Lifetime Original Movies - General Discussion

[Maharincess]

I thought it was Tracy but I had to search to make sure.  I hadn't seen her in anything since Seinfeld.  Seeing her made me go to YouTube and watch old Square Pegs episodes. 

[editorgrrl]

On December 28, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Maharincess said:

Did anybody watch the movie with Eric Roberts called Stalked by My Doctor?

I was kind of surprised to see him in a Lifetime movie but I thought it was pretty good. Eric Roberts plays psycho very well.

There's a sequel: Stalked by My Doctor: The Return. http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/stalked-by-my-doctor-the-return

[LexieLily]

Does it matter if I never saw the first Stalked By My Doctor?

[editorgrrl]

2 minutes ago, LexieLily said:

Does it matter if I never saw the first Stalked By My Doctor?

Nope. All you need to know is that Eric Roberts' character is crazy. I floved the first one, and the sequel was pretty good.

[LexieLily]

I wish I had known it was a sequel when I recorded it, so I could have recorded the first one that was on earlier today. Lol

[LexieLily]

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Nope. All you need to know is that Eric Roberts' character is crazy. I floved the first one, and the sequel was pretty good.

Most Lifetime baddies are crazy. Hee ;)

[BitterApple]

Eric Roberts really brought the crazy last night. Those "Amy" pancakes were just too funny. I think Stalked By My Doctor is going to be Lifetime's version of Sharknado.

[TVFan17]

I caught a bit of Stalked By My Doctor: The Return last night.  Given that I can only deal with that kind of movie every so often, it delivered what I would have expected and hoped for in a Lifetime gem.  I vividly remember that the first installment of this new franchise premiered on December 26th last year.  It was a jarring dose of reality when I switched over to Lifetime on 12/26, thinking that there would still be some Christmas movies to watch, and instead I found Eric Roberts holding his patient hostage and talking about his studies in gynecology or whatever.

I have to say, though, that my favorite Eric Roberts Lifetime movie -- and it's actually not a bad TV movie in general, just in terms of suspense and story line -- is Fatal Desire.  The title is typical Lifetime fluff, but the story is interesting.  And Anne Heche plays crazy quite well.   I thought they were a good match onscreen, and the whole thing worked well.

[Cranky One]

You haven't lived until you've watched Revenge Porn!

I loves me some Lifetime Teen Angst movies and this one fits the bill! All I can say is that Elisabeth Röhm must've needed some money!

[BitterApple]

1 hour ago, Cranky One said:

You haven't lived until you've watched Revenge Porn!

I loves me some Lifetime Teen Angst movies and this one fits the bill! All I can say is that Elisabeth Röhm must've needed some money!

Oh, God, not Revenge Porn! The daughter in that movie was so freaking annoying, like how did it not occur to her that her BFF sent the nude pictures to the website. I agree Rohm must've been hard-pressed for cash. I wonder if she's going to be Lifetime's new Lori Loughlin.

[Cranky One]

Yes! I knew immediately the friend did it. And you think Mom would have probably recognized cyber dude former student the first time she watched his video. 

I just love how kids in high school get scandalous texts all at the same time in LMN world.

And don't get me started how cyber dude was able to almost murder them the night before going to jail. If he was convicted, wouldn't he already  be in jail?

[Scarlett45]

I'm currently watching "Girl in a Box", I was reading People this week and since it was based on a true story I thought I'd check it out. So far I'm creeped out. 

[Marsupial]

Another Lifetime fanatic here! I watched "Girl in the Box" and the real-life follow up show with the victim, Colleen Stan. I read a true-crime book about this case about 20 years ago and it really haunted me for a long time. The horror writer Jack Ketchum wrote a novel (""Right to Life") based on the central plot of what happened to Colleen and it's a remarkably sensitive treatment of the story.

I know it's late in the thread but I just want to chime in that "Spirit of Christmas" is one of the best Lifetime and/or Xmas movies ever!! Thanks to the poster who provided details on the actual filming location, it's nice to know that inn is "real"!

