Slasher Films: A

Slasher Films

Absurd – The plot involves a near invincible man known as Mikos, a Greek Italian citizen who was given a healing factor and driven insane by church-sanctioned scientific experimentation. A priest pursues Mikos to a town in America, and attempts to destroy him by impaling him on a set of railings which disembowels him, but he is revived later in a local hospital. The madman escapes after brutally murdering a nurse, and goes on a killing spree. The priest informs the hospital and authorities that the only way to kill Mikos is to “destroy the cerebal mass”. While attacking a motorcyclist after escaping from the hospital, Mikos is struck by a hit-and-run driver. The driver of the car, Mr. Bennett and his wife are going to a friend’s house to watch a football game, leaving their two children at home with a babysitter. Their daughter Katia is confined to her bed because of a problem with her spine, while her younger brother believes that the “Boogeyman” is coming to get him. Mikos makes his way to the Bennetts’ home and begins to murder everyone there. Peggy, a family helper is stabbed in the head with a pickaxe, and the babysitter has her head forced into a lit oven and is stabbed in the throat with a pair of scissors, but not before sending the brother off to get help. Katia struggles from her bed to take on the killer herself. Mikos breaks into Katia’s room and attacks her, but she manages to stab him in the eyes with a set of drawing compasses. She then stumbles down the hallway as the blinded killer staggers after her. He stalks her through the house, but Katia manages to elude him. The priest arrives and struggles with Mikos, and Katia grabs an axe from a decorative suit of armor and decapitates Mikos with it. The police and the rest of the family arrive to discover Katia standing in the doorway, covered in blood holding Mikos’s severed head.

Adam & Evil – A killer stalks a group of teenagers at a secluded campground. The Horror Channel summarizes the plot as “In the darkest depths of secluded woodlands, a young group of friends head out for fun and frolics. Instead they find themselves embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse.” After Dave and Maureen have sex in the woods, Dave proposes to Maureen, and she says yes. During the night, Dave walks out of his tent and finds Maureen’s severed finger next to the fire. Dave is then attacked by a person in a mask. However, it is revealed that it was actually Maureen, who was pranking Dave. However, then, a real masked killer appears and beheads Dave with a machete before impaling Maureen. The next day, a group of friends consisting of Adam, Billy, Earl, Evelyn, Matt, Rachel, Rob, Seth, Shane, Stacey and Yvonne, head deep into the woods for a night of partying and drinking. The group has a blast while Shane and Rachel get into a fight and break up. Shane makes out with Yvonne, while Rachel hooks up with Seth. When Adam and Stacey step away from the campsite to kiss, they discover a threatening note. Back at camp, the others find more. Adam, Stacey, Rachel, Matt and Shane want to leave, but their votes are overturned by Billy, Clint, Earl, Evelyn, Rob, Seth and Yvonne. However, soon, the killer kills Seth and Rachel while they are having sex. The others find their bodies and panic, fleeing in different directions. Billy, Yvonne and Stacey meet up in a clearing, but the killer hangs Billy while the girls hide. Stacey is found by Adam, and the two embrace. However, when Rob discovers Yvonne, she mistakenly kills him. Adam, Stacey and Yvonne are stalked by the killer and hide from him. While they are running, Adam and Stacey witness the killer ripping out Yvonne’s throat. Due to the deaths of Seth and Rachel, Clint and Earl decide that Shane is the killer and they corner him. Shane claims not to be the murderer, but Clint and Earl stab him anyway. Clint and Earl are then attacked by the real killer, who dismembers Earl before chasing Clint through the forest. Clint makes it to a cliff, where he calls out to Adam and Stacey before the killer decapitates him. When Adam and Stacey find the bodies of Seth, Rachel, Rob, Evelyn, and Earl, as well as a still-living Shane in a cave, they deduce that Matt is the killer, as he is the only one they did not see. Adam, Stacey and Shane then flee the cave. They wander the woods for hours before finally finding the group’s truck. However, they then encounter Matt. Stacey threatens Matt with a knife, despite his claims that he is innocent. Shane, who sympathizes with Matt, tries to convince the others to believe him. They then automatically assume this position when the killer shoots Matt and Shane, killing them. The killer is then revealed as Yvonne, and her death was just a hallucination by Adam and Stacey due to them being drugged by Yvonne. It was actually Evelyn whose throat was ripped out, Adam and Stacey battle Yvonne, and their fight culminates in them running over Yvonne until she is dead. As morning breaks, Adam and Stacey leave the campsite and drive back towards civilization. They at first believe they are safe, but Stacey soon realizes that Yvonne could not have killed Billy because she was with her when he died. The shot then changes to show Seth standing over Yvonne’s body and musing that her death “is such a shame.” Seth then take’s Maureen’s ring out of his pocket, revealing that it was him who killed her, Billy and Dave (and presumably Rachel) and places it on her finger. He then picks up his machete and mask and begins walking back towards the city. 

