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** Sammy finds a bottle of ketamine in a cabinet outside the stable where Tess's horse Pepper lives. [[spoiler:she uses it to fatally drug Damon]].
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** Sammy finds a bottle of ketamine in a cabinet outside the stable where Tess's horse Pepper lives. [[spoiler:she [[spoiler:She uses it to fatally drug Damon]].
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College-bound Tess Houston (Lauren Swickard, credited as Lorynn York)[[labelnote:explanation]]After going by her birth name of Lauren York in her early career, she learned there was another actress named Lauren York, so she changed the spelling of her first name, but after she married Josh Swickard (best known as Chase on ''Series/GeneralHospital'') she reverted to the original spelling and her married surname.[[/labelnote]] goes to an on-campus orientation a few weeks before classes start, only to find herself followed by a mysterious woman. Soon the mystery stalker corners her and reveals herself: she's her SeparatedAtBirth twin Samantha "Sammy" Crain ([[PlayingTheirOwnTwin also Swickard]]). Sammy, who was adopted by a wealthy couple, invites Tess to spend the night at her house and they start to bond a little. But the next day Tess learns why Sammy ''really'' wanted to get acquainted with her: she arranged the murder of her adoptive parents and set up Tess to take the blame by being mistaken for her. But when the plan hits a snag, Sammy ends up having to pretend to be Tess, while Tess's mom Patricia (Creator/JenniferTaylor) notices some odd changes in the behavior of "Tess". Meanwhile, Tess has to prove to the police that she's not Sammy.
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College-bound Tess Houston (Lauren Swickard, credited as Lorynn York)[[labelnote:explanation]]After going by her birth name of Lauren York in her early career, she learned there was another actress named Lauren York, so she changed the spelling of her first name, but after she married Josh Swickard (best known as Chase on ''Series/GeneralHospital'') she reverted to the original spelling and her married surname.[[/labelnote]] goes to an on-campus orientation a few weeks before classes start, only to find herself followed by a mysterious woman. Soon the mystery stalker corners her and reveals herself: she's her SeparatedAtBirth twin Samantha "Sammy" Crain ([[PlayingTheirOwnTwin also Swickard]]). Sammy, who was adopted by a wealthy couple, invites Tess to spend the night at her house and they start to bond a little. But the next day Tess learns why Sammy ''really'' wanted to get acquainted with her: she arranged the murder of her adoptive parents and set up Tess to take the blame by being mistaken for her. But when the plan hits a snag, Sammy ends up having to pretend to be Tess, while Tess's mom Patricia (Creator/JenniferTaylor) notices some odd changes in the behavior of "Tess". Meanwhile, Tess has to prove to the police police, including lead Detective Moreno (Creator/PeterOnorati), that she's not Sammy.
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* RunForTheBorder: Sammy's initial plan is to kill her adoptive parents, kill Tess and make the cops think she's Sammy committing a murder-suicide, then take off for Mexico with her boyfriend Damon, who'll do the actual killings. But Damon gets interrupted before he can kill Tess.
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* RunForTheBorder: Sammy's initial plan is to kill her adoptive parents, kill Tess and make the cops think she's Sammy committing a murder-suicide, then take off for Mexico with her boyfriend Damon, who'll do the actual killings. But Damon gets interrupted before he can kill Tess.Tess.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When Tess's old boyfriend Lucas shows up wanting to make up, Sammy (pretending to be Tess) just straight-up berates him and gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which Patricia initially takes as Tess having done this, though the out of character behavior strikes her as odd.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When Tess's old boyfriend Lucas shows up wanting to make up, Sammy (pretending to be Tess) just straight-up berates him and gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which Patricia initially takes as Tess having done this, though the out of character behavior strikes her as odd.
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** Sammy finds a bottle of ketamine in a cabinet outside the stable where Tess's horse Pepper lives. [[spoiler:she uses it to fatally drug Damon]].
** Sammy then later finds an actual gun, which used to belong to Tess' grandfather [[spoiler:and tries to shoot Patricia with it, but the gun doesn't work]].
** Sammy finds a bottle of ketamine in a cabinet outside the stable where Tess's horse Pepper lives. [[spoiler:she uses it to fatally drug Damon]].
** Sammy then later finds an actual gun, which used to belong to Tess' grandfather [[spoiler:and tries to shoot Patricia with it, but the gun doesn't work]].
* IJustWantToBeYou: This is at the heart of Sammy's MotiveRant, since she admits that she's jealous that Tess grew up in a stable, loving family, while she had the abusive {{Jerkass}} Crains as adoptive parents.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Even after they meet Sammy-posing-as-Tess, and rightfully note that she flat-out lied to them about not knowing she had a twin, the detectives drag their heels when it comes to investigating her, and it also allows Tess-who-they-think-is-Sammy to escape custody.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Even after they meet Sammy-posing-as-Tess, and rightfully note that she flat-out lied to them about not knowing she had a twin, the detectives drag their heels when it comes to investigating her, and it also allows Tess-who-they-think-is-Sammy to escape custody.custody.
* RayOfHopeEnding: The movie ends with [[spoiler:Tess visiting Sammy in prison on their birthday, which Sammy is apprehensive about at first, but with signs that, although Sammy is going to be in prison for a long time, she and Tess might forge a close, sisterly relationship.]]
* RunForTheBorder: Sammy's initial plan is to kill her adoptive parents, kill Tess and make the cops think she's Sammy committing a murder-suicide, then take off for Mexico with her boyfriend Damon, who'll do the actual killings. But Damon gets interrupted before he can kill Tess.
* RayOfHopeEnding: The movie ends with [[spoiler:Tess visiting Sammy in prison on their birthday, which Sammy is apprehensive about at first, but with signs that, although Sammy is going to be in prison for a long time, she and Tess might forge a close, sisterly relationship.]]
* RunForTheBorder: Sammy's initial plan is to kill her adoptive parents, kill Tess and make the cops think she's Sammy committing a murder-suicide, then take off for Mexico with her boyfriend Damon, who'll do the actual killings. But Damon gets interrupted before he can kill Tess.
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''Twisted Twin'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Lifetime}} [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Movie of the Week]] {{Thriller}} film, directed by Jeff Hare and written by J. Bryan Dick.
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''Twisted Twin'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Lifetime}} [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Movie of the Week]] TeenDrama {{Thriller}} film, directed by Jeff Hare and written by J. Bryan Dick.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Damon kill Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Damon kill Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess. But then, [[spoiler:she successful pulls off this gambit on Damon himself, injecting him with ketamine, placing him in a noose, and forging a suicide note]].
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Damon kill Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess.
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* AlliterativeTitle: '''''Twi'''sted '''Twi'''n'', a rare three-letter alliteration.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: A major differentiator in the twins is that Tess wears a ponytail, so naturally Sammy does it too when she's posing as Tess.
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* NaiveEverygirl: Tess is so overjoyed to learn she has a suprise twin that she falls into Sammy's BatmanGambit almost perfectly.
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''Twisted Twin'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Lifetime}} [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Movie of the Week]] {{Thriller}} film, directed by Jeff Hare and written by J. Bryan Dick.
College-bound Tess Houston (Lauren Swickard, credited as Lorynn York)[[labelnote:explanation]]After going by her birth name of Lauren York in her early career, she learned there was another actress named Lauren York, so she changed the spelling of her first name, but after she married Josh Swickard (best known as Chase on ''Series/GeneralHospital'') she reverted to the original spelling and her married surname.[[/labelnote]] goes to an on-campus orientation a few weeks before classes start, only to find herself followed by a mysterious woman. Soon the mystery stalker corners her and reveals herself: she's her SeparatedAtBirth twin Samantha "Sammy" Crain ([[PlayingTheirOwnTwin also Swickard]]). Sammy, who was adopted by a wealthy couple, invites Tess to spend the night at her house and they start to bond a little. But the next day Tess learns why Sammy ''really'' wanted to get acquainted with her: she arranged the murder of her adoptive parents and set up Tess to take the blame by being mistaken for her. But when the plan hits a snag, Sammy ends up having to pretend to be Tess, while Tess's mom Patricia (Creator/JenniferTaylor) notices some odd changes in the behavior of "Tess". Meanwhile, Tess has to prove to the police that she's not Sammy.
!!''Twisted Twin'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: It's gradually revealed over the course of the film that the Crains were emotionally ''and'' physically abusive toward Sammy, which was part of her motive for having them murdered.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Tess owns a horse named Pepper, who she dotes on.
* BigFancyHouse: The Crains are very rich, and Sammy lives in one of these.
* BreakTheCutie: Innocent, sweet Tess finds herself unable to convince the police that she's not Sammy, and becomes physically ill as a result, to the extent that she's hospitalized.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not only does Sammy plot the murder of the Crains, then she turns around [[spoiler:and kills her boyfriend Damon, who did the actual killings, because he didn't kill off Tess as well]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Tess favors powder blue denim, while Sammy wears black leather.
* EvilTwin: Sammy manages to convince Tess that she's nice at first, but Tess soon discovers that she's responsible for the death of her adoptive parents.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens with a brief scene showing Mitch and Kim Crain getting killed.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Tess is blown away by the bright red Alfa Romeo that Sammy drives, not knowing that it belonged to Sammy's now-dead parents.
* InadequateInheritor: Mitch and Kim decide that Sammy is sponging off their wealth and tell her that they're taking her out of their will. This is the incident that leads Sammy to decide to kill them (and take their money).
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess.
* NaiveEverygirl: Tess is so overjoyed to learn she has a suprise twin that she falls into Sammy's BatmanGambit almost perfectly.
* PoliceAreUseless: Even after they meet Sammy-posing-as-Tess, and rightfully note that she flat-out lied to them about not knowing she had a twin, the detectives drag their heels when it comes to investigating her, and it also allows Tess-who-they-think-is-Sammy to escape custody.
''Twisted Twin'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Lifetime}} [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Movie of the Week]] {{Thriller}} film, directed by Jeff Hare and written by J. Bryan Dick.
College-bound Tess Houston (Lauren Swickard, credited as Lorynn York)[[labelnote:explanation]]After going by her birth name of Lauren York in her early career, she learned there was another actress named Lauren York, so she changed the spelling of her first name, but after she married Josh Swickard (best known as Chase on ''Series/GeneralHospital'') she reverted to the original spelling and her married surname.[[/labelnote]] goes to an on-campus orientation a few weeks before classes start, only to find herself followed by a mysterious woman. Soon the mystery stalker corners her and reveals herself: she's her SeparatedAtBirth twin Samantha "Sammy" Crain ([[PlayingTheirOwnTwin also Swickard]]). Sammy, who was adopted by a wealthy couple, invites Tess to spend the night at her house and they start to bond a little. But the next day Tess learns why Sammy ''really'' wanted to get acquainted with her: she arranged the murder of her adoptive parents and set up Tess to take the blame by being mistaken for her. But when the plan hits a snag, Sammy ends up having to pretend to be Tess, while Tess's mom Patricia (Creator/JenniferTaylor) notices some odd changes in the behavior of "Tess". Meanwhile, Tess has to prove to the police that she's not Sammy.
!!''Twisted Twin'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: It's gradually revealed over the course of the film that the Crains were emotionally ''and'' physically abusive toward Sammy, which was part of her motive for having them murdered.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Tess owns a horse named Pepper, who she dotes on.
* BigFancyHouse: The Crains are very rich, and Sammy lives in one of these.
* BreakTheCutie: Innocent, sweet Tess finds herself unable to convince the police that she's not Sammy, and becomes physically ill as a result, to the extent that she's hospitalized.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not only does Sammy plot the murder of the Crains, then she turns around [[spoiler:and kills her boyfriend Damon, who did the actual killings, because he didn't kill off Tess as well]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Tess favors powder blue denim, while Sammy wears black leather.
* EvilTwin: Sammy manages to convince Tess that she's nice at first, but Tess soon discovers that she's responsible for the death of her adoptive parents.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens with a brief scene showing Mitch and Kim Crain getting killed.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Tess is blown away by the bright red Alfa Romeo that Sammy drives, not knowing that it belonged to Sammy's now-dead parents.
* InadequateInheritor: Mitch and Kim decide that Sammy is sponging off their wealth and tell her that they're taking her out of their will. This is the incident that leads Sammy to decide to kill them (and take their money).
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sammy's plot is to have Mitch, Kim ''and'' Tess killed, then to arrange it so that the cops will think Tess is Sammy and she committed a murder-suicide, while the real Sammy runs off with Damon. But the Crains' cleaning ladies discover the bodies of Mitch and Kim before Damon can kill Tess.
* NaiveEverygirl: Tess is so overjoyed to learn she has a suprise twin that she falls into Sammy's BatmanGambit almost perfectly.
* PoliceAreUseless: Even after they meet Sammy-posing-as-Tess, and rightfully note that she flat-out lied to them about not knowing she had a twin, the detectives drag their heels when it comes to investigating her, and it also allows Tess-who-they-think-is-Sammy to escape custody.