Edited September 12, 2016 by Marsupial

[Madding crowd]

I thought Girl in the Box was very well done and I was really creeped out. When she was in the head restraint box, I felt like I couldn't breathe! i know the movie left out a few things (like Colleen working a part-time job while living with the couple), but I always have so many questions about these types of stories. Like how she survived for so long. She must have gotten infections from the many torture wounds and she had very little access to things like taking showers or even cleaning herself after using the bed pan. The box under the bed looked to have very little air coming in and I would think she would be on the verge of heat exhaustion during the summer. I know she didn't leave because she was afraid of "The Company", but she was so close to death I would have tried to escape anyway. I'm glad the wife called the cops but she shouldn't have been immune to jail time-she was responsible for insisting Colleen stay in the box for the most of two years, she left her behind with no food or water when they went on vacation and she was complicent  in everything done. Cameron was/is one of the sickest men to every live.

I was happy to see that Colleen is alive and is trying her best to live her life. When she went home to visit her family for the first time, I wished they would have called the police or just tried to get her to stay with them. 

[Scarlett45]

4 hours ago, Madding crowd said:

I thought Girl in the Box was very well done and I was really creeped out. When she was in the head restraint box, I felt like I couldn't breathe! i know the movie left out a few things (like Colleen working a part-time job while living with the couple), but I always have so many questions about these types of stories. Like how she survived for so long. She must have gotten infections from the many torture wounds and she had very little access to things like taking showers or even cleaning herself after using the bed pan. The box under the bed looked to have very little air coming in and I would think she would be on the verge of heat exhaustion during the summer. I know she didn't leave because she was afraid of "The Company", but she was so close to death I would have tried to escape anyway. I'm glad the wife called the cops but she shouldn't have been immune to jail time-she was responsible for insisting Colleen stay in the box for the most of two years, she left her behind with no food or water when they went on vacation and she was complicent  in everything done. Cameron was/is one of the sickest men to every live.

I was happy to see that Colleen is alive and is trying her best to live her life. When she went home to visit her family for the first time, I wished they would have called the police or just tried to get her to stay with them. 

The power of the human spirit is immense. I too wondered how Colleen survived the ordeal with little access to hygiene or medical care, but I suppose being a young woman in good health at the time of her kidnapping helped. 

I could not believe the wife got IMMUNITY! IMMUNITY. A reduced sentence for her testimony would be expected (15years instead of 104) but not an ounce of prison time after what she did?

[BitterApple]

The wife getting immunity was an absolute joke. She was 100% complicit in the crime. I think she was jealous of Colleen and got off on seeing her younger, prettier "rival" being tortured and humiliated. I hope she burns in hell right next to her sicko husband.

[Dancingjaneway]

What's scary is that she(the wife) is now a therapist in California. 

[megwhite]

The Lifetime movie "The girl in the box" was probably one of the best movies they've done, her "master" treating her like a slave and her slow breakdown, I can't believe she was allowed to visit her family and didn't say anything, and the wife getting immunity was bullshit, she should of served at least 15-20 yrs for her part in the crime and killing that other girl. 

[In2You]

[BitterApple]

Lmfaoooo!!! That's awesome!

My movie would be "The Pastor's Daycare."

I'm trying to think of a plot for that one, lol.

[KaveDweller]

8 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Lmfaoooo!!! That's awesome!

My movie would be "The Pastor's Daycare."

I'm trying to think of a plot for that one, lol.

A pastor starts a daycare in his church, and tries brainwashing the kids into his cult. His goal is to get them to all kill their parents in twisted revenge for how awful his own overly religious parents were.

My movie would be "The Pastor's Stranger," which doesn't really make much sense.

[BitterApple]

47 minutes ago, KaveDweller said:

A pastor starts a daycare in his church, and tries brainwashing the kids into his cult. His goal is to get them to all kill their parents in twisted revenge for how awful his own overly religious parents were.

My movie would be "The Pastor's Stranger," which doesn't really make much sense.

That's a good one!

