Regression Obsession: Christian Slater circa Heathers
Posted at 4:00 PM Nov 05, 2008
By Sharon Steel
Does the expression "greetings and salutations" mean anything to you? There are many things that make Heathers one of the best mean-girl dark comedies of the late '80s, and I could probably spend an entire post listing them all: the infamous Heather scrunchie, Veronica's hatred of the clique she helps lead; Heather Duke's (Shannen Doherty) deadpan utterance: "Veronica, why are you pulling my dick?" She always gets the best lines.
But every high school hierarchy -- particularly a place like Westerberg -- needs a twisted, hopelessly attractive foil in a black trench coat. Puppetmaster JD (Christian Slater) saves Veronica from the Heathers' clutches, then amuses himself by disguising a series of murders as trendy suicides. He also owns the thin-lipped, shit-eating grin and stringy hair like no other.
Life's rough when you treat being popular like a job. Particularly when your first real love is actually kind of a psycho.
Comments
So weird, I just put this on my netflix queue! I just remembered the line, "Well, f**k me with a chainsaw!" or something like that.
Great movie.
Posted 11/05/2008 at 04:49:15 PMAnother classic line. I love that and also "I brought you to a Remington party and what's my thanks? It's on a hallway carpet. I got paid in puke." So many gems in this one.
Posted 11/06/2008 at 08:06:30 AMHeathers is and probably will remain one of my favorite films of all time!
"I can't believe you did it. I was teasing. I loved you. Course, I was coming up here to kill ya..." - J.D. when he finds Veronica 'hanged' herself before he could.
Posted 11/06/2008 at 11:28:34 AM