Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

John Patterson

Writer (WGA):

Carmen Culver (written by)

Release Date:

25 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Crime

Plot:

True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher's aide who hired teenaged students to murder her estranged husband.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Murder | Wisconsin | Teacher | Hitman

Cast

Ann-Margret	...	Diane Kay Borchardt
Peter Coyote	...	Ruben Borchardt
Leslie Hope	...	Claire Brown
Christian Campbell	...	Doug Vest
Hedy Burress	...	Brook Borchardt
Tobey Maguire	...	Chuck Borchardt
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Michael Maldonado
Cliff De Young	...	Det. Burstyn
Dean Norris	...	Detective Pike
Jonah Blechman	...	Josh Yanke
Tomas Arana
Kurt Fuller
Alanna Ubach	...	Shannon Johnson
Veronica Lauren	...	Regan Borchardt
Johnny Strong	...	Tim

Also Known As:

Seduced by Madness (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for a scene of violence.

Runtime:

200 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | USA:R | Australia:M

Company:

Brian Pike Productions

Movie Connections:

References To Die For (1995)

Pretty good movie, a bit long though.

I'm not usually one to watch many Lifetime movies. My wife frequents the channel, though and sometimes only through boredom in it's purest form, will I watch a Lifetime movie with her.

But I must say that I thouroughly enjoyed this movie. I'm not the sentimental type by any means, but even I could not hold back tears as Ruben is shot as he's coming up the basement steps, thinking the person coming down is his son (it's actually the killers), saying, "I thought I was gonna have to drag you out of bed at this time of night."

Diane got away with the crime for about six months, then one of the boys cracks and shoots his mouth off to the wrong person, who then out of guilt, feels compelled to go to the cops, who felt that Diane was involved from the get-go.

The funeral scene is the most disturbing scene to sit through. Where Diane put's on a grief show, crying over Ruben's corpse. Then she runs out of the chapel, and into the bathroom wipes the crocodile tears, and puts on lipstick and smiles, What a b!tch!

I remember reading this story in the newspaper back in 1994 when it happened.

I like the picture so much I had to record it.