A Friend to Die For

A Friend to Die For also known as Death of a Cheerleader in the UK and during Lifetime television airings is a 1994 American TV movie directed by William A. Graham. Written by Dan Bronson, the film is based on Randall Sullivans Rolling Stone magazine article concerning the reallife murder of a high school girl by her jealous classmate. Kirsten Costas, a fifteenyearold cheerleader at Miramonte High School, was killed by less popular classmate Bernadette Protti in 1984. The film was the highestrated TV movie of 1994.

Angela then further suffers being rejected for a coveted position on the yearbook staff and in an audition for the cheerleading squad, leaving her humiliated and feeling like a failure. Still determined to be friends with Stacy, she calls Stacys mother and anonymously invites her to a party under the guise of there being a special dinner for the Larks. Once Stacy gets in the car with Angela, she reveals that the dinner story was a lie she told Stacys mother so she would be allowed to meet Angela.Infuriated, Stacy demands to be taken home. Angela tries to explain how much she admires Stacy and wants to be like her, but Stacy is less than sympathetic. Unmoved, she calls Angela pathetic and exits the car, stating that everyone in school will now laugh at Angela. Stacy then runs to a nearby house, where she asks to use the telephone, explaining that the friend she was with had gotten a little weird, and manages to get a ride home. Angela follows the car back to Stacys home, and out of fear that Stacy will spread rumors about her, Angela stabs Stacy multiple times and leaves her for dead. ........

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