Lifetime Movies - Accused At 17

Lifetime Movies

Accused At 17 – A woman (Cynthia Gibb) must save her teenage daughter (Nicole Gale Anderson) when the girl’s best friend frames her for murder. Seventeen-year-old Bianca Miller (Nicole Gale Anderson) has just found out that her boyfriend cheated on her with Dory Holland. Her friends Fallyn Werner (Janet Montgomery) and Sarah Patterson (Stella Maeve) suggest that the three of them teach Dory a lesson. Fallyn and Sarah go to Dory’s house and claim that they want to take her to a party with college boys and she agrees to come with them. However, the girls drive Dory to a remote location, where she and Bianca get into a fight. Later on, Bianca gets in her car and leaves. Fallyn and Sarah threaten Dory by saying they will make her life a living hell if she tells anyone what they did. As they are walking away from her, Dory throws a rock that hits Fallyn’s back. Enraged, Fallyn leaps at Dory and attacks her, killing her in the process by smashing her head with a rock. Horrified, Sarah tries to call 911 but Fallyn stops her, saying she will take care of it and that everything will be okay.

The next day Dory is absent at school. Fallyn convinces Sarah to keep the murder a secret and not to tell Bianca what happened. Others, including Bianca, start worrying about Dory’s disappearance. Two hikers eventually find her dead body. Bianca’s mother, Jacqui (Cynthia Gibb) hears a news report on her car radio about Dory’s body being found and comes home and reveals to Bianca that Dory is dead. Bianca is horrified and wants to go to the police. She fells Jacqui the details of the prank, but Jacqui refuses to believe that Bianca had anything to do with Dory’s death. Jacqui and Fallyn meet with Fallyn and her parents, Claire (Barbara Niven) and Michael (William R. Morris), saying that the girls need to go to the police and confess to the prank. Claire lies and says that Fallyn and Sarah were with her at home the day of the murder. It is assumed that Fallyn got her mother to lie for her, to help Fallyn cover the whole thing up. When Bianca calls her a liar, Claire demands that they leave. When Bianca turns to Sarah, Sarah also denies involvement and says she was at Fallyn’s and hangs up on Bianca.

Fallyn is afraid that if Bianca goes to the police, she will be implicated in the murder of Dory. Fallyn chooses to frame Bianca by planting Dory’s hairclip in Bianca’s car. Police arrive at Jacqui’s home with a search warrant. During their search they locate the hairclip in the back seat of Bianca’s car, and Bianca is arrested. Claire has told Sarah’s mother, Rita that Jacqui and Bianca had accused Fallyn for Dory’s murder and that they will accuse Sarah, as well. When Jacqui tries speaking to Sarah about what really happened, Rita forbids her from contacting Sarah. Jacqui leaves a note in Sarah’s car with her phone number urging Sarah to call her. Fallyn, who is supposed to be on her way to tennis practice, sees Sarah when she finds and reads the note. Sarah drives home, unaware that Fallyn is following her. When Sarah arrives home, she calls Jacqui and they talk, with Sarah eventually admitting that Fallyn murdered Dory and that Bianca wasn’t involved. Sarah gets cut off when Fallyn appears behind her and so Sarah screams in shock and horror. Fallyn then angrily accuses Sarah of dooming them both. She demands that Sarah tell her what she told Jacqui but Sarah refuses. She chases Sarah around the house until Sarah suffers from an asthma attack before she collapses in the yard from exhaustion. Sarah pulls out her inhaler, but Fallyn prevents her from using it, by pumping the medication out of it, and putting it way out Sarah’s reach.