The Pastor's Stranger. Hmmm. Married, well respected pastor begins being stalked by a mysterious stranger from his past. Turns out this man of God has deep, dark secrets that can't stay buried... 

[In2You]

Sex. Lies and the Adoption

[Court]

Her Sister's Adoption

[Maharincess]

Did anyone watch Sister Cities?  I don't know if it was a Lifetime original but I thought it was pretty good.  

[LADreamr]

13 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Lmfaoooo!!! That's awesome!

My movie would be "The Pastor's Daycare."

I'm trying to think of a plot for that one, lol.

I believe it was called, "Spotlight."

[KaveDweller]

On 9/21/2016 at 1:55 AM, Maharincess said:

Did anyone watch Sister Cities?  I don't know if it was a Lifetime original but I thought it was pretty good.  

It was filmed as an independent film, but I guess they couldn't get it released anywhere real so they went to Lifetime. I don't know if that counts as Lifetime original or not. I thought it was decent too, especially for Lifetime.

Did anyone watch House of Darkness? It claims to be inspired by a true story, but the internet can't seem to tell me what that true story is. It seemed like a pretty cliche horror movie to me. I didn't like that the end was so open ended about whether that woman went to jail. It was weird that they showed her driving away like she was moving back to the city, but then cut to her back in the town at the police station. And I wanted to see more with the reveal that the neighbors were an older couple. Did only the husband ever see them young?

[BitterApple]

I was so bored with House of Darkness, I tuned out after forty minutes. 

[TattleTeeny]

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I was so bored with House of Darkness, I tuned out after forty minutes. 

Am I nuts or did this movie hardly even make sense? It simultaneously seemed like there was too much happening and like stuff was missing. It was like it wanted to be The Shining with a dash of Paranormal Activity. There were parts with people gasping but we didn't see what upset them! And then there was this super-weird cut to a mountain-scape for kind of a long time and for no apparent reason. And on top of that, there was the adorable but annoying "little" girl who was almost her mom's height...but talked like a four-year-old. 

OH! And what the hell was with the hot sexy neighbors anyway? We kept seeing them but what was going on there? 

Edited September 26, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[KaveDweller]

9 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Am I nuts or did this movie hardly even make sense? It simultaneously seemed like there was too much happening and like stuff was missing. It was like it wanted to be The Shining with a dash of Paranormal Activity. There were parts with people gasping but we didn't see what upset them! And then there was this super-weird cut to a mountain-scape for kind of a long time and for no apparent reason. And on top of that, there was the adorable but annoying "little" girl who was almost her mom's height...but talked like a four-year-old. 

OH! And what the hell was with the hot sexy neighbors anyway? We kept seeing them but what was going on there? 

I think the husband was hallucinating that the hot sexy neighbors were hot and sexy. At the end, it didn't look like the wife was shocked that her neighbors were an old couple. Of course, that may be bad acting. 

Now I don't know why ghosts of kids trick-or-treating would make someone hallucinate that their neighbors, who don't even live in the haunted house look younger, hot, and sexy. Or how that is a sign of a dark force making him evil.

[TattleTeeny]

Haha, I thought so it was something like that but I'd assumed that the wife saw the hot sexies as well, at first--as evidenced by the fact that she didn't say, "But he's 85 years old!" when the husband said that Clark (?) was in the wife's sister's room that night. Then again, she didn't look at all surprised at the end, as you mention.

Edited September 27, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[Chrissytd]

There's a Britney Spears biopic coming soon.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/28/lifetime-britney-spears-justin-timberlake

[WendyCR72]

5 hours ago, Chrissytd said:

There's a Britney Spears biopic coming soon.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/28/lifetime-britney-spears-justin-timberlake

Why?

[Dejana]

On 9/28/2016 at 2:50 PM, Chrissytd said:

There's a Britney Spears biopic coming soon.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/28/lifetime-britney-spears-justin-timberlake

Oooh, they've cast Wade Robson and Jenna Dewan...I guess they're really going to go there with Britney's alleged cheating and Justin's rebounding. Will Lifetime call up the guy who played Timbaland from the Aaliyah movie for the "Cry Me A River" recording session where the actual song never gets played? There must be matching denim, and a dance off, pretty please?

