Heathers is a [ 7 ] American teen black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann , in both of their respective film debuts. Its plot portrays four teenage girlsβthree of whom are named Heatherβin a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides. Waters wrote Heathers as a spec script and originally wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct the film, out of admiration for Kubrick's own black comedy film Dr.
Waters intended the film to contrast the optimistic teen movies of the era, particularly those written by John Hughes , by presenting a cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire. At Westerburg High School, in the fictional Sherwood, Ohio, Veronica Sawyer becomes part of a popular-but-feared clique that includes three wealthy and beautiful girls with the same first name: Heather Duke, Heather McNamara, and the ruthless queen bee