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Come and check out Heathers Movie - FULL & Early edited Movie reaction - Available on the drive now!

FULL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/123__JooXhTWquzdLZG4NSlmyIq9H9VNw/view?usp=sharing

Edited: https://drive.google.com/file/d/121IxuAwFaOGfCVvFXlO7OYRcWHzcl0Mp/view?usp=sharing

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Kate Zimmerman

Super quotable, and I definitely thought (and still think, apparently!) that it was significantly funnier than most people who watch it today seem to think. I’ve seen a similar gap in the reaction to Beetlejuice (from the same producers) - I thought it was groundbreaking and awesome, but the kids today. 😂 So JRabbit is right when she says it’s a movie that’s been dulled, in some ways, by time. I’m also struck by how much more raw, hard driving than follow on movies like Mean Girls. In the same way that they hardly ever make real R rated movies anymore. It’s just darker than most teen fare. Last, JR definitely nailed that the contrast between this and other stuff in the 80s was part of its appeal. I think I was 12 when I saw it (after it was in theaters) and had never seen anything like it, and was so glad everything wasn’t so John Hughes all the time. Where the best thing for the basketcase (poor Ally Sheedy!) was to just put on some makeup and get over it. Kind of a forerunner to grunge like that.

Jojo77

I saw this as a high schooler a few years after its release as I would have been a wee bit young for it at that time (11?). It was one of my first experiences with dark comedy and is dear to me for that reason. Also, Christian Slater and Winona Ryder (plus Brenda from 90210)? That was a stacked cast for a teen in the early 90s. JRabbit, you are absolutely correct about it being influential. Mean Girls and Jawbreaker in particular owe it a debt. I find it interesting now how much more shocking it is than Mean Girls. Interestingly its impact continues to be felt and spread to a new generation as it has actually been adapted into a Broadway musical believe it or not. s The language (particularly the slurs) is jarring now, but I do like that it is clearly opposed to homophobia, which is groundbreaking in its own right given the time it was made. I do find myself still using "fuck me gently with a chainsaw" as an expression on occasion. And even though it may not have aged as well, "I love my dead gay son." is one of the most darkly funny quotes of all time in context. And I still want to be Winona Ryder when I grow up.