want to watch to sort out who was or were the actual baddies.

This clearly is a low-budget movie .. even by Lifetime standards. Don't expect any mindless stupid decision-packed chase scene through a completely empty high school. We rarely even see the high school or other students.

But I did find interesting dynamics between everyone involved - and I'm even embarrassed so admit they were actually "multi-layered."

So I will give this movie a solid "5" for at least trying to be a psycho cheer movie that actually has some interesting twists and turns.

It was So Bad that it almost defies words...I actually think the actors weren't too bad, but the dialogue & plot they had to work with was so beyond ludicrous & stank up the screen so badly, that it was extremely difficult to notice... I also wonder, WHY so many cheer movies?? Seriously, it doesn't seem like it would hit home with most of their viewers...as well as the pregnant-woman & baby-in-Peril plots...parents don't like to think of these things & those of us that aren't parents can't Relate...

Another cheerleading movie on Lifetime. I know these movies are usually predictable, but this movie plot didn't make much sense. It got more bizarre as it went on and the ending was hilariously bad.

The actors in the movie were not that bad and that probably helped me watch this to the end. There are so many cheerleading movies not sure why Lifetime needed to have another one. I see what they were trying to do with the storyline, but it just didn't land well because of all the silly plot twists.

If you want to waste away some time this movie can help. Don't expect much or even try to understand what you just put your brain through.

2022 is rife with films like these; half-baked plots with unbelievable characters performed by inexperienced actors directed by inexperienced directors. Scripts written by inexperienced writers add to the certain doom of the venture. Shallow characterizations move to highly unlikely situations in hackneyed settings. There is nothing new here and the film is not recommended for high schoolers to attend because it is so boring and predictable. Even grade school kids would find this film boring. I watched it only because I had free passes from my brother in law, Geoff, who is the theater manager. The nachos and cheese were good, however.

The storyline was great, the characters were solid, the plot twist were spot on...one VERY cheesey scene but not giving any spoilers, you'll know it when you see it.