The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.

Cast

Holly Hunter

as Wanda Holloway

Beau Bridges

as Terry Harper

Swoosie Kurtz

as Marla Harper

Elizabeth Ruscio

as Verna Heath

Gregg Henry

as Tony Harper

Matt Frewer

as Troy McKinney

Eddie Jones

as C.D. Holloway

Frankie Ingrassia

as Shanna Harper

Gary Grubbs

as Detective Helton

Jack Kehler

as Sergeant F.E. Blackwell

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

Again, like so many others I caught this on HBO when I was a kid. The difference is that this time it is NOT a bad horror movie, but an HBO original movie from back in the day when they were making some pretty stellar original movies. "Darkly hysterical" would be the best way to describe it, espe...

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