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Dr. Ray Colton and his wife Miranda invite Ray's niece, Christie, into their home in Philadelphia. Christie is studying at the nearby university, and the accommodations with the Coltons will allow her to save money. Little do the Coltons realize that Christie is a sociopath bent on killing her Uncle Ray because, in her twisted thinking, he was responsible for her father's suicide

The only member of the Colton clan who finds Christie suspicious is the young daughter, Haley. From the outset, Hayley finds Christie's behavior to be "weird." Haley gives sufficient warnings to her parents to be on their guard. Of course, the parents do not listen to their daughter.

Christie's plan for revenge is her version of the perfect crime. She first enlists a confederate named Selene to blackmail Ray. But, in the process, Christie finds that Selene has worn out her usefulness, and she murders her, conking her over the head with a tire iron.

It is now up to the quick-thinking Hayley and her mother, who finally listens to her daughter, that leads to the unraveling of Christie's diabolical scheme to murder Uncle Ray. The film turns especially nasty when Christie laces Ray's latté with Dilental, effectively making his heart stop. Miranda learns clues about Christie's past from Josh, who ran a support group that included Christie when she lived in Baltimore. It is now a race against the clock for Miranda to return from Baltimore and come to the aid of her husband.

While the film built good suspense, the diabolical machinations of Christie were so unpleasant that some moments were hard to take, especially the poisoning scene. Through flashback, we learn that Christie's beloved dad was an inveterate gambler, who lost $30,000 of Ray's money betting on Eagles' games. Ray actually wanted to pay for Christie's college education and cover her dad's mortgage payments, prior to his suicide.

The film's main takeaway is how Christie was deceived by appearances. Not knowing all of the facts, she concluded from overhearing a phone conversation that Ray would not give her father money. She jumped to an erroneous conclusion based on only partial evidence. Christie was a sad character, and, unfortunately, the filmmakers did not even allow the audience to know what became of her in the rushed denouement.

I wish movie studios would stop pounding their viewers with this way over the top suspense(less) infused music background continuously as if every single scene was the climax of their film. I for one find it extremely irritating and not benefiting this particular film one iota. Christie's Revenge is as the title infers is about a young college aged women named Christie (played by Dani Kind) who has recently lost her father to a suicide for which she believes her wealthy uncle who is the established Doctor Ray Colton (John Wesley Shipp) could have loaned her father the money which apparently Christie's father wanted to borrow (twice) for Christie's college tuition.

So the gist of the film is how Christie plots her revenge against her uncle which includes embarrassing the good Doctor Colton, ruining his reputation, causing grief and tension between the doctor, his wife and his daughter, and eventually explaining to her uncle after poisoning him why she was so devious and was not interested in any of the generosity that he bestowed upon Christie, such as taking her in to his own home and giving her a job in his office.

I rate it a 2 for some decent acting, but as I am writing this review my head is still pounding heavily from the most irritating suspense(less) musical score in film history. Stay away from Christie's revenge as the beginning, middle and the ending are all weak, and the over the top suspense(less) music that just seemed to be non-stop would make many people want to kill themselves. Me? I would like to blame the music conductor and the film editors for this awful soundtrack. Which is the most likely reason that Christie's father killed himself at the beginning of the film so he wouldn't have to listen to it any longer.

I pity poor Doctor Colton. He's in the thrall of three of the worst women in the world.

Woman Number One: Christie, his psychotic b***h of a niece who blames her uncle for the suicide of her loser father. Seems Dr. Colton didn't loan the poor sap any more money after he gambled away the first thirty-thousand.

Woman Number Two: Christie's friend Selene, an ugly young woman inside and out, hoping to make a buck or two off the poor doctor but ending up with a tire iron protruding from her thick skull.

Woman Number Three: His daughter Haley, a really obnoxious brat that uses her eavesdropping capabilities to help save her dad from certain death, a death probably more preferable than having to listen to her mouth the rest of his life!

Add this to Canadian producer Pierre David's highly enjoyable series of evil woman thrillers like The Landlady, The Nurse, Maid of Honor, The Perfect Neighbor, and Night Caller.

Christie's Revenge doesn't start off as well as I'd like but I warmed up to it after a bit. This movie, like the others, really knows how to push buttons.

Well thought out. Interest sustaining story. Christie(Danielle Kind)is almost twenty and has led a very miserable life. Three years after her parent's divorce, her father committed suicide; but Christine is easy to blame her Uncle Ray(John Wesley Shipp)for his despondence. The vengeful Christie comes up with a diabolical plan to get even with her Uncle and puts a meticulous plan in motion. She moves in with Ray and his wife Miranda(Cynthia Gibb)and their daughter(Annie Boviard). Christie will employee a willing accomplice Selene(Anastasia Phillips)to turn her Uncle Ray's life upside down and inside out. She is hellbent on avenging her father's death.