Andy Richards

Andy Richards is a character of the 2009 slasher film Sorority Row and the main antagonist. He's the boyfriend of Cassidy Tappan and the serial killer murdering the true culprits behind Megan's death, so Cassidy can not be prosecuted.

He was portrayed by Julian Morris who also portays Wren Kingston in soap opera drama series Pretty Little Liars.

Biography
Andy is Cassidy's boyfriend. After Cassidy's sorority sister Ellie confided in him about the death of Megan, Andy decided that in order to protect Cassidy, and free her from the "bad influence" of her Theta Pi sisters, he would kill all of the people who knew.

Dressing in a hooded graduation gown and modifying the tire iron used to kill Megan into a deadly weapon, he began to stalk and kill anyone who knew about Megan's death as well as anyone who got in his way.

At the end of their senior year, Andy and Cassidy are in the same bed, he offers to not go to the graduation lunch but she tells him that her mother was in the sorority and wants to see the house. Andy reminds him that tomorrow they will go to Michigan together to meet Andy's family and stay at their summer home. He asks her why she has distanced herself from her sisterhood sisters since Megan disappeared but Cassidy tells her she doesn't want to talk about it and asks them to change the subject and Andy assures her that he is there for whatever she needs. Then the two of them go to bed.

Andy and Cassidy go to the frat where they are greeted by Jessica and Claire. Andy is present at Jessica's graduation speech. A few hours later, while Andy is with his computer, he receives a call from Cassidy and they talk about how they want to go to Andy's parents' summer house, she also tells him that tonight she will tell him her secret and asks him to accompany until the party starts and then they leave, Andy accepts and she thanks him and they say goodbye.

Chugs goes to her therapist and finds him handcuffed to his bed, revealing he was seduced by an earlier client. He asks if she would like a shot, and she agrees entering the bathroom to prepare. As she does so the therapist is killed by a person dressed in black using a modified tire iron as a weapon (Andy). Chugs enters the living room and lies down, drinking beer. Suddenly the killer (Andy) appears and shoves the beer bottle down her throat, where it becomes lodged, before slicing her throat open with the tire iron. Her beer goes red as she dies. Later in the movie it is revealed by the killer (Andy) both Chugs and the therapist had to die as Chugs had told the therapist about Megan's murder.

In the sorority's shower room, Claire and Jessica talk about the night Megan was murdered. After they leave, a sorority girl named Joanna, who overheard their conversation, is about to leave, but she hears someone going into shower stalls and turning on the showers. Joanna gets out of the shower stall she is in and grabs a towel near her, putting it on. The area has started to become filled with steam. Joanna looks around and asks if any one is there. No answers. She then hears a noise behind her and turns around. Nothing is there. When she turns back, the killer (Andy) is in front of her. Just as she screams, the killer pushes her into a shower stall, slamming her against the wall and stabs her up the chin up with the modified tire iron, killing her.

That night, the large graduation party is thrown. Claire's boyfriend, Mickey, is attacked and murdered by the hooded killer (Andy), with Ellie witnessing it.

At the party, a drunken boy approaches Andy and asks if he sells drugs on campus but Andy tells him that he gave the speech at the graduation. At that moment Cassidy appears and tells her that she has to talk to him. She tells him to go home with his parents and they will meet there tomorrow and promises to explain everything to him at that time. Andy thinks this is ridiculous, but is willing to do it for her.

After the girls come back from the place where they hid Megan's body, they find the sorority house empty and everyone gone. The hot tub has over heated and is making weird noises, so Claire decides to go turn it off, while the other girls go inside. Ellie warns her not to go alone, but Claire shows her she has the flare gun as a weapon just in case. While Claire is going to the hot tub, she hears noises and steps on part of a cord.