Jacqui arrives at Sarah’s house to check on her and finds Sarah lying on the patio. At the hospital, it is revealed that Sarah has died and Rita blames Jacqui for her daughter’s death. Jacqui later voices her suspicions about Fallyn to Chad, Bianca’s boyfriend and Coach Tennyson’s assistant, when she stops by to ask him if Fallyn showed up at tennis practice the day before. Chad tells her that Fallyn never showed. Jacqui goes home and calls Fallyn’s father Michael and voices her suspicions about Fallyn to him as well. Michael agrees with Jacqui and begins to suspect his daughter. Fallyn and Claire then enter the house and confront Michael about letting Jacqui in their home. Fallyn asks Claire, “what’s going on?” but Claire tells her she’ll take care of it. Fallyn angrily accuses Michael of plotting against her, suggesting to him that Jacqui murdered Sarah because she was the one who found her. However, Jacqui sets a trap and Fallyn falls into it, she hadn’t to Fallyn that she had found Sarah on the patio.

Thus, Fallyn is revealed as the murderer of both Dory and Sarah, much to both Michael and Claire’ shock. Michael calls the cops, but at that point Fallyn reaches for a gun, and threatens to shoot him, stating that her own father wants her to go to jail. Eventually, she breaks down and cries in Michael’s arms. Admitting that she murdered both Dory and Sarah. Fallyn is arrested and Bianca is freed. Fallyn has most likely been sent to juvie to serve time for both murders. The movie ends with a somewhat happy ending, when Jacqui drives Bianca home from juvie, amongst Bianca being freed. Bianca accepts Trevor as Jacqui’s boyfriend and Bianca goes upstairs to her room and puts on the new star fish earrings that Trevor gave her as a gift.

Murder in Paradise: Season #1 and 2

Murder in Paradise

Vacation in paradise, or is it? Murder in Paradise is a mystery series where dream getaways are torn apart by a horrific murder. Were victims the random targets of a brutal stranger or the focused objects of a premeditated evil?

Season #1

Episode #1: Charmed to Death – Julie Scully leaves her family in New Jersey for a passionate affair in Greece, but goes missing a month later. When local police fail to investigate her disappearance, Julie’s friends struggle to uncover the events leading to her grisly murder.

Episode #2: Brazilian Knockout – Boxing champ Arturo Gatti is found dead by his wife in their hotel room. Tagging it a crime of passion, police arrest her for murder. But a stunning reversal by Brazilian authorities leaves his family to fight for the truth about his death.

Episode #3: Spies, Lies & Alibis – A private eye disappears during a romantic day trip to Baja, and the ensuing investigation uncovers a bizarre cast of characters responsible for a disturbing chain of events.

Episode #4: Hook, Lines & Murder – The crew of a luxury charter yacht falls prey to a fugitive’s cold-blooded escape plan en route to Bimini, a remote Bahamian paradise in the Bermuda Triangle.

Episode #5: Student Body - A promising University of Kansas Biology student, Shannon Martin, is mysteriously stabbed to death while conducting fieldwork in the lush, tropical seaside town of Golfito, Costa Rica.

Episode #6: French Kiss of Death – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, a rich aristocrat, is enjoying a hedonistic life in Cannes, France, until he suddenly disappears. As tabloids clamor for every lurid detail, police suspect his former high-class escort ex-wife and her homicidal brother.

Season #2

Episode #1: Murder Isle – Free-spirited 20-something Brittany Royal of California is pregnant, in love and living in paradise. That is, until her lifeless body is found floating in the waters off Hawaii’s Big Island, and her lover is nowhere to be found.

Episode #2: Shallow Grave – A haven for ex-pats off the coast of Panama turns into a place of horror when American Cher Hughes’ disappearance ultimately reveals a cold-blooded killer with a deadly past and a ruthless penchant for real estate.

Episode #3: Clear Red Skies – On a beautiful sunny morning in Puerto Rico, 36-year-old Sarah Kuszak heads out for her daily run. But just minutes later, she is kidnapped and frantically calls her fiancée from the trunk of a moving car.

Episode #4: Dead Set on Vacation – The bodies of an Ohio dairy farmer and her two teenage daughters are found floating in the waters of Tampa Bay, Florida. With no witnesses and no real crime scene, it looks like the perfect murder.

Episode #5: Fear Island – The bodies of two women are found on a path leading to a beach in the Bahamas. And with rumors of a serial killer on the prowl, local authorities call in agents from Scotland Yard and FBI.

Episode #6: Stranger Danger – While on summer vacation in Bermuda, 17-year-old Canadian Becky Middleton is raped, tortured and left for dead. Local authorities vow to find her killers, but an unbelievable turn of events may allow them to get away with murder. 

