| “ | You know, today I gave the valedictorian speech. Remember? Reputation comes from the company you keep. And the company you keep? Bitches. | „ |
| ― Andy to Cassidy |
Andrew "Andy" Richards is the primary antagonist of the 2009 slasher film Sorority Row. He is the doting boyfriend of Cassidy Tappan, who participated in a prank that led to the death of her sorority sister. He is the valedictorian at their college and hopes to live a perfect life with Cassidy, but there's just one secret and several people standing in his way.
He was portrayed by Julian Morris.
History[]
Andy and Cassidy have been dating through college. He comes from a successful family and is one of the smartest kids in school, even being named Valedictorian at their graduation ceremony. He is in bed with Cassidy, making plans with her to go to his family's lake house after graduation and spending the summer together. He asks her why she doesn't speak to her Theta Pi sisters anymore, but she quickly brushes off the conversation. He attends a Theta Pi mixer with Cassidy and her parents and Jessica makes a snide remark about him stealing her away, and he retorts.
Later that night at Theta Pi's wild party, he comes to see Cassidy who seems to be in distress. She tells him to go straight to the lake house and she will meet him there tomorrow. He tries to refuse, wanting to drive down together but she doubles down on her request. She checks the app on her phone which has his location pinned and sees that he is miles away.
Hours have passed and many of Cassidy's friends are dead. Andy comes to her rescue when she is attacked by Kyle and kills him with a blade to the head. He tells her that he is the one responsible for the killings, he did it to try and protect her secret by offing everyone who knew about the prank that killed her sorority sister Megan: Chugs and her therapist, Claire and her boyfriend Mickey, a girl who overheard Jessica telling the truth, Mrs. Crenshaw and Jessica along with her boyfriend Kyle. Using a tire iron (the weapon Garret killed Megan with) he customised by adding a blade.
He tells Cassidy they need to kill Ellie, who is the weakest link of the group and is the one who confided in him over Megan's death and was bound to tell someone else sooner or later. She pretends to go along with it and leaves to find Ellie herself. Andy witnesses the betrayal and tries to kill her, but she fights him off. Theta Pi is in flames at this point and Andy finds Megan's sister Maggie surrounded by fire. He attaches a rope to his bladed tire iron and throws it repeatedly at Maggie but misses. Cassidy rushes to defend her and fights him off until she is almost overpowered.
Ellie appears and fires a shot gun into his chest which causes him to fall back and he descends into the fire depths below.