[Darian]

On 9/11/2016 at 11:51 PM, Marsupial said:

 The horror writer Jack Ketchum wrote a novel (""Right to Life") based on the central plot of what happened to Colleen and it's a remarkably sensitive treatment of the story.

 

I haven't watched the movie (have seen at least one true-crime treatment of it) but I'd like to read that book, so thanks. I once attended a week-long writers' conference and Jack Ketchum was one of the mentors. He hung out with my friends and I quite a bit and wow, is he a sweetheart. Just kind and engaging and really interested in people and helping other writers. 

[Marsupial]

Wow, Darian, thanks for sharing that anecdote about Ketchum. He's a writer I used to read a lot and greatly admire, and it's nice to know he's a good guy as well.

 

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I have to say, though, that my favorite Eric Roberts Lifetime movie -- and it's actually not a bad TV movie in general, just in terms of suspense and story line -- is Fatal Desire.  The title is typical Lifetime fluff, but the story is interesting.  And Anne Heche plays crazy quite well.   I thought they were a good match onscreen, and the whole thing worked well

Oh, yes, that's a really good one. It's actually based on a true story also, believe it or not. Yes, sometimes life can be as bizarre as a Lifetime movie...I used to be a true crime fanatic and remember reading the real-life story of the characters. The movie was very faithful to the real events and Eric Roberts did a great job!

Another excellent based-on-true-story Lifetime movie is "Seduced by Madness," it's an oldie but goodie about Diane Borchardt. It's very well made, above the usual Lifetime production values, and it stars Peter Coyote and Ann-Margret (I know, right?!)

[In2You]

On 10/6/2016 at 11:43 PM, Marsupial said:

 

Oh, yes, that's a really good one. It's actually based on a true story also, believe it or not. Yes, sometimes life can be as bizarre as a Lifetime movie...

Lifetime taught us that with this show

 

[Marsupial]

LOL I was not aware of this show, will have to catch it...that first one HOLY CRAP!!!

[raezen]

Michel'le got a biopic after being completely left out of Straight Outta Compton. That's great for her but there is news that Dr.Dre may try to sue.

[briochetwist]

On 10/11/2016 at 6:48 PM, raezen said:

Michel'le got a biopic after being completely left out of Straight Outta Compton. That's great for her but there is news that Dr.Dre may try to sue.

Wasn't this supposed to air tonight? Maybe they took his threats of suing seriously, because they didn't air it.

[Negritude]

1 hour ago, briochetwist said:

Wasn't this supposed to air tonight? Maybe they took his threats of suing seriously, because they didn't air it.

It came on. It's been trending on Twitter. It was actually pretty decent...by Lifetime standards.

[briochetwist]

34 minutes ago, Negritude said:

It came on. It's been trending on Twitter. It was actually pretty decent...by Lifetime standards.

Really? Not on Lifetime Canada. The 9:00 pm movie timeslot just said "Movie", it never actually said "Surviving Compton" although ads ran all week. Instead "Mother May I Sleep With Danger" ran twice.

How bad did it make Dre look?

Edited October 16, 2016 by briochetwist
Words. Forgot words...

[Negritude]

46 minutes ago, briochetwist said:

Really? Not on Lifetime Canada. The 9:00 pm movie timeslot just said "Movie", it never actually said "Surviving Compton" although ads ran all week. Instead "Mother May I Sleep With Danger" ran twice.

How bad did it make Dre look?

Really, really bad. People are denouncing their beats by dre headphones lol

[briochetwist]

59 minutes ago, Negritude said:

Really, really bad. People are denouncing their beats by dre headphones lol

Ha! Suddenly 'Beats' seems to be a rather unfortunate name, doesn't it?  I've always wondered why he let Eminem get away with 'You gonna take advice from somebody who slapped Dee Barnes?' in Guilty Conscience. 

Lifetime better run this, now I really need to see it.