Swim Fan

Swim Fan

A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.

STORYLINE

New Jersey high school senior Ben Cronin is a former juvenile delinquent, whose past criminal behavior was fueled by and for drug use. He credits the support of his now longtime girlfriend Amy Miller and getting into competitive swimming as the primary reasons for turning his life around, which includes working part-time at a hospital where his single mother works.  He has become the star swimmer of his high school team, so much so that scouts from Stanford University are coming in a week’s time to watch Ben swim. Ben has a new swim fan in Madison Bell, a recent transfer student to Ben’s high school. Despite Ben making it clear that he is in a committed relationship, Madison seduces him, the seduction to which he succumbs. They agree afterward that their encounter was a one-time only event, but Ben slowly comes to the realization that despite Madison’s assertions to the contrary, she has more in mind with him. He feels her constant unspoken threats to expose their tryst and ultimately rebuffs her totally, unspoken threats to ruin his life in whatever means possible. Ben quickly learns to what extremes Madison is willing to go, especially when he finds out about her past. He has to figure out how to regain his life back from his known stalker, which is aided by the reason Madison is in New Jersey in the first place.

Synopsis

The story opens with Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) who is a star swimmer at his high school and being pressured by his coach to deliver when scouts come to watch him compete in a week. Ben also works at a hospital and has the perfect relationship with his girlfriend, Amy (Shiri Appleby), but the two are under a little pressure since they are leaving for college and aren’t sure if they will get into the same school. One day at school, he helps a new girl named Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) get her locker open by picking the lot with her hair pin. Madison tells him to keep her pin just in case she needs saving again.

Ben’s friend Josh (Clayne Crawford) tells Ben he has a thing for Madison, but she’s staying with her cousin Christopher Dante (James DeBello) whom Josh bullies. Later, Ben nearly hits Madison with his car accidentally, and takes her home, but she leaves her notebook of music in his car and goes to her house to return it. The two go to lunch and Ben tells Madison he’s been in trouble with drugs and stealing before, but he’s changed. Madison tells Ben she plays cello to escape her problems and flirts with him, but Ben tells her he has a girlfriend, which she is fine with. But wants to keep hanging out with him.

The two go to a pool, he encourages her to come out in the water, but she can’t swim and asks him to teach her. Eventually, she persuades him to have sex with her. Ben hesitates, but they do. She asks him to tell her loves her, even if he doesn’t mean it, and he does. They promise to keep it a secret. But Ben starts having trouble focusing on swimming because of his guilt and is criticized by the coach and Josh. At a party that night, Amy introduces Ben to Madison as a friend and the two try to pretend like nothing’s happened. Amy later goes to move Ben’s car, but Madison tells Ben that she left her panties in his truck. Ben barely gets there in time to stop Amy.

Ben tries to avoid Madison even after her attempts to page him and talk to him online with the screenname “swimfan85,” but Madison stops by his house and brings his mother flowers. Ben tells her to back off and Madison gets upset that he wants to pretend nothing even happened. The next day Madison sends naked pictures of herself to Ben and is almost caught by Amy. At swim practice, Ben discovers that Madison is now going out with Josh so he assumes she’s off his back. But she corners him in the locker room and wants to know why he hasn’t been returning her calls. Ben, fed up, just tells her he wants her to leave him alone, but Madison brings up that Ben told her he loved her. Flustered, Ben says she told him to but doesn’t know what else to say and leaves.

At work, Ben is in a bad mood. After somehow giving his favorite patient the wrong medication the patient nearly dies. Ben is fired. Furious, he goes to school to find Madison playing her cello which he throws down. He tells her to leave him alone once and for all, which she agrees to do. He decides to tell Amy the truth, but she’s busy with work they agree to talk the next day. At school the next morning, everyone knows about his one night stand. Amy slaps him and storms out with tears in her eyes.

The next day is the big swim meet. Ben’s urine tests showed traces of steroids and he is kicked off the team and disqualified. The scouts heave and Ben confronts Josh, convinced that he helped Madison. Because he had drug problems in the past, no one, even his mother or Amy, believes Ben. Later Josh and Madison are kissing in a car when Madison starts to call Ben’s name. Josh gets angry and even scolds Madison for messing up Ben’s life. Madison is upset.

