Murder of Innocence

TV Movie
1993
Not Rated
1h 30m

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Newlywed Laurie Wade's deeply-rooted psychotic behavior shatters her marriage, and eventually her entire life. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film ne... Read allNewlywed Laurie Wade's deeply-rooted psychotic behavior shatters her marriage, and eventually her entire life. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film never tries to explain the cause of her mental collapse, except for a hint or two, but inste... Read allNewlywed Laurie Wade's deeply-rooted psychotic behavior shatters her marriage, and eventually her entire life. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film never tries to explain the cause of her mental collapse, except for a hint or two, but instead takes the viewer into her frightening state of mind.

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6.6/10

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10dmarazo-37820

wow

What an outstanding acting performance. This made me rethink the word sick and evil to genuine mental health issues. If a person believes someone is in need of help, due to behavior, reach out to the proper people. Our children and teens are getting slain. This does not have to be. This last one at a Flordia HS. could of and should have been avoided. Police was called to this killers house 39 times. What happened to the red flags.

10Ru-Dy

The immortal role!

Valerie Bertinelli delivers an incredible performance, worthy of the highest praise, which is why I gave it 10 stars! You will too after seeing this great movie & true story. I saw it when it first aired and loved it, and still do to this very day! A must see!

8MountainMan

Great movie based on true story, thumbs up

Valerie Bertinelli never looked so good. Playing a convincing part of someone who is mentally unstable is no easy task, and Valerie put a lot of fear into me and, I am sure, others who watched this movie. I guess I wasn't alone, because my wife even cringed a little at her in some of the scenes. Some of the supporting acting was so-so, but Valerie gave this movie and topic a real boost. This subject is always timely, and the ensuing tragedy at the school is right in line with events in the 2000's. It makes for a very good movie that will keep you clinging to the arms of your chair.

8krazygirl1_98

Valerie is scary in this one!

Valerie Bertinelli does a fantastic acting job in this movie. She is extremely convincing and scary as Laurie Wade !! The movie is very sad of course, because of it being based on the true story of Laurie Wade and her journey to mental illness. I saw this film quite awhile ago on television and although sad, enjoyed Valerie's acting and the movie itself. I've been looking for this film for awhile now and so far, have only seen it available on Ebay, to Great Britain. Hoping to find it on Region one DVD. I would highly recommend it for not only Valerie Bertinelli fans but anyone who is into true crime or can handle the topics that this film deals with. This film is definitely NOT for children so parents please be warned.

9dazzalvr

Worth the time for repeated viewings

Valerie Bertinelli gives a downright SCARY portrayal of a someone who is very mentally disturbed and does a good job of hiding it to a lot of people. Also, Stephen Caffrey gives a great performance of the poor husband no one believes. Worth repeated viewings.

Although one wonders throughout the movie how her parents seem oblivious to their daughters obvious mental state. Yes, she does a masterful job of covering it up, but at some point they MUST have seen her disturbed behavior, at least some portion of it. They must have seen the guns, the ammo, something. Her husband's repeated warnings that something is wrong....

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This is the true story of Laurie Dann who went into an elementary school on May 20, 1988 in Winnetka, Illinois and shot and killed one boy and wounded two girls. She then entered a nearby home and took the family hostage. After shooting another man who lived in the home (who recovered and went on to become a lawyer and then an FBI agent) she took her own life in an upstairs bedroom.