Elle Woodsilla on kaikkea. Hän on oppilaskunnan puheenjohtaja, Hawaiian Tropic -malli, neiti heinäkuu koulun kalenterissa ja ennen kaikkea aito blondi. Hän aikoo mennä naimisiin poikaystävänsä kanssa ja tulla rouva Warner Huntington III:ksi. Yksi asia estää kuitenkin Warneria kosimasta: Elle on liian blondi, eikä sellainen käy Warnerin hienossa perheessä. Elle kohtaa kepeän elämänsä suurimman haasteen: saada poikaystävänsä takaisin. Sitä varten hänen täytyy päästä Warnerin perässä Harvardiin lukemaan lakia, mikä ei suju aivan ongelmitta...
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigeous clique of her high school. Angela wants to be accepted and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she defends outsider Monica against Stacy, she becomes Stacy's target herself. Mocked, she stabs Stacy with a kitchen's knife. The trial becomes a sensation.
Believing he can elude justice, a California law student murders an elderly pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better.
A young filmmaker documents the murder confessions of three young women who seduce him into their strange world of spiritual "dimensions" and "transcendence." The ringleader, Raven, holds everyone in her psychological grip, until her secret is exposed and a power struggle ensues.