In the locker room, Ben finds a bat in his locker which he sets down, then he goes for a swim only to bump into Josh’s dead body floating in the water. His head has been smashed in with a bat that the police say have Ben’s fingerprints on it. They tell him not to leave town. Ben goes to Madison’s house, but Madison is playing cello for her family. In her room, he finds a bottle of steroids and a hospital volunteer coat. Chris finds him there, tells him to leave or Madison will kill him and sneaks him out. With Chris’s help, Ben finds out Madison was obsessed with a sport’s star in her hometown named Jake Donnelly, who was almost killed in a car accident that Madison survived.

Meanwhile Madison is shown in Ben’s car dressed as Ben. She made a copy of his car key when she visited his house and she hits Amy on her bike with Ben’s truck. The police are looking for Ben at the hospital while Madison is dressed as a worker and intending to finish Amy off. But she hears Jake Donnelly’s name being called over the intercom and sees who she believes is him in the hallway. She follows him to the parking garage only to find out its Chris in Jake’s jacket. She attacks him with a scalpel but Ben stops her and holds it to her throat. She admits to Josh’s murder and says Ben doesn’t have the guts to do the same. Ben’s friend Rene (Kia Goodwin) recorded the whole thing. Madison is arrested.

Ben apologizes to Amy who forgives him and Ben returns home only to find that Madison has escaped and attacked his mother. Ben is knocked out. When he wakes up, he finds his mother unconscious and Amy missing. Ben gets in his car and gets a page from Madison that says “Feel like a dip?”

He heads to the pool where Madison has Amy handcuffed to a chair. When Ben arrives Madison demands Ben admit that he loves her, but Ben refuses so Madison throws Amy into the pool. Ben swims down to save her but is unable to lift the chair and every time he comes up for air Madison tries to hit him with a bat. He goes to Amy once more and finds Madison’s hair pin which he uses to pick the handcuffs and release Amy. Ben resurfaces with Amy in his arms while Madison tries to hit him again. He grabs the bat and pulls Madison into the pool while swimming out with his girlfriend. He gives her CPR to get her breathing again while Madison, who can’t swim, struggles to stay above water. Amy starts breathing again and when they look out to the pool they find that Madison has drowned. 

Pretty Little Liars - Why We Secretly Don't Want To Know A's Identity... Yet

Pretty Little Liars Whose Your A Today?

Pretty Little Liars :Why We Secretly Don’t Want to Know A’s Identity… Yet

Just like every Pretty Little Liars book by Sara Shepard, each ABC Family Pretty Little Liars episode is overflowing with juicy mysteries. The most prominent one of course us the ever-pending question of “WHO IS A?”

Everyone wants to know who’s the sinister stalker behind all those terrifying texts. Unfortunately though, only a handful of people know the creeper’s true identity, including the show’s marvelous creator/executive producer Marlene King. It seems like the Liars still have a while to go until they finally crack the case and find out who the culprit behind all the terror really is.

However, there’s no need to panic. We feel that, in the long run, knowing who Pretty Little Liars’ infamous A can be beneficial. See our top five reasons why below:

˜The OMG Mystery: What’s a heart-pounding case without a twisted villain? A lot of the PLL fun stems from the fact that we don’t know who’s lurking in the shadows of Rosewood’s pristine setting. (It’s never a proper night until A shakes things up a bit).

˜The Cool Leather Gloves: Um-hello… with his/her vast collection of expensive and buttery soft accessories (gloves, jackets, boots, etc.), A totally keeps the leather industry booming. And a good economy means happy people-right? Yeah, A!

˜The Snark Attacks: Let’s be real – A may be one twisted pup but, when it comes to sending texts and scrawling spiteful messages on a clean, white wall, he/she is a beast. We’re always excited to see what pretty little puns A will yank out of his/her hat of rhetorical mastery! More texts? Claro que si!!

˜Scary Can Be Fun: Rosewood may look pretty on the outside—but, on the inside, darkness lingers waiting for the right moment to strike out and inject its venom into an unsuspecting victim. The danger, the thrills, the crazy cliffhangers… each episode positively teems with Hitchcock suspense!

˜Forever and Ever: We’re obsessed with Pretty Little Liars the television series just as much as we’re addicted to Pretty Little Liars the books… and we don’t ever want to bid farewell to Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily and those spooky Tuesday nights in Rosewood. As long as A’s identity stays on the hush-hush, we can still tune in to our favorite show every week for more shockers, romance and d-r-a-m-a! (Plus, sometimes collecting clues is more fun than getting to the big reveal!)

