Girlfriend from Hell

Girlfriend From Hell is a 1989 comedy/horror B-movie starring actor Dana Ashbrook of Twin Peaks fame, and Liane Curtis of "Sixteen Candles", as well as several B-movies of the 80s. Directed by Dan Peterson. The film has achieved as a small cult following (thanks to repeated screenings of the film on Comedy Central in the 90s), and has even spawned a stage musical adaptation.

Plot

The film, a tongue-in-cheek satire of typical teen horror and sex comedies, chronicles a high school party where all Hell breaks loose, literally. In this case, the devil has taken over (and consequently vamped up) the body of a nerdy, socially awkward young woman attending the party.

DVD release

Lions Gate has yet to announce any plans to release the film onto DVD.

Trivia

Was originally planned to be called "Babysitter From Hell", in which Maggie would become possessed by the devil and terrorize the children she was babysitting. This was later changed to "Girlfriend From Hell" which would allow more adult themes and have more grown up actors working full time.

Stage Musical

In early 2011, playwright/composer Sean Matthew Whiteford adapted the film into a stage musical. The pop-rock musical features 17 original songs, a revamped storyline, while still using several of the original film's characters, and using the film's release date year, 1989, as the year the show is set in. The show opens for a test run at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NYC on July 21. The original Off-Off Broadway cast includes Melissa Matthews as Maggie (the role originated by Liane Curtis in the film), Dana Gough, Gregory Krupp, Frank McGinnis, Jamie Nicole Miller, Cassiopeia Ottulich, Matthew Patane, Juda Leah Selkowitz, Michael Siktberg, Sean Matthew Whiteford, and Margie Zarcone.

Cast and characters

External links

• Girlfriend from Hell at Rotten Tomatoes
• Girlfriend From Hell at the Internet Movie Database
• Girlfriend From Hell at AllRovi