Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 American teen black comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and Penelope Milford. Its plot portrays four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.
Plot
At Westerburg High School, in the fictional Sherwood, Ohio, Veronica Sawyer becomes part of a popular-but-feared clique that includes three wealthy and beautiful girls with the same first name: Heather Duke, Heather McNamara, and the ruthless queen bee, Heather Chandler. Tired of the clique abusing its power, Veronica longs for her old life with her kinder but less popular friends. She becomes fascinated with new student Jason "J.D." Dean after he pulls out a gun and fires blanks to scare football-player bullies, Kurt and Ram. Outsider J.D., whose mother committed suicide, has a strained relationship with his explosives-obsessed demolition mogul father.
More details
author | Daniel Waters |
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contentLocation | Ohio |
director | Michael Lehmann |
editor | Norman Hollyn |
events | revenge suicide |
genre | comedy crime |
keywords | apparent suicide beautiful girl blank boiler room break in bully clique clique\'s countdown disturb double date eulogy even frat party hang hatred homophobia injured kill martyr mass suicide morning new student oral sex orange juice pep rally plan prom night queen bee radio show scrunchie strained relationship suicide by hanging suicide note suicide pact think troubled teen walk watching movie |
musicBy | David Newman |
producer | Denise Di Novi |
productionCompany | Cinemarque Entertainment |
publisher | New World Pictures |
recordedAt | Santa Monica |
theme | black comedy feminist high school independent satirical stag |