Do you think that not knowing A’s identity is half the fun? Do you enjoy figuring out a mystery on your own? Tell us your take on A from Pretty Little Liars in the comments!

The Lying Game - OMG Moments From The Lying Game Premiere!

THE LYING GAME – TV – EPISODES

OMG MOMENTS FROM THE LYING GAME PREMIERE!

ABC Family’s suspenseful new series The Lying Game aired last night and what a scandalous affair it was! We seriously enjoyed tuning in and can’t wait for more upcoming episodes. And if you missed it, no worries because you can still watch the premiere HERE and/or read our “OMG Moments” recap below for the full scoop.

So here five OMG moments that went down in the Lying Game premiere:

˜Emma Becker loves exercising and sporting comfy duds. Emma Becker loves video-chatting with her long-lost twin. Emma Becker loves slamming tennis rackets across her lying, pervy scumbag of a foster brother’s face. Emma Becker rocks!

˜Sutton and Emma officially meet at a gas station while Taylor Swift’s “Enchanted” softly plays in the background. (Um… can we just take a minute to savor this magical moment?) Sutton informs Emma that she’s got a lead on their birth parents but, in order to follow up on it, that she needs to head to Los Angeles. (Cough Thayer cough). She asks Emma to pretend to be her for two days while she jets to LA and back. (Hmm—living in a mansion, cruising around in a BMW convertible, and having access to the greatest walk-in closet ever? Poor Emma).

˜Sutton’s arch nemesis Nisha has no idea who she’s messing with when she challenges “Sutton” (a.k.a. Emma) to a tennis match. Nisha thinks that “Sutton” will cop out and use her aching knee as an excuse to cancel the game. However, Sutton’s not herself these days (ha) and Emma conquers the tennis courts with her fiery backhand serve, and she proves to Nisha that the new Sutton Mercer is a force to be reckoned with. (Nisha looks almost as shocked as Travis did when Emma took him down!) Unfortunately though, Nisha gets in a little revenge by macking on Sutton’s boyfriend Luke. Emma spots the two of them locking lips together after the game.

˜Ethan Whitehorse is perhaps the most brooding, mysterious, and sexy guy in all of Scottsdale, Arizona. However, all Emma sees is a “Hungry Dumpty” slash stalker. Thankfully, Ethan neither resembles a short, bald-egg with a top hat and weird pantaloons nor a psycho. And, the reason he’s always hanging around is because he’s Sutton’s secret boyfriend. (That and he’s also probably looking for some action now that his girl’s back from Paris)! Ethan, though, suspects something’s up with his lady friend so he administers the ultimate test and plants a knee-melting kiss on her pretty, pink lips. Emma looks blissfully speechless for a second but then realizes that she’s been busted. Uh-so—will Ethan tell anyone?

˜We were planning on dedicating the fifth OMG moment to Emma for packing another punch… this time in Nisha’s direction at Nisha’s very own fancy schmancy fiesta. However, as fierce and crazy as that cat-fight moment is, the Mercer home robbery takes the cake. Why? Because nothing else gets stolen. The only item that the thief runs off with is Sutton’s deluxe laptop. (Either the “breaking and entering” culprit really loves advanced technology or he/she wants to tap into all of Sutton’s secrets that are really organized on her laptop.)

The Big Ta-Da: When Sutton doesn’t show up to the cabin meeting spot, Emma frets. However, Sutton’s fine and hanging out at a California carnival in a rented vehicle with the license plate EZP 265. She looks like she’s waiting for someone but the person who climbs in abruptly is definitely not someone she was expecting! A frightened Sutton gasps and the screen fades out. 

Shower Diva - Bachelorette Etiquette

SHOWER DIVA – WHERE THE FUN REIGNS

Bachelorette

Bachelorette Etiquette

Get on up! It’s time to party like you’ve never partied before!

Bachelorette Etiquette

Prepare to throw the rules out and bring the booyahs in! Hup! Hup! This is no ordinary tea party, ladies. We’re talking about the hottest, sexiest, wildest, glamour bash on the planet!

The Bride-To-Be’s Bachelorette Party (a.k.a. The Bachelorette) is a rite of passage – it’s the bride’s last night out on the town as a single woman. It’s also a major stress buster generally timed just before the wedding and is guaranteed to bring a major emotional release.

