Torn Hearts

2022 1h 37m English 5.3

Action, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller

Best friends Jordan Wilder and Leigh Blackhouse perform as country music duo Torn Hearts at a Nashville club. After their show, band manager Richie Rowley Jones, who is also Leigh's boyfriend, introduces Jordan and Leigh to country star Caleb Crawford in hopes of getting them to open his upcoming tour. Jordan ends up going home with Caleb for a one-night stand.Jordan notices a photograph of Caleb with country music legend Harper Dutchess, who became a recluse following the tragic death of her sister Hope, who was the other half of their Dutchess Sisters duo. Caleb mentions he was supposed to record a duet with Harper, but she called off the project. Although Caleb warns that something is off about Harper, Jordan gets the idea that she and Leigh may be able to record with her since they are a female duo like the Dutchess Sisters.Having obtained her address from Caleb, Jordan convinces Leigh that meeting Harper could be their big break. Following an awkward conversation over a callbox, Harper invites the two of them inside her rundown mansion in a remote location.Over the course of their subsequent discussions, Harper comes to see herself in Jordan while similarly seeing her sister Hope in Leigh. While insisting that the girls drink alcohol with her, Harper uses psychology to play up the rivalry between Jordan and Leigh. Harper eventually agrees to play music with the two of them, although they are both alarmed by Harper's strange behavior, which includes suddenly smashing a guitar.Jordan and Leigh spend the night after getting blackout drunk with Harper. Both women wake up the next morning to find themselves dressed in old Dutchess Sisters merch. Through a keyhole, Jordan spies Harper talking to an invisible person.Sensing something strange, Jordan proposes that she and Leigh leave. However, after throwing a tantrum over breakfast, Harper continues to hang the promise of recording a song with her over the duo's head to compel them to stay.Harper gets Jordan and Leigh drunk again. Harper continues deepening the divide between the two friends by exploiting their drastically different opinions about Leigh's relationship with their manager Richie. Harper then convinces the two women to vent their frustrations by violently fighting with each other.Richie arrives at the mansion looking for Jordan and Leigh. Claiming it's because Jordan doesn't like Richie anyway, Harper locks Jordan in the basement before going upstairs to talk to Richie with just Leigh.Jordan discovers a secret room dedicated to Harper's sister Hope hidden behind a bookcase. Among the mementos, Jordan finds jars containing severed body parts collected from Hope. Jordan uses Hope's severed finger to open an electronic lock that frees her from the basement.From outside the living room, Jordan overhears Richie plotting with the other two women to make a new duo out of Leigh and Harper, which would leave Jordan in the lurch. When Leigh goes to the kitchen, Jordan confronts her and tries explaining what she found in the basement, but Leigh refuses to listen. Meanwhile, Harper suddenly stabs Richie to death.Harper collects the two women and together they record the last song that Hope wrote. Afterward, Harper takes Jordan and Leigh to her bedroom where she has them put on makeup and stage outfits. Jordan observes Harper saying "almost there" to a photograph of Hope.Jordan and Leigh resume arguing contentiously. Harper states her belief that Hope brought the duo to her so Harper could have a shot at redemption by "evening things out." Harper suddenly terrorizes Jordan and Leigh with a shotgun, prompting them to flee back to the basement where they collect pistols that Jordan discovered earlier. On the way, Jordan and Leigh stumble upon Richie's dead body.Harper hallucinates hearing and seeing Hope. Jordan and Leigh use the distraction to knock Harper to the floor. With both girls hesitant to shoot their idol, the standoff affords Harper a moment to tell them that they need to help her "atone."Harper finally confesses that she killed Hope because her sister was threatening to go solo. Hope's tragic death, which was covered up as a suicide, sent record sales soaring. Harper explains that if Leigh kills both her and Jordan, Harper will have vicariously repaid her debt to her sister and Leigh will have an incredible story to launch her solo career.Jordan shoots Harper before she can fire her shotgun, but Leigh shoots Jordan in her stomach. As Jordan bleeds out, Leigh becomes awestruck by the idea of surviving multiple murders to become a music superstar. Leigh starts strutting away, but Jordan recovers Harper's shotgun and uses it to kill Leigh. Jordan then drops dead. Caleb Crawford ends up exploiting his connection to the tragedy to become even more successful. (thanks to culturecrypt)