Nightmare Tenant (2018) Synopsis

Nikki is a nerd. But she is a bright student and has been selected to be the valedictorian of the school, and wants to be a doctor. (like her dad wanted to be.) When Nikki goes home to tell her dad the good news, she finds out that she didn't get into Vanderten. (Her college of choice.) Her dad is extremely disappointed. Nikki finds out seven other applicants from her school also did not get in, except for one girl who is a legacy, Lacey. (Her mom is actually a doctor, Dr Carol Allen.)Lacey gets driven to the Airport by her close friend Ginger, to send her to college Vanderten. Carol feels very lonely and thinks of renting a room in her large house to a suitable person. Struggling with empty nest syndrome, Dr Carol Allen's boyfriend (Dr. Tom) suggest to move in and Dr Carol freaks out and tells him, no way. They kiss goodnight and tell each other that they love one another. Dr. Carol Allen tosses and turns and eventually goes to her daughters room and sleeps in her bed while hugging a stuffed teddy bear.Nikki is hellbent on getting revenge for Lacey unknowingly taking her spot. She makes a list:Get close to Dr Carol Allen Obliterate her reputation Get Lacey back home Make. Them. Pay. She then ditches her nerd glasses, puts on some make up, and gives herself a new name Melissa Waters. She then smashes her arm with a hammer to get herself admitted to the hospital.At the hospital, Dr. Carol Allen checks on "Melissa Waters" and tells her that she should be a doctor like her. She lies and tell Dr. Carol Allen that her parents are dead and she needs to get her feet on the ground. Dr. Carol Allen offers for her to live in her house rent free. There is something about Melissa Waters that wins Dr. Carol Allen. Tom is less than enthused, especially because he was rejected, the day before.Melissa Water packs a few things and her gun and moves in with Dr. Carol Allen. They do a tour of the house and Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa Waters that her daughters room is OFF LIMITS. Speaking of daughter, Lacey calls to talk to her mom and is happy to hear that her mom rented a room. While they talk Nikki listens on the other line, because they are talking on landline.The next morning Melissa/Nikki makes breakfast and coffee. Dr. Carol Allen is impressed and tells her to call her, Carol. Once she is alone in the house Melissa/Nikki goes into the forbidden daughters room and angry looks at pictures of Lacey. Before she can do anything, her mom calls. Melissa/Nikki's parents tell her that they miss her and are making lamb chops. Nikki realizes that her dad doesn't want her to come back, so she will stay with Dr. Carol Allen. She then finds out that a new credit card has arrived in Mail for Carol, activates it over the phone posing as Carol and does some heavy shopping online using the Card.Melissa/Nikki makes dinner for Dr. Carol Allen and Tom. They talk about college and Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa Nikki that a person's education does not define them.The next day Dr. Carol Allen gets approval to bring Melissa/Nikki to work with her for the day. They make rounds together and meets several patients. Dr. Carol Allen is very impressed with Melissa/Nikki's medical knowledge. Dr. Carol Allen is NOT impressed when large items are delivered to her work. (Those were the items Nikki ordered online and has asked to be delivered to the front desk of the Hospital where Carol works). While the commotion goes on with the delivery guys, Nikki sneaks back to the ward and write a wrong medication for a patient on his card and signs as Carol Allen. (the signature she practiced earlier at home)Melissa/Nikki does some more shopping with the credit card she fraudulently activated and reassures Dr. Carol Allen that she has taken care of the issue. She then text Tom and arranges a dinner with him. Tom comes over for dinner, Melissa/Nikki dresses up for him and hits on him. He tells her to stop and storms off. Melissa/Nikki cries because she made a mistake. Dr. Carol Allen catches her in an emotionally vulnerable moment and Melissa/Nikki spins it that Tom attacked her and was drunk. Things keep going down for Dr. Carol Allen. Melissa/Nikki's forged signature on the medication authorization leads to the patient's death. She