Heathers (1988)

R10/01/1988Comedy, Crime1h 43m

Best friends, social trends, and occasional murder.

Overview

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Winona Ryder

    Veronica Sawyer

  2. Cast 1

    Christian Slater

    Jason 'J.D.' Dean

  3. Cast 1

    Shannen Doherty

    Heather Duke

  4. Cast 1

    Lisanne Falk

    Heather McNamara

  5. Cast 1

    Kim Walker

    Heather Chandler

  6. Cast 1

    Penelope Milford

    Pauline Fleming

  7. Cast 1

    Glenn Shadix

    Father Ripper

  8. Cast 1

    Lance Fenton

    Kurt Kelly

  9. Cast 1

    Jennifer Rhodes

    Veronica's Mom

"Heathers" is almost like a jet black version of "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955) or some such as it steadfastly plumbs the complicated labyrinthine depths of teenage angst and comes up with a radical and downright homicidal anti-social solution. It is overflowing with the largely inconsequential concerns of the hierarchy which exists in all schools to a greater or lesser degree and it provides some harsh examples of this at its most cruel and unforgiving. Who would want to be a teenager again? Anyway, no matter how dark this film becomes and no matter how close Veronica is to ridding her life o...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$3,000,000.00

Revenue $1,166,207.00

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