Underplayed Gems

Twisted Desire (1996)

Twisted Desire poster
Directed by
Craig R. Baxley
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage girl and her boyfriend plot to murder her parents based on real crimes. The story follows their scheme and the legal aftermath that followed.

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What happens

Twisted Desire is a 1996 American crime thriller television film directed by Craig R. Baxley and written by twin brothers Carey and Chad Hayes. It stars Melissa Joan Hart, with real-life domestic partners Daniel Baldwin and Isabella Hofmann. The movie also stars Meadow Sisto, David Lascher, Eric Laneuville, Kurt Fuller, and R&B/pop singer Jeremy Jordan, with Collin Wilcox Paxton in a supporting role. It aired on May 13, 1996, on NBC. The film is presented as based on real events: the 1990 double murder of James Baxter "J.B." and Katherine "Kathy" Wiseman in Hartfield, Virginia, committed by their 14-year-old daughter Jessica Lynn Wiseman and her 17-year-old boyfriend, Douglas Christopher Thomas. Thomas was executed in 2000, when the death penalty for juveniles was still a legal punishment, while Wiseman was tried as a juvenile and sentenced to six years in prison, from which she was released at age 21. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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