is being charged with malpractice.Lacey hears about everything that is going on from her mom and send her friend, Ginger, to go check on Dr. Carol Allen. Ginger keys into the house and runs into Melissa/Nikki who gives her the cold shoulder. Ginger recognizes Nikki and tries to call Lacey. Nikki wrestles the phone from Ginger and then beats her.Dr. Carol Allen comes home and is confused to find Ginger not there. Melissa/Nikki plays it cool and asks Dr. Carol Allen to go to a movie. She also offers to make dinner again, but Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa/Nikki that she is going to dinner with Tom/ She wants to hear in his words what happened. Melissa/Nikkis is not into that plan and goes to Tom's job place and runs him down with her car. He get admitted to the hospital but Dr. Carol Allen is banned from seeing him.Lacey get texts from "Ginger" but really it is Nikki. Nikki convinces Lacey to come home to help her mother, and the list of plans is almost complete. When Lacey arrives home she is alarmed to find Ginger's body in her wardrobe. Then Nikki comes along with the gun in her hand and admits to killing Ginger and says that Lacey will be next.At the hospital, Dr. Carol Allen gets into see Tom. He tells her that Melissa isn't Melissa, he found no record of her at the foster care and tells Dr. Carol Allen that Nikki hit him with her car. Dr. Carol Allen gets a text from Lacey saying she has arrived home and realizes that she is in danger.Dr. Carol Allen rushes home and finds Lacey tied to a chair. Nikki is waving her gun around and smiling. She tells them that she is doing all of this for her father's approval. While giving her villain monologue, Lacey lets herself free enough to distract Nikki for her mom to struggle for the gun. Eventually it is Lacey who gets the gun and shoots Nikki. They call an ambulance and tell Nikki she is going to be okay.Nikki is handcuffed in the hospital and her dad comes to visit her. He tells her that she disappointed him again and storms off.Dr. Carol Allen and Lacey goes to the Hospital to see Tom and asks him to move in with them when he's well enough.(thanks to lifetimeuncorked)

Nikki is a nerd. But she is a bright student and has been selected to be the valedictorian of the school, and wants to be a doctor. (like her dad wanted to be.) When Nikki goes home to tell her dad the good news, she finds out that she didn't get into Vanderten. (Her college of choice.) Her dad is extremely disappointed. Nikki finds out seven other applicants from her school also did not get in, except for one girl who is a legacy, Lacey. (Her mom is actually a doctor, Dr Carol Allen.)Lacey gets driven to the Airport by her close friend Ginger, to send her to college Vanderten. Carol feels very lonely and thinks of renting a room in her large house to a suitable person. Struggling with empty nest syndrome, Dr Carol Allen's boyfriend (Dr. Tom) suggest to move in and Dr Carol freaks out and tells him, no way. They kiss goodnight and tell each other that they love one another. Dr. Carol Allen tosses and turns and eventually goes to her daughters room and sleeps in her bed while hugging a stuffed teddy bear.Nikki is hellbent on getting revenge for Lacey unknowingly taking her spot. She makes a list:Get close to Dr Carol Allen Obliterate her reputation Get Lacey back home Make. Them. Pay. She then ditches her nerd glasses, puts on some make up, and gives herself a new name Melissa Waters. She then smashes her arm with a hammer to get herself admitted to the hospital.At the hospital, Dr. Carol Allen checks on "Melissa Waters" and tells her that she should be a doctor like her. She lies and tell Dr. Carol Allen that her parents are dead and she needs to get her feet on the ground. Dr. Carol Allen offers for her to live in her house rent free. There is something about Melissa Waters that wins Dr. Carol Allen. Tom is less than enthused, especially because he was rejected, the day before.Melissa Water packs a few things and her gun and moves in with Dr. Carol Allen. They do a tour of the house and Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa Waters that her daughters room is OFF LIMITS. Speaking of daughter, Lacey calls to talk to her mom and is happy to hear that her mom rented a room. While they talk Nikki listens on