There’s a New Killer in Town (2024 Lifetime)
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Cast: Kathryn Kohut, Hanneke Talbot, René Escobar Jr.
Director: Sean Cisterna
Writer(s): Charlie Mihelich
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Synopsis (via Lifetime)
Alice is living a quiet life in a small town when she meets Ronnie. The two become fast friends, but soon Holly, another of Alice’s friends, suspects there is more to Ronnie than meets the eye. Stars Kathryn Kohut, and Hanneke Talbot (2024).
Recap/Wine Thoughts
Inspired by True Events
A woman hears something downstairs while sleeping in her bed. She goes to investigate, and a cat knocks over a vase. The woman texts her roommate before someone wearing pilgrim heels pushes the woman down the stairs.
Cut to Alice, who works in a community greenhouse/garden with her teenage co-worker Maddie. They see someone lurking in the many bushes and call out. The photographer is named Ronnie. She claims to be hitchhiking through town. She is working on a photo book about small towns. Alice checks the photos to ensure she isn’t in them. She suggests a local diner for Ronnie to check out next. Ronnie compliments Alice’s earrings and definitely plans to visit.
Alice gets pulled over on her way to the diner herself. The movie plays us for fools. It acts like she will get in trouble when she is obviously dating the officer. Officer Oscar lets Alice off with a warning and a kiss.
At the Diner, Alice’s best friend, Holly, works as a waitress. She is VERY skeptical of Ronnie after seeing her lurking in the restaurant window. Alice is thrilled to see Ronnie and invites her to share breakfast. (Loaded Hashbrown Omlete?) The new friends bond over bad relationships and argue over who will pay. It really feels like a date to me!
The three ladies return to the greenhouse, and Holly really sours the vibe. On the other hand, Alice overshares that her grandparents raised her and left a large trust fund. Ronnie mentions that she needs a place to sleep for the night, and Alice invites her to stay with her. (Holly thinks it is a terrible idea! Holly doesn’t trust anyone. The reason is her sister was the woman killed at the beginning of the movie.)
Alice forgets about a sexy date with Oscar, including handcuffs and flowers. He meets Ronnie and asserts that he is Alice’s boyfriend before leaving. Alice takes a bottle of wine and pours it up for her new friend. As they drink, Alice tries to get Ronnie to open up. She ends up oversharing about her stalker ex-boyfriend named Kevin.
Once everyone is asleep, Ronnie sneaks around the house and steals the earrings she complemented earlier. Then she leaves Alice with a bad hangover and a note. Alice goes to the diner to get a coffee and realizes her debit card and ID are missing,
Across town, Ronnie wears a terrible wig and withdraws cash, posing as Alice.
Alice is out of sorts and frantically searches for her debit card around the house. She gets a notification that someone has withdrawn from her account and worries that someone has stolen her card. The card shows up in Alice’s purse. (But it couldn’t be Ronnie!!!)
Then Alice finds Maddie drinking in the greenhouse with the most Canadian-sounding teenagers I’ve ever seen. Alice takes the teen’s car keys and calls their parents. Alice worries about Maddie making the same mistake she made when she was younger.
Alice gets a second wind. She tries to have some sexy time with Officer Oscar. They are interrupted by Ronnie. (Who is sporting a new preppy look similar to Alice’s.) Ronnie doesn’t stay long and pretends to go to the bathroom but props the sliding glass door open so she can sneak into the house while Alice and Officer Oscar get it on.
The following day, Alice finds the door open and is creeped out. Then Ronnie shows up with a bagel and lox. It is all too much for Alice. She tells Ronnie she is overstepping and needs to give her some space. Surprise, surprise, the garden is vandalized. Alice is sure it is Ronnie and confronts her about all the sus things that have been going on. Holly and Office Oscar are there, too, yelling at Alice because she is being too harsh. A call comes in on the police radio, and the vandals are Maddie and her Canadian teen friends. Maddie confesses because she feels so bad.
With the cards on the table, Ronnie and Alice’s friendship is REALLY strained. Alice apologizes, and Ronnie forgives her new friend.
Kevin, the abusive ex-boyfriend, shows up as Alice and Holly clean up the greenhouse. Alice freaks out and leaves with Holly; she doesn’t want to tell Officer Oscar because things would get “really bad.” They hide out at the diner. Ronnie grabs a knife to threaten him to leave them alone. She says she will cut off his pinga! Ronnie takes Alice home and stays with her for the night, for safety.
Kevin gets a freaking ladder and tries to crawl up into Alice’s bedroom. Ronnie is having none of that and stabs him with a gardening snake. The following day, Alice finds the body and screams. (Then they look around for a long time. Haha!)
Officer Oscar shows up on the scene. He tells Alice that they have to look into Kevin’s death. There is the possibility that he didn’t die from a freak accident. (AND that Ronnie might be the killer.) Holly also thinks Ronnie is the killer because she did some online research and found Ronnie’s real name is Lisa Powell. (A notorious identity thief.) Holly suspects that Ronnie conned her sister and killed her when she found out. Holly plans to go to the police after closing up the diner, but she is killed while mopping.
Alice gets the security footage from the bank and confirms Ronnie stole her identity. She rushes to the motel and finds the terrible wig.
The police check Kevin’s background and learn he was an ex-cop. He was obsessed with solving a murder case that was ruled an accident, Holly’s sister’s accident. The police get a picture of the suspect, and Officer Oscar is surprised to see Alice.
Alice knocks Ronnie out and ties her up. Ronnie chose the wrong mark. She picked a killer. Alice explains how she conned the con while drinking a martini. Alice killed everyone.
Ronnie tries to tell Alice they can work together. Alice puts the wig and earrings on Ronnie. Then she explodes the gas line, hoping the police will think Ronnie’s body is Alice. Alice makes her getaway but gets a call from Maddie telling her that Holly survived the stabbing in the diner.
Alice returns to finish what she started and injects something into Holly’s IV line. Holly tells Alice that she knew it was he all along. Holly busts on handcuffs out of nowhere and strangles Alice with her IV line. (WHAAAAATTTT?!?!)
Holly leaves town and won’t be doing sit-ups anytime soon. Her plan was to keep Alice talking by becoming her best friend until she found out what happened. Oscar feels really duped, poor guy!
Side Note/Stray Thoughts
What happened to Ronnie?!
I’ve been asking for this kind of twist for a while, so here it is, I guess!
Overall rating
Number of Kills: 🔪🔪🔪 (3 knives)
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷🍷 (3 Glasses of Wine)
Should you watch it?
Pour it Up (Give it a shot!)
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