No matter what the Bride’s Bachelorette dream and theme turns out to be (barring a staid tea party that is!), the code of bachelorette conduct begins—and ends—with a vow of strict confidence!

Sisters, let’s get it straight from the gate. The Bachelorette is THE party where no matter what happens it remains a Sacred Trust between sisters. Forever!

So pop the champagne cork! Fill the flutes! Let’s take the Bachelorette Oath of Trust together, right now:

“I, (state your name) do solemnly swear that as a woman of the world I will respect and honor my sisters. I will not reveal the secrets of the evening. I understand that violating this treatment will spread bad karma upon my being and may result in increased bloating and cramping.

If asked about the happenings of the evening I shall reply:

‘Oh, you know, girl stuff, like opening presents and decorating the party with streamers. The bride’s grandmother was there.”

Amen! Yeah! Clink!

That last sentence in the Oath of Trust, where you tell the groom’s guys about the decorating, the presents and the streamers is a time-tested girl strategy! The minute the guys hear the first word-decorating – they’re tuning out. The eyes glaze over. The hand automatically reaches out for another beer. Remember those magic words: “decorating”, “streamers”, and “gifts”. Put them together in one sentence and you’ve got a perfect bachelorette alibi!
Okay, we’re got the Woman Code down. Now it’s time for Diva Darling Bachelorette Etiquette!

Who Throws the Bachelorette?

Anyone so long as she’s close friends with the bride. It could be her Maid-of-Honor, one of her bridesmaids, college sorority sister, favorite cousin, or out of town gal who is flying in before the wedding to pop for the bachelorette bop!

What’s the Theme?

Sleuth it out! Go one-to-one with the bride and tease out her fantasies. Ask her questions and get her creative fires lit. “If you could have one wish in the world fulfilled just before your wedding, what would it be?” Does that sound far fetched? Not necessarily! Listen closely to what she says. If it’s something unlikely to happen within a few days’ time—like ending all hunger on earth forever—there’s a symbolic way to make this happen while doing some real good.

Perhaps you’ll want to ask each bachelorette to make a financial contribution to OXFAM or CARE or to the U.N. World Food Programme in the bride’s name! Present her with a plaque or scroll and a small statuette at her Bachelorette and name her “Person of the Year”. There are as many creative ways to make “out of this world” fantasies come true then you might realize. It just takes imagination!

Perhaps the bride’s fantasies are linked to exotic islands and plush spas. If none of you can afford a Destination Bachelorette in the Bahamas or spa such as The Villa del Parco Hotel in Santa Margherita, Italy you can fulfill that fantasy by booking time at a local, affordable spa. Check out http://www.spa-addicts.com/ online to find one near you if you don’t know of one already.

By now you should have the idea. Above all, get it clear from the beginning what her levels of “wild and crazy” are. Not all bachelorettes want evenings on the town that involve dirty dancing, male strippers, attention from guys and heavy drinking. If your bride pal is on the more conservative side, plan an event that matches her personality and honors her values.

Who Gets Invited?

The usual suspects, Chica! The bridesmaids, closest gal pals, favorite co-workers or business partners, dear cousins, step-sisters, sorority sisters, you name it! Just so long as the bride agrees ahead of time that the guest list is filled with those who are emotionally close.

Diva Rule: Never invite anyone to the Bachelorette who isn’t also invited to the wedding. That would be tacky beyond belief!

Note: If the Bachelorette is anything other than a sedate high tea or evening where you sit around singing hymns, you might want to lose the maiden aunt, grandmother or—heaven forbid—her Mom or Mother-in-Law to be! If you’re planning a sexy lingerie and sex toys style Bachelorette, would you want your staid maiden aunt – or first grade teacher – sitting in a front row seat? I think NOT! We’re just talking common sense here.

Bachelorette’s usually don’t go over about 10-12 people. Ten or less is ideal. It’s easier to accommodate the crowd in restaurants, bars, spas, hotel party suites (such as those in Las Vegas), wineries for wine tastings, cooking classes, even at Extreme Boot Camp (a new craze) if your Bride-to-Be wants a day of workin’ it hard under military style pressure! Yeah, yeah, I know! There really are people who like that sort of thing.

Who Not to Invite

None of the groom’s ex-girl friends, no matter how close you happen to be to them. Alcohol and emotions running high could lead to upsets and (possibly) fights that I don’t even want to think about.

