Well fuck me gently with a chainsaw

Last night, October 29th, I watched the 1989 cult classic "Heathers", featuring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. And October 29th just happens to be Winona's birthday. Coincidence? I don't think so.

The movie is a High School flick from hell where the sweet teenage world, made famous by John Huges, meets dark indie humour and a lot of dead teenagers. You can actually say it's very anti-Huges.

I love it! I mean I would have loved it just for the amazing clothes and Winona alone, but the film is genius! You take a typical High School film, and you ad suicide, guns, slushies, a rebel with a very strong cause, and teenage angst, and you have the perfect cult film.

Winona's character Veronica falls in love with the mysterious, dark, "I hate all people my age 'cause they are sooo immature and I couldn't care less about anyone 'cause I'm so dark and mysterious and I read books and I'm really smart but people don't get me", rebel J.D. played by Slater.

They fall in love, and before you know it Veronica's best friend/the bitch who is making her life miserable is found dead by suicide, and not long after that the two biggest dickheads on the football team are also found dead by suicide.

Coincidence? I don't think so!

Everyone who is the least bit interested in film should see "Heathers", that's my opinion.

Not only will you enjoy the clothes, the plot, the High School feeling, and well, the pretty people, the dialogue is priceless. Any film where a preppy Queen Bee of the school says " Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw", is truly a work of literary art! This sentence has become a famous quote, and you can find it in films and TV-shows to this day, as a tribute to this cult classic.

"Greetings and salutations" is another quote form this film, made famous by Christian Slater.

But again, I have yo mention the clothes. Can anyone PLEASE tell me where I can get Winona's wardrobe from this film?

So in conclusion, if you appreciate films for the 80's, or cult films in general, or dark humor a la Tarantino, or you just want a good film to watch some Friday night, "Heathers" is my recommendation to you! It has everything:)

And if you don't like it, well then you can just go back to "American Pie" number 23, and stay behind in the uneducated, uncultivated dark. And don't you ever come in to my video store asking for "American Pie" number 24: "The Frap Party". Like no one's done THAT before...