A teenage girl convinces a love-struck young ex-con that the only way they can be together is to do away with her domineering parents. Based on actual events.A teenage girl convinces a love-struck young ex-con that the only way they can be together is to do away with her domineering parents. Based on actual events.A teenage girl convinces a love-struck young ex-con that the only way they can be together is to do away with her domineering parents. Based on actual events.
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- TriviaMelissa Joan Hart and David Lascher later co-starred in "Sabrina The Teenage Witch".
- Quotes
Jennifer Stanton: You should have herd them last night, I've got to get out of here.
Karen Winkler: Jen, what is this, "Escape from Alcatraz"? Will you please stop stressing?
Jennifer Stanton: They want to throw him back in jail!
Karen Winkler: Well, your dad's car is pretty trashed.
Jennifer Stanton: We don't know he did that. Karen, I gotta get out of here, I gotta talk to him.
Karen Winkler: No, no way. Aren't you in enough trouble already?
Jennifer Stanton: I won't be gone long.
Karen Winkler: Are you nuts? You're mom's downstairs, what if your father comes home?
Jennifer Stanton: Well, I thought we could always count on each other?
Karen Winkler: Why am I listening to you?
Jennifer Stanton: Because you're my best friend.
- ConnectionsReferences Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- SoundtracksOther Side Of The River
Written by Alan Robert
Performed by Life of Agony
Courtesy of Roadrunner Records
Repressed teenager Jennifer Stanton meets Nick Ryan at a gas station and soon forms a close relationship with him, which she keeps secret from her parents. Nick has a reputation for having spent time in jail on an assault charge. When Jennifer's parents catch them in bed together and chase Nick out of the house, Jennifer continues dating Nick secretly. Jennifer is grounded for the rest of the school year.
Nick visits Jennifer's house, and proclaims his love for her. He also states what he thinks of the harsh manner in which Jennifer's father, William, treats her. William threatens to turn Nick in for Statutory Rape, and to "kick his ass" if he doesn't get lost. The next morning, William finds his car vandalized and contacts the police. Nick is questioned, but denies knowledge of the incident.
Jennifer convinces Nick to get his grandfather's pistol and kill her parents. While he plans out the murder, Jennifer tells her friends at school that she and Nick have broken up. She also presents herself to William and Susan as their idea of a model teenager. William and Susan let their daughter go for once to a slumber party.
After the killings, Jennifer moves into her grandmother's house and rekindles her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Brad. She calls the police anonymously with information that leads to their discovery of the gun. With Nick in custody, the case seems to be closed. However, Detective Daniels suspects that Jennifer knows more regarding this case than she let on during police interrogation. When confronted, Jennifer claims that Nick was angry at her parents for not letting him see her, thereby explaining Nick's motive. Meanwhile, Jennifer's best friend Karen Winkler finds her diary; it reveals how Jennifer used Nick to do away with her parents so that she could have Brad.
Karen visits Nick in jail, and tells him how he's been set up by Jennifer. When he confronts Jennifer about it, she blames Nick entirely for the murders. Upset, he admits to the police that he killed William and Susan, but that it was Jennifer's idea. Karen tries and fails to find evidence of Jennifer's involvement. When Jennifer finds out about Karen's investigation, she threatens to implicate Karen in the murders.
At Nick's murder trial, Jennifer falsely testifies that Nick harassed her. Eventually, a wired Brad manipulates Jennifer into admitting responsibility for her parents' deaths and the police arrest her.
An epilogue reveals that Jennifer Stanton was tried as a juvenile, while Nick Ryan is still in prison.
- morientes-68401
- Apr 10, 2024