[NowVoyager]

3 hours ago, briochetwist said:

Ha! Suddenly 'Beats' seems to be a rather unfortunate name, doesn't it?  I've always wondered why he let Eminem get away with 'You gonna take advice from somebody who slapped Dee Barnes?' in Guilty Conscience. 

Lifetime better run this, now I really need to see it.

You really do need to see it!!!

It was fascinating--- the Dr. Dre character looked so handsome, but acted like such a monster; Suge Knight acted like, well Suge Knight; and we got a bit of clarity as to how Michel'le found herself in these abusive relationships... and how so many people knew about it and just watched. Pfffttt! I'd love to see Dr. Dre sue! So much for that generic apology a while back.

I didn't see Straight Outta Compton, but the idea that her story was omitted is insulting revisionist history. I'm so glad that she was finally able to testify her experience!

The actress who portrayed Michel'le was spot on! She & Michel'le appeared on an episode of The Real & talked about how she had to take the voice down a notch, so it wouldn't be distracting. Sitting side by side they sounded exactly alike.

Michel'le appeared in spots throughout the movie. She's so lovable! And clearly still in her feelings about what went down. She sings a song at the end---I think it's new---at one point she has tears streaming down her face, then a cutaway to refreshed makeup. The song was beautiful & I just cried & cried....

I'm not in an abusive relationship, but the movie made me want to go meditate on the concept of "Self-Love" in my own life.... That's what I took away from Michel'le's story anyhow.

Edited October 16, 2016 by NowVoyager

[qtpye]

Going from Dre to Suge...talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire.  This move was much better done then Whitney's or Toni Braxton, which might as well have been a long commercial for Braxton Family Values.  It is worth a watch, if for nothing else, to find out what the movie left out about Dre.  It is uplifting like the Tina Turner movie.
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[DearEvette]

23 minutes ago, qtpye said:

Going from Dre to Suge...talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

Heh.  I thought it was going from the fire into the frying pan.  Somehow the movie made Dre look worse than Suge.  How is that possible?

I thought the voice was perfect.  I remember the first time I heard Michel'le's speaking voice I thought for sure I heard it wrong somehow.  She does a speaking verse on 'No More Lies' but I thought it was an affectation for the song. No More Lies is my jam, tho.  Glad to know that she wrote it and not him.

I saw Straight Outta Compton earlier this year and while watching this movie I marvelled.  All of the Michel'e stuff was missing from SOC.  She was part of Ruthless Records and a part of his life for years.  But she doesn't even exist in that movie.  Also no mention whatsoever of all his kids.  Also this movie is much kinder to Jerry Heller than the Compton movie was.  

I read an interview that she did where they asked why none of the guys would intervene when Dre was beating her in front of them.    She said Eazy and The DOC would try to intervene but usually just left so they wouldn't have to witness it. She says she understands their reaction because she is the one who had to stop it ultimately.  Also she mentions that Tupac was a total gentleman.  While he'd have typical rapper-y lyrics, he treated women like queens.

The Dre stuff just really pisses me off.  I truly believe the man is a fantastic producer and has a great instinct and ear for music.  But dammit I can't enjoy listening to The Chronic since all the DV stuff had become public about him.

[raezen]

Just watched Surviving Compton online and . . . Wow. I knew that Dr. Dre made himself look a little better in SOC, but turns out he made himself out to be a LOT better than he was back then. I think it's fascinating how people can live through the same time period and yet come away with such different impressions of people and events. So Jerry Heller wasn't a bad guy in this movie and Michel'le never wanted to leave Ruthless. Interesting. 

[GaT]

While I was watching Who Killed Jonbenet? I kept seeing a commercial for a Lifetime movie on this Saturday & Sunday called Stranger Than Fiction. I was going to set up the DVR to record it, but it's not showing anywhere in the Comcast guide & I can't find anything about it on the Lifetime website. Does anybody know anything about it?

[PRgal]

I just saw a trailer for a Beaches remake (and why is Lifetime calling this an "original," anyway?  I don't care that it's a production FOR Lifetime.  If it's a remake, it's a remake).  It has A LOT to live up to.