the other line, because they are talking on landline.The next morning Melissa/Nikki makes breakfast and coffee. Dr. Carol Allen is impressed and tells her to call her, Carol. Once she is alone in the house Melissa/Nikki goes into the forbidden daughters room and angry looks at pictures of Lacey. Before she can do anything, her mom calls. Melissa/Nikki's parents tell her that they miss her and are making lamb chops. Nikki realizes that her dad doesn't want her to come back, so she will stay with Dr. Carol Allen. She then finds out that a new credit card has arrived in Mail for Carol, activates it over the phone posing as Carol and does some heavy shopping online using the Card.Melissa/Nikki makes dinner for Dr. Carol Allen and Tom. They talk about college and Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa Nikki that a person's education does not define them.The next day Dr. Carol Allen gets approval to bring Melissa/Nikki to work with her for the day. They make rounds together and meets several patients. Dr. Carol Allen is very impressed with Melissa/Nikki's medical knowledge. Dr. Carol Allen is NOT impressed when large items are delivered to her work. (Those were the items Nikki ordered online and has asked to be delivered to the front desk of the Hospital where Carol works). While the commotion goes on with the delivery guys, Nikki sneaks back to the ward and write a wrong medication for a patient on his card and signs as Carol Allen. (the signature she practiced earlier at home)Melissa/Nikki does some more shopping with the credit card she fraudulently activated and reassures Dr. Carol Allen that she has taken care of the issue. She then text Tom and arranges a dinner with him. Tom comes over for dinner, Melissa/Nikki dresses up for him and hits on him. He tells her to stop and storms off. Melissa/Nikki cries because she made a mistake. Dr. Carol Allen catches her in an emotionally vulnerable moment and Melissa/Nikki spins it that Tom attacked her and was drunk. Things keep going down for Dr. Carol Allen. Melissa/Nikki's forged signature on the medication authorization leads to the patient's death. She is being charged with malpractice.Lacey hears about everything that is going on from her mom and send her friend, Ginger, to go check on Dr. Carol Allen. Ginger keys into the house and runs into Melissa/Nikki who gives her the cold shoulder. Ginger recognizes Nikki and tries to call Lacey. Nikki wrestles the phone from Ginger and then beats her.Dr. Carol Allen comes home and is confused to find Ginger not there. Melissa/Nikki plays it cool and asks Dr. Carol Allen to go to a movie. She also offers to make dinner again, but Dr. Carol Allen tells Melissa/Nikki that she is going to dinner with Tom/ She wants to hear in his words what happened. Melissa/Nikkis is not into that plan and goes to Tom's job place and runs him down with her car. He get admitted to the hospital but Dr. Carol Allen is banned from seeing him.Lacey get texts from "Ginger" but really it is Nikki. Nikki convinces Lacey to come home to help her mother, and the list of plans is almost complete. When Lacey arrives home she is alarmed to find Ginger's body in her wardrobe. Then Nikki comes along with the gun in her hand and admits to killing Ginger and says that Lacey will be next.At the hospital, Dr. Carol Allen gets into see Tom. He tells her that Melissa isn't Melissa, he found no record of her at the foster care and tells Dr. Carol Allen that Nikki hit him with her car. Dr. Carol Allen gets a text from Lacey saying she has arrived home and realizes that she is in danger.Dr. Carol Allen rushes home and finds Lacey tied to a chair. Nikki is waving her gun around and smiling. She tells them that she is doing all of this for her father's approval. While giving her villain monologue, Lacey lets herself free enough to distract Nikki for her mom to struggle for the gun. Eventually it is Lacey who gets the gun and shoots Nikki. They call an ambulance and tell Nikki she is going to be okay.Nikki is handcuffed in the hospital and her dad comes to visit her. He tells her that she disappointed him again and storms off.Dr. Carol Allen and Lacey goes to the Hospital to see Tom and asks him to move in with them when he's well enough.(thanks to lifetimeuncorked)

Published Time: 2021-03-08 19:25:03