Bride or Die (2025 Lifetime Movie)
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Cast: Kelley Jakle, Rachele Schank, Kara Royster, Mary Kate Wiles, Mark Hapka
Director: Nanea Miyata
Writer(s): Nanea Miyata
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A bachelorette getaway turns into a nightmare when a man breaks in and attempts to kill bride-to-be Allie. In the face of a jealous and previously convicted ex-girlfriend, Allie and her ride-or-die friends suspect this is not just some random attack. Now trapped with a killer in the house, the girls’ friendships are put to the test as they race to unearth the truth before it takes them all out. Kelley Jakle, Rachele Schank, Kara Royster, Mary Kate Wiles, and Mark Hapka star (2025).
Recap/Wine Thoughts
My girl, Kelley Jakle, is back on Lifetime, this time as Allie. She has an extravagant engagement party with her new fiancé, Nick. The trouble is, Allie seems to be having second thoughts. Nick works for Allie’s father’s company, so things are a little too close.
Allie’s dad makes a speech, and it is clear that he likes Nick more than his own daughter. The moment is ruined when Nick’s ex, Vanessa, crashes the party and makes THE MOST LIFETIME MOVIE SCENE EVER!
- Vanessa knocks over a serving tray and starts with, “HELLO, NICK!”
- Accuses Nick of sleeping his way to the top of the company, of planting drugs on her, and abandoning their son.
- Vanessa is supposed to be in prison.
- Vanessa calls Allie “This Bitch”
- Grabs a knife and attacks
- As men apprehend her, she screams, “Get off of me!” and when that doesn’t work, she just screams. (LOL)
- Title Card
Nick and Allie don’t seem to recover from the seeds of doubt Vanessa has planted in Allie’s mind. (Even though Vanessa is behind bars.) They argue about home repairs and Nick spending too much time at work; it’s as if they are an old married couple who skipped the Honeymoon phase. Allie accuses him of only wanting to marry her because he is a social climber.
Maya interrupts the lovers’ spat with scones and a Bachelorette Party proposition. (Is Maya the best BFF ever? Maybe!) Allie, unsurprisingly, doesn’t want the attention. Maya asks some tough questions, just like a true friend should. Allie admits her relationship is stuck in a rut, and they haven’t had sex in a while. Maya even asks if Allie wants to go through with the wedding, which Allie does.
Maya plans a getaway at her parents’ cabin with lots of champagne. Maya invites an alcoholic named Kat and Steph, who are on a Judo diet. The girls roast each other and laugh on a road trip until Allie sees a man in a hoodie watching them. It creeps her out. They also stop to pee in the woods in the middle of nowhere.
The friends learn that Vanessa is out of jail, and they agree not to tell Allie so she doesn’t freak out. Nick calls Allie to tell her not to have too much fun with a stripper on her getaway. He doesn’t mention Vanessa, either.
The cabin is decked out with bridal decor, and the keys are just under the stairs for anyone to grab LIKE VANESSA! The girls pop champagne and try to have fun, but Allie is just a wet blanket!!!!!!! Steph asks Allie if she even likes Nick because she only complains about him. It is a valid point! They also open presents, and Allie gets a whip. (Will that come back later?)
They watch a scary movie in the middle of the day and play a trivia game that brings up thoughts of Vanessa. AWKWARD! More awkward is the sex talk; Allie can’t think of one thing that turns Nick on. The Bachelorette party isn’t as fun as you would think; everyone cries and is in their feelings. Maya feels like she is losing her best friend, and being at the cabin brings up old memories. Alcoholic Kat passes out in Allie’s bed, and everyone turns in for the night.
The hooded figure from the movie lurks outside and creeps into the house. At the same time, Allie has nightmares about Vanessa screaming in her face. Allie tosses and turns and wakes up from Kat’s screams.
Steph tackles the intruder, and the friends tie him up with the whip! (Yay! It came back!) When Steph demands to know who he is, the guy looks around, dumbfounded, before Maya punches him in the face and knocks him out. (Maya is in on it, for sure!)
Kat is stabbed in the leg, and the girls carry her to the living room and tie a tourniquet around her leg with a belt. Steph is smart and knows that the guy is a hired killer and was sent to kill Allie. Steph comes clean about Vanessa being out of jail and suggests that she sent the killer.
Maya and Allie go out to get help and warn Nick. They drive out to where they get cell service, and Allie tries to warn Nick. Maya “calls the police.” When they come back, the killer has escaped, and the keys to the car go missing. Steph goes outside to see if they dropped the keys, and she is shot.
Maya tells Allie and Kat that they need to stay put, lock the doors, and hold tight until the cops arrive. Kat tells them to leave them if they have to, then a sound comes from upstairs, and someone is in the house! The killer is downstairs with a gun and tells Allie to be quiet while Maya and Allie are upstairs. The killer whispers that “she made” him do it, and when Kat asks, “Who is she?” Maya attacks him and kills him with his gun. Before he is shot, the man shouts, “MAYA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?”
Everyone is pretty shell-shocked, but Maya notably keeps the gun. Allie checks the man for the car keys, and she finds a note with instructions for the hit that Maya placed on her life.
Maya gets wine to calm everyone down and drugs two of the glasses frantically, but it is too late. Allie knows what is up. Allie grills her best friend, who evades. Allie wants to see the call log on Maya’s phone to see if she actually called the police. It, of course, isn’t there.
Maya points the gun at Allie and says she is ruining everything. Maya has been working with Nick the whole time. Maya and Nick have been having a secret affair, and the murder was arranged to pin on Vanessa after her public display of cray cray. Maya admits she was jealous of Allie and had a hard time listening to Allie crying about her life all the time.
Allie tries to tell Maya that Nick is just using her. Allie knows how Nick can manipulate women into doing whatever he wants. He did it to Vanessa, he did it to Allie, and he is going to do it to Maya. When Maya goes to shoot Allie, there are no bullets because Allie took them out when she found the note. The two friends fight and run around the cabin until Maya knocks herself out on the stairs.
Nick shows up and acts horrified, but Allie knows he is faking. Nick denies everything, and he calls Maya crazy, just like he did with Vanessa. Maya comes, and just as they are about to shoot one another, the police arrive and arrest them. Steph drives the car to get cell service, and everyone is saved.
Allie starts up her business that she stopped for Nick and moves on with her life. She is studying to become a therapist and facetimes with her friends. THE END!
STRAY Thoughts
Mark Hapka’s hair really threw me off!
The movie’s first half was pretty dull, but it picked up towards the end.
Vanessa not making a reappearance is the REAL Crime
Overall rating
Number of Kills: 🔪 (1 knife)
Lifetime Tropes: Bad Bestie/Boyfriend, Girls Trip, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷🍷 (3 Glasses of Wine)
Should you watch it?
Pour it Up (Give it a shot!)
Put a Cork in It (Skip It!)
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in the last scene, after closing the zoom call with her friends, Allie signs a restaurant receipt and the camera zooms in on it. Was there any relevance to this to the plot? Did it reveal one more plot twist