Cherry Falls (2000) on Netflix
R20001h 32mHorrorMysteryThriller
A killer is carving the word virgin into teenage victims in Cherry Falls, Virginia. Sheriff's daughter Jody Marken is caught between the manhunt and a student plan to lose their virginity.
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- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb5.3/1016,264 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes63%
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Plot summary
In the woods outside Cherry Falls, Virginia, a black-haired woman attacks a teenage couple parked in a car. In town, Jody Marken, the sheriff's daughter, spends time with her boyfriend Kenny, then returns home to her father Brent's anger over her missed curfew. Brent and his deputies find the word virgin carved into both victims. At the high school, English teacher Mr. Marliston presses Brent to tell the town what he knows. When another teenage virgin is killed, Brent calls a meeting of parents to describe the crimes. Word spreads that the killer hunts virgins, and the students plan a party where they will lose their virginity.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cherry Falls (2000)
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- Its distributors' relationship with USA Films led to a United States release as a television movie syndicated on the USA Network, so it unintentionally became, and remains, the most expensive television film ever made, with a $14 million production budget.
- Screenwriter Ken Selden originally wrote the climactic teen orgy scene as taking place under a giant white sheet, but director Geoffrey Wright rewrote it to shoot the cast nude instead, a choice that forced heavy cuts to the scene to avoid an NC-17 rating.
- The film was submitted to and rejected by the MPAA numerous times, which meant it never received a theatrical release in the United States and instead premiered in May 1999 at France's Marché du Film market.
- When Scream Factory tried to release an uncut Blu-ray of the film in 2016, distributor USA Films could not supply the original uncut version, and director Geoffrey Wright said he did not even own a copy himself, so the label had to release the same cut that had aired on television in 2000.
- The film was shot at Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia, and local residents publicly criticized the production while it was being made because of the violent content of the story.