Back inside the sorority house, Ellie, Cassidy and Jessica starts getting messages and then Claire is shown screaming and banging on the glass doors behind them. They try to help her, but the doors are blocked. It shown that Claire has got her foot tangled in cord and suddenly she is pulled away into the hot tub that is filled with bubbles. Cassidy grabs a weapon, gets the door to open and tries to save her. Claire screams and the flare gun going off. Cassidy looks around and finds Claire dead with a flare in her mouth.

The killer (Andy) gets into a fight with Mrs. Crenshaw and kills her. Maggie meets the murderer (Andy) and thinks it is her sister Megan but he attacks her and she runs away. The killer (Andy) sets the sorority on fire.

Andy appears by surprise and kills Kyle, Jessica's boyfriend, driving an ax into his head when he is attacking Cassidy. The two hug and Cassidy thanks him for saving her, at that moment Jessica recovers from the blow, approaches them and she and Cassidy see that Andy has the cross key in his pocket, which means that Andy is and has been always the murderer.

Jessica tries to calm him down but he sticks the cross key in her mouth, killing her. He reveals to Cassidy that Ellie told him that Megan was killed, Cassidy is scared and horrified by what Andy had done but he explains to Cass that he does everything to protect her, that she wanted to separate from the other girls and this helps her. She is still horrified but Andy tells her that everyone who knew had to die and explains that Megan's murder had ruined his life and he wanted to have a perfect future with her, that's why he killed everyone who knew.

After explaining all that, Cassidy tells Andy that she is with him and Andy takes the key and tells him that now they had to kill Ellie. Cassidy objects to killing Ellie but Andy tells her that Ellie is the weakest and reveals that Ellie was the one who told her all about Megan's death, so it is likely that she will tell someone else. Cassidy tries to convince him that the house is on fire and they should get out of there but he says they will do it quickly. Andy tells him to call Ellie because if he hears her, he will go to them. Cassidy does it but repeats that they must get out of the house now. Andy tells him to wait for her outside and to kill Ellie. Devising a plan, Cassidy plays along and tells Andy that Ellie is in the basement and he goes to find her.

Cassidy goes to Jessica's room to find Ellie, finds her, and tells her that they have to go. The two leave the room but Andy finds them and feels betrayed by Cassidy. She orders Ellie to run away while distracting Andy. He holds her against the wall and tries to kill her with the key but Cassidy hits him with a lamp and reminds him that he had left according to his cell phone, Andy tells her that the cell phone took a bus and she knocks him out with the lamp. Cassidy leaves the room but hears Maggie, who is caught in the flames, screaming and goes to help her. Cassidy finds Maggie trapped in the living room, blocked by a wall of fire and tells her to jump over the flames, Maggie doesn't want to but Cassidy tells her that she abandoned Megan but not to abandon her, at that moment Andy arrives and threatens to kill Maggie, Cassidy orders her to leave her alone. Andy takes a rope, ties it to the key and throws it to kill Maggie but fails, picks up the key and tries again but fails again and when picking it up it gets stuck on the floorboards. Cassidy takes advantage and tries to hit him with her chair, he dodges her but it was only a distraction and Cassidy hits him with a lamp. She tells Maggie to jump again but Andy attacks her again and due to the fire, the structure was going to break so Andy hits the ground near Cassidy and he collapses under Cassidy, and she is hanging over the basement on fire. Andy takes the key and Cassidy begs him to help her but he refuses, saying that he tried to help her but he didn't want her help and that she didn't even trust him enough to tell her the truth and she chose her friends over him. Andy starts sticking the knife into his hand to get close to falling but Ellie appears and and tells him "Farewell, a$$hole" before shooting him with Mrs. Crenshaw's shotgun. He falls backward onto the burning ground, which collapses beneath him and falls to his death in the flames.

Personality
On the surface, Andy is smart, kind, and totally devoted to his girlfriend. But underneath is a cold, calculating, and manipulating psychopath who will go to any length, especially murder, to achieve his goal. Despite that, he did actually love Cassidy and only turned on her when she went against him.