Lori Parker (Hannah Barefoot) was the main villainess from the 2019 Lifetime thriller film, A Bride's Revenge.
Backstory[]
Lori Parker's backstory revealed that she and her sister, Rose, harbored resentment towards their father, believing that he abandoned them and their mother. When Rose was 16, she burned down their house in an act of revenge, but unbeknownst to her, their father was in the house, and ended up killed in the fire. Afterwards Rose ran away.
In adulthood, Lori dated Ian Ferguson, but their relationship wasn't a happy one, as Ian didn't like Lori's controlling behavior. Ian's mother, Deb, also didn't approve of her, and six months before they were set to wed, Ian called off the engagement. Lori refused to accept this and didn't take Ian's words seriously, stating that he was just confused by his mother and his job and he would do the "right thing" and marry her because he loved her and threatened that she would see to it that he would never be happy again if he didn't.
Events[]
However, the very beginning of the film showed Lori in her wedding gown, still in a delusional state of denial and expecting to be married to Ian, only to become enraged when Ian didn't show up despite the fact that the priest told her that it had indeed been called off.
A year later, Lori plotted revenge on her former fiancee, and after hearing about Ian's engagement to Miya Ellerson (the film's protagonist), she enlisted Rose to get close to Miya by working at her salon, blackmailing her into becoming a villainous conspirator. As part of the plan, Lori had Rose dress as a deranged bride and stalk Miya, who believed that it was Lori. The vengeful villainess committed other evil acts to torment Ian and Miya, including unhooking Ian's dog's leash and sending him to be killed by a hit and run driver. Later on, the evil Lori entered Deb's home dressed in a bridal gown and killed her by shoving her down a flight of stairs. Afterwards, Lori sat in front of her mirror and boasted about killing Deb, blaming her for the end of her engagement and revealing Lori's villainous demeanor.
After Rose caused Mark Ferguson, Ian's brother, to crash his car, Rose entered Mark's hospital room and attempted to kill Mark, but he was saved in time. Ian later confronted Lori at her home, where the villainess made a veiled admittance to everything that occurred, and ordered him to leave her house. She even smashed her head on a mirror in an attempted threat to portray Ian as an abuser, prompting Ian to leave.
Death[]
The film's climax revealed "Caroline" as Rose Parker, which was followed by Lori knocking out Miya with a brick and tying her up. Lori revealed Rose's role in the fire that killed their father, and also that she was using it to force Rose into helping her in her evil plan in response to Rose's protests to her sister's murderous actions. Later on, the sisters lured Ian to the mausoleum, with Ian chasing the gown-wearing Rose before encountering Lori. The demented villainess planned to kill Ian and Miya and make it appear that it was a murder-suicide committed by Ian, and she attempted to force Ian to drink orange juice laced with rat poison, threatening to shoot him if he didn't comply.
Just then, Miya appeared, Lori called for Rose and ordered her to kill Miya, who attempted to talk down Rose and free her from Lori's control. Lori continued ordering Rose and shot Ian (non-fatally) when he went after her. While Rose and Miya were fighting, Lori pointed her gun and attempted to kill Miya, only for her shot to kill Rose instead. Horrified that she accidentally killed her own sister, the psychotic Lori screamed at Miya and made another attempt, only for Ian to shove the villainess down the stairs, which fatally broke her neck and killed her.
Trivia[]
- This was Hannah Barefoot's first villainous Lifetime film role.
- Just months later, Hannah Barefoot appeared as the evil Alison Caster in The Killer Next Door.
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