''All Cheerleaders Die'' is a 2001 American

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horror film written and directed by

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and Chris Sivertson. The film was released on January 27, 2001, and was later remade into a 2013 film by the same name. It stars Chris Heinrich, who served as second unit

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in the remake. Of the film, the directors stated that they chose to eventually remake it because they wanted a "fresh start", as they had shot the 2001 video immediately after graduating from college.

Plot

A group of high school football players gets into an argument with their cheerleader girlfriends over the difficulty of their respective sports. The cheerleaders insist that forming a

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is difficult, while the players insist that their boot camp is more strenuous. As a result, the players decide to set up a camping weekend with the idea of putting the girls through football training. This turns out to be a bad idea, as one of the cheerleaders ends up beating one of the footballers in a scrimmage game, who then ends up severely beating her. The girls try to escape, only to fall off a cliff and die. Panicked, the players assume that the girls are either dead or dying, and run off in the hopes that nobody will discover what has happened. Unbeknownst to them, one of the girls has survived and later returns at a high-school reunion to seek revenge. She summons the zombified remains of her dead friends, and one by one, picks off the football players.

Cast

*Julia Carpenter as Hanna Popkin *Drama as Tracey Beezley *Dirty Ernie as Bartender *Jennifer Grant as Martha Apple *Chris Heinrich as George Shank *Jesse Hlubik as Terry Stankus *Bonnie McKee as Marquita Fector *Mike McKee as Coach Wolf *Quincy McKee as Sammy Fector *Shelli Merrill as Leena Maho *Zach Passero as Vik Dario *Matthew Shebesta as Manchester Manny Mankiewitz *Marni Sparks as Simone Gavina *Melinda Sparks as Tasha Kindle *Eric Van Bebber as Ben Factor

Reception

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gave the film two stars and summed it up as "''

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'' meets ''

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'' meets ''Stoner''".

References

External links

* {{Chris Sivertson 2001 films American supernatural horror films American horror thriller films Films directed by Lucky McKee Films directed by Chris Sivertson 2000s thriller films 2001 horror films Films about witchcraft 2001 directorial debut films Cheerleading films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films