The black comedy followed Winona Ryder's downtrodden high school student who falls in love with Christian Slater's misanthropic newcomer. The only girl in her clique, not called Heather, Veronica Sawyer, and J.D. Dean, go on a murderous rampage against the popular students who wronged them.
The film has maintained its cult classic status, still connecting with younger generations. Despite its pop culture legacy, which also includes spawning a musical, it wasn't an immediate hit upon release.
Shannen Doherty in class in a scene from the film 'Heathers', 1988.Photo by New World Pictures/Getty Images
But, the film acted as the perfect cynical anecdote for the peppy John Hughes movies like Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club. It hilariously examined the cruelty of teenage girls and forced us to confront our own relationship with our own behaviour in high school.
It was these resonating topics that nearly lost Winona Ryder her career. “I was told I was never gonna work again if I did Heathers,” she told Elle last year.
“They thought it was making fun of teen suicide,” she recalled. “They were deeply offended and, yeah, they revoked the offer.”
“The more horrifying or disturbing human behavior is, the more opportunity there is to mine it for certain types of comedy,” he explained. “You click it a few notches in one direction or another to make it absurd, and it allows to you to understand human behavior better, because people do horrible things with the best intentions.”
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