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Heathers
1988
A deliciously nasty black comedy, Heathers is set at a cliquish high school in Ohio. The most exclusive of those cliques is the Heathers, comprised of the prettiest and most popular girls in town. The group's leader is the manipulative Kim Walker, who orchestrates the humiliation of anyone who fails to meet her standards. .. Read more
| Starring | Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker |
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| Director | Michael Lehmann |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Heathers
A deliciously nasty black comedy, Heathers is set at a cliquish high school in Ohio. The most exclusive of those cliques is the Heathers, comprised of the prettiest and most popular girls in town. The group's leader is the manipulative Kim Walker, who orchestrates the humiliation of anyone who fails to meet her standards. Eventually, Heathers member Winona Ryder begins to exhibit a conscience; together with her hardcase boyfriend Christian Slater, Ryder plots to avenge all the unfortunate victims of the group. Before long, Heather (Kim Walker) ends up dead along with Kurt and Ram, with poignant suicide notes posted near their bodies.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk |
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| Director | Michael Lehmann |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins Watch now: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 11 Feb 2002 Watch now: 18 Sep 2009 Production year: 1988 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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Don't allow the fact that Michael Lehmann directed Hudson Hawk put you off his stunning debut — a prime cult movie about an all-girl high-school clique that terrorises fellow students. Their actions prompt Winona Ryder and Christian Slater (firing on all cylinders like a young Jack Nicholson) to engineer a rash of deaths to break the clique's hold on their schoolmates who are a clueless bunch of college “Swatchdogs” and “Diet Coke-heads”. Beneath the hip, lip-glossed surface of this devastatingly witty black comedy lurks a serious satire on peer-group pretensions and other teen movies. But the message never gets in the way of the snappy dialogue or on-target jabs at the in-crowd lunacy of high-school life.
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A wicked black comedy about teenage suicide and pernicious peer-group pressure, this refreshing parody of high-school... read more on Time Out
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Nasty, bitchy, funny and so 'very'
The premise of a teen comedy starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty may seem about as irresistible as a 'Blossom' Reunion Tour, but... more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Excellent film
Heathers was one of my favourite films when I was younger - it had Winona Ryder, who I wanted to be, Christian Slater, who I just plain wanted and some of the ... more
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Ryder's Heathers set for TV
- 28 Aug 2009
Winona Ryder's cult hit Heathers is lined up for a modern makeover - the film is set to be adapted for the small screen as a series. The 1989 film is set to be made into a TV show 20 years after it originally became an cult classic, and the programme will feature all the original characters - including Ryder's Veronica Sawyer, a popular girl who rebels against her clique of mean girls, all named Heather. Bosses at Lakeshore Entertainment film company, who hold the rights to Heathers, have... Read more
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