Bad Girls from Valley High

The ruthless, popularity-obsessed leader of the Huns, Danielle uses charm and intimidation to keep her friends in line. She is used to getting what she wants and underestimates the consequences of cruelty. Her plan to humiliate Charity and maintain Drew's attention spirals into murder and self-destruction. In the end, her arrogance leads to a brutal downfall.

Danielle's fiercely loyal but equally cruel ally in the social scheme. She shares the thrill of power and participates in the harmful plot, escalating the danger. Her path toward youth leads to aging that exposes her limits and foreshadows doom. Her fate mirrors Danielle's crash into consequences.

The third member of the trio, Brooke is kind and more easily manipulated by Danielle and Tiffany. She ultimately stands up for what's right, resisting the murder plot, showing a glimmer of conscience. She ages along with the others but survives the moral reckoning in a different, more complicated way.

A mourning ex-jock who lost his girlfriend Charity, Drew becomes a focal point for Danielle's jealousy as Katarina befriends him. He resists the Huns' manipulation and finds unexpected support in Katarina, forming a fragile bond. He survives the ordeal and ends up with Katarina, moving toward a hopeful future.

Romanian exchange student Katarina befriends Drew amid the turmoil and becomes entangled in the mystery surrounding Charity's death. She is misread as Charity's ghost, which adds tension and miscommunication, but she gradually earns trust and becomes a key ally.

Media Arts Professor Chauncey appears clumsy and enigmatic, later revealed to be the disguise behind the clown at Danielle's party. He orchestrates some of the party's unsettling moments, blurring lines between mentor and mischief-maker.

Charity's death is the inciting incident that triggers the girls' cruelty and the vengeance plot. Her memory haunts those who survive, and her supposed ghost drives fear and misinterpretation throughout the story.

Charity's mysterious grandmother, Mrs. Witt reveals she poisoned the chocolate box with an aging chemical, using information from a former roommate’s husband. She overhears Danielle bragging and provides the moral counterpoint that drives the final revelations.

The school's most annoying dork who adores Danielle, Jonathan reveals a dark twist: he killed himself to be with her and briefly morphs into the devil figure at the end. His obsessive devotion and exotic presence become a chilling counterpoint to the girls' cruelty.