Melissa Cavender (The Midnight Hour)
Melissa Cavender (Shari Belafonte) is a redeemed villainess from the 1985 telefilm, The Midnight Hour (airdate November 1, 1985).
Melissa Cavender is a high school student who was quickly revealed to be the descendant of evil witch Lucinda Cavender. She and her friends, Phii Grenville, Mary Masterson, Mitch Crandall, and Vinnie Davis, all broke into a historic museum and took various artifacts and costumes; among them being a scroll that contained an ancient curse, the same one that Lucinda once placed on the town.
Melissa later read the scroll as a bit of a prank, but unbeknownst to the group, the curse resulted in a bevy of zombies and other creatures appearing, as well as Lucinda Cavender herself. Melissa found herself approached by Lucinda,…
Vicky Jensen (The Midnight Hour)
Vicky Jensen (Cindy Morgan; 1954-2023) is a villainess from the 1985 telefilm, The Midnight Hour (airdate November 1, 1985).
Vicky Jensen is a substitute teacher who student Mitch Crandall was suddenly in love with, and she was later shown at a costume party thrown by Melissa Cavender, acting as a chaperone and continuing to display her friendly demeanor to the students. The party sees Mitch dancing with Vicky, all the while, the town is littered with a number of zombies and other creatures led by evil witch Lucinda Cavender (Melissa's ancestor), who later turns Melissa into a vampire.
The film's progression sees Phil Grenville and Sandy Matthews (the latter being a ghost who also resurfaced due to Melissa reading an incantation) encounter the …
Lisa Moore (Law & Order: SVU)
Lisa Moore (Jodie Markell) is a redeemed villainess from "Wednesday's Child," episode 15.14 of Law & Order: SVU (airdate February 5, 2014).
Lisa Moore and her husband, Dr. Tom Moore, adopted their young son, Nicky, from what was then known as Soviet Georgia two years prior to the episode's events. Nicky had behavioral problems due to spending the first five years of his life in an orphanage, and other than that, he was also diabetic. Lisa was often left alone with Nicky, as Tom was always away on business, and as the time passed, she became frustrated over dealing with Nicky; even harboring resentment for Tom for (in her mind) abandoning her.
Lisa decided to give up Nicky, giving him to a broker who later handed him to Alexa and Roger Pearson…
Deirdre Mason (Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery)
Deirdre Mason, aka Susan Harper (Melissa Gervasi), was a redeemed villainess from the 2024 Hallmark film, Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery (airdate August 2, 2024).
The backstory of Susan Harper only revealed that 20 years prior to the events, Susan drove drunk and caused an accident that killed the husband and daughter of teacher Bernadette Quinn. Susan was arrested but only served a minimal jail sentence due to the incident being her first offense, but after she was released, Susan redeemed herself and eventually became a lawyer, while changing her name to Deirdre Mason and crusading against drunk drivers in her profession.
Entering the film's events, Deirdre was approached by Bernadette, who claimed that she planned to sue the school for attemptin…
Sandra Dales (A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street)
Sandra Dales (Stephanie Van Dyck) is a villainess from the 2024 Lifetime film, A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street, the second film of the Secrets on Maple Street trilogy (airdate July 21, 2024).
Sandra Dales is the wife of Anthony "Tony" Dales, with the couple's backstory revealing that they were high school sweethearts. The couple was set to welcome their first child together, and they had given birth to a baby girl, only for the couple to learn that she was stillborn. In actuality, the stillborn baby belonged to Betsy Walker, as Betsy's husband, Pete Walker (an OB/GYN) switched the babies and took Sandra and Tony's baby girl, which was named Brittany.
Brittany was raised by the Walkers for 18 years, and in the events of the film, Ton…