The action doesn't start until over an hour in and in the mean time crazy Taryn just murderously whacks various people over the head with her handy dandy crowbar with such ease you'd think she was swatting flies at a summer picnic.

This movie is a good example of why all places of employment should do complete and thorough background checks before hiring to weed out the dangerous and the crazies. Even fingerprints too because they would've known instantly Taryn's felony record and prison stint and never hired her.

If you must watch this one just FF to the final showdown in the last 10 minutes---I wish I had.

"Recipe for Danger" (a.k.a., "Fatal Friend Request") is a cautionary tale about the uses and abuses of posting on social media. A beautiful couple (Vanessa and Mark) have adopted a girl whose mother is a sociopath and recently let out of prison. Tina Jensen, who now uses the pseudonym of Taryn, is a good cook and applies for a job at Vanessa's new restaurant, the Merchant Kitchen. She then moves into action to kidnap the little girl, Lacie ("Little Bird") and pick right up as the child's mother, prior to her imprisonment. This dastardly act was enabled due to Vanessa's habit of advertising herself on the internet.

After nearly fatally stabbing her adoption case officer, Taryn goes on a killing spree, taking the life of Vanessa's right-hand man at the restaurant, Ricardo Gomez. She also murders the attorney who handled her adoption case, as well as her parole officer, Phil Anhurst. Her preferred method of execution is the knife. But she effectively wields a tire iron to send Vanessa's husband Mark to the hospital. And she makes use of a brick to knock unconscious Vanessa's best friend ("bestie") named Chelsea. She is also carrying a gun in violation of her parole board restrictions.

Given the background above, one would think the police would take an interest in investigating Taryn. But, because this is a Lifetime picture, the police have a complete lapse, including failing to put out an Amber alert on the Little Bird. Taryn has used her cunning to convince the child that her new mommy is "Taryn the Bold," who will protect the little purple princess "Patrice" from the goblins.

But the quick-thinking Lacie uses Vanessa's home-spun advice to say something kind to a bullies, which will disarm them. By showing a little kindness, the Little Bird and Vanessa triumph over the genuine goblin, who is displaced from her lofty position of master manipulator and rid the world of Taryn the Bold.

Well, maybe I am just too cynical, but, , what never fails to amaze me is that , when a child goes missing in these types of movies , how composed and logical these actors are !!!, No panic, no tears , and casually putting up ' Missing ' posters as if the child was a missing dog !!!!!!

It s always the same , and , for that , I could not take this movie seriously.

What is it with the lack of emotion , and then when they do try to show anything, its always SHOUTING !!!!!

A thumbs down from me.