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The film is noted for an "oddly surreal feel" because the rest of the town seems strangely unbothered by the string of deaths.

Reviewers generally view the film as a standard, "bingeable" TV mystery that leans heavily into genre tropes.

While some called it "boring and stupid", others enjoyed it as a "classic" Lifetime thriller that is "well worth watching" for fans of over-the-top high school drama.

The 2016 Lifetime thriller The Cheerleader Murders follows Ellie Davis (Samantha Boscarino), a cheerleader whose family was torn apart by a tragic murder-suicide years prior. When her friends start disappearing, Ellie suspects a "cheerleader curse" and launches her own investigation.