What is up YouTube, it's your girl Evelyn and today I thought I'd make a video no one asked for,
and no one probably wants.
Today I'll be shining the spotlight on some lesbian Lifetime original movies.
For anyone who didn't grow up in the US or has taste,
the Lifetime Movie Network is responsible for some of the wildest films ever made.
So I hope you enjoy the video and I promise, it's all in good fun.
'Mother May I Sleep With Danger' has to be the best titled Lifetime original movie of all time.
There are two versions of 'Mother May I Sleep With Danger'
The original 90s film starring Tori Spelling, which isn't gay at all
And the 2016 lesbian vampire version written by James Franco.
"But why?"
The 2016 film is about a college student named Leah who begins dating the sexy and
mysterious Pearl who, surprise, surprise
turns out to be a vampire. I won't pretend this
movie is good because it's not. It's too campy to be taken seriously
but tries too hard to be taken seriously to succeed at full camp.
But even still... it is watchable.
'An Unexpected Love' is a 2003 film with very strong 90s vibes.
From the outside our girl Kate seems to have the perfect life.
A nice house.
A nice husband
And a couple of nice kids.
But Kate is miserable for reasons she doesn't quite understand.
That is until she gets a hot gay lady boss and then she gets it.
*Constant Craving by KD Lang playing*
'An Unexpected Love" is the most lifetime-ish
movie on the list but it follows that old-school lifetime formula.
You know, before all the writers started doing meth
or whatever it is they do in the writer's room.
'An Unexpected Love' is predictable but still just ridiculous enough to be a Lifetime movie.
'Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story' is the only film on the list I won't be
making tasteless jokes about because it's based on a true
and very messed up story about a mormon teenager
who is sent to conversion therapy and all kinds of horrific things are done to her.
Conversion therapy should one thousand percent be banned everywhere.
It's appalling that it's still legal in so many places,
including my home state and that is why I love that Lifetime made this film
And if you don't know much about conversion therapy I'd recommend
this film along with 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' and 'Boy Erased.'
'What Makes A Family' is a 2001 film about a woman's fight to regain custody of her child
after her partner who gave birth to the child passes away.
For some reason this film seems to have been completely scrubbed off of the internet
and by that I mean I couldn't find it after 10 minutes of googling.
It stars Cherry Jones and Brooke Shields as a couple.
Whoopi Goldberg is also in it and that was a pretty stacked cast for a 2001 Lifetime movie.
Honestly, that's a stack cast now.
Anyway, I'm just going to assume that it was excellent.
I want to give a quick shout out to 'The Truth About Jane' a movie that I absolutely love.
I reviewed it in my 'Classic Lesbian Films' video so be sure to check it out if you haven't already.
As I've mentioned an obnoxious amount of times before,
I watched a lot of Lifetime as a kid.
Because of that there are several Lifetime movies that I unironically love,
so I thought I'd share them with you.
Especially since they're all available to watch on YouTube
if you're so inclined. I'm not saying you should
The first is Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'
In the 90s Lifetime adapted Shirley Jackson's amazing short story, 'The Lottery'
Now I do recommend you read the short story as opposed to watching this movie
because the only reason the movie is so good is because the story is brilliant.
And I don't want to spoil the plot for those of you who aren't familiar with it
but this is easily my favorite lifetime movie ever
Next up is 'Death of a Cheerleader' starring the princess of a Lifetime herself
Miss Tori Spelling
alongside one of the most prolific actresses in the game, Miss Kellie Martin.
My girl Kellie stayed booked from 1984 to 2019 and
I feel like she's never gotten the respect she deserves.
So Kellie...
"Girl, you have done it again. Constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly."
'Death of a Cheerleader' is based on a true story... I think.
About a non-popular girl who murders a popular girl and i'm pretty sure the reason I loved
this movie as a teenager was because it's about a girl obsessed with another girl
which is
Last up is 'Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder'
Despite the title this is not about a deadly throuple.
It's actually about a really messed up couple who murder a young woman together.
Honestly, the only reason it's on the list is because it stars Holly Marie Combs
who I was high key crushing on in the 90s.
That is it for this ridiculousness, I want to give a quick shout out to my
newest dream maker patrons, Hazel, Greg, Lynntrovert and Martina.
*Crazy For You by Madonna playing*
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As always thank you so much for watching and if you know of a Lifetime original movie with a
better title than 'Mother May I Sleep With Danger
'please drop it in the comments below and I'll see you next time
you.