Find out from the bride if there is anyone she is dead set against inviting to her party. For example, the bride’s parents may have social favors to pay off which forces them into inviting the dreaded you-know-who to the wedding – someone like the boss’s witchy daughter. But if the bride can’t stand the sight of her, she’s not to set food anywhere near the bride or her bachelorettes!

When do you hold the Bachelorette?

Please don’t tell me you’re thinking of throwing the Bachelorette the night before the ceremony! It’s way to close to the biggest day of her life –her wedding! She needs to be rested, sober, centered and looking like a million bucks. So do her bridesmaids! Her wedding photo is going to shine all revealing lights on her and her wedding party. The very last thing the bride would want is to be photographed with dark circles under her eyes and looking green around the edges. No way! Sure, there’s Photoshop for those imperfections, but let’s try to remember that there’s not a software program in the world that can eliminate how she feels. If she feels sick at her wedding, not even a Renoir or Monet could reach inside and paint away memories of a migraine headache!

Strive to hold the Bachelorette anywhere from a week to two days before the wedding. If the party needs to come down to the last minute, try and start early so you can (fingers crossed!) get home earlier. Coordinating the Bachelorette to coincide with the timing of the groom’s Bachelor Party is a great idea. That way both bride and groom are freed up to attend other events where they both need to be present.

Yes, there are co-ed bachelorette/bachelor parties too! That’s a special theme which we’ll take up elsewhere on The Shower Diva.

Save-the-Dates, Invitations and RSVPs

Time is premium the closer the bride gets to her wedding day. The same is true for her attendants! Make sure you clear the party date well in advance with the bride, then send out those every famous Save-the-Date cards. The same rules apply for the planning phrase for the Bachelorette as for wedding shower planning.

Diva Rule – Don’t let invitees try to switch dates and plans on you. The Bachelorette may be a girls night out, but this time the party isn’t about “them.” It’s about the Bride-to-Be. Good manners means everyone falls in line. You bet your booty when it comes to be one of their turns, all the girlfriends are going to step up to the plate for her too! This is the Woman’s Code of Honor.

What About Gifts?

Optional! Since the bachelorettes generally chip in a pre-set amount to cover most expenses – including that all important sober limo driver – no additional shower-type gift is required. However, jokes, favors, sexy nighties, sex toys and the like are always welcomed – yeah! The more the merrier.

Budget – Who Pays?

As stated above, the Bachelorette is usually a shared expense divided among all the invitees. By the time the Bachelorette rolls around, the Maid-of-Honor (the lady who gave the bride her bridal shower) is most likely to be tapped out financially. Even if all the bride’s attendants chipped in for her shower, too. The more expenses you can pool, the easier it is on all concerned. Share, share, and share some more! You’re bound to have a glorious experience!

Here’s a partial list of the typical expenses bachelorettes usually spring for. Remember: The Bride-to-Be never, ever pays for a thing!

˜Transportation (Limos, Taxis, Trains)

˜Food and Drinks

˜Entertainment, such as a comedy club, Vegas headliner act

˜Exotic entertainment (strippers)

˜Overnight accommodations

˜Favors (they’re a must for memories!)

˜Gifts, if desired, for the bride such as lingerie, sex toys, etc.

˜Entrance fees – amusement parks, museums, etc.

˜Party incidentals – See’s Chocolate! (Forget Godiva, See’s is the best!)

If you’re hanging out in a hotel suite or weekending at an upscale spa, or even chilling at someone’s house, here are some other expense considerations

˜Sexy videos

˜Champagne and gorgeous champagne glasses

˜Romantic CDs of the Bride-to-Be’s favorite music

˜Body Paints

˜Whipped Cream

˜Romantic poetry

˜A sex manual!

˜Props – Pull Out All The Stops!

If you’re going out on the town or even if you’re staying in, check out a great tutorial at The Knot on The 7 Things You Must Have at a Bachelorette Party. Keep in mind before you click on the link that this is not for the prude or faint of heart – it’s very racy staff. If it’s not appropriate for the kind of Bachelorette the bride wants, skip it. Unless you’re curious of course!

The camera rule is all-important. Digital and disposable cameras ONLY. The Maid of Honor is in charge of confiscating all disposable cameras at the end of the evening. And all digital images must be approved before leaving the room. That way no unflattering pictures get printed and circulated at the wedding. Tacky beyond belief! – but you know WHAT? Things like that do happen.

But not on our watch here at The Shower Diva

Yahoo! I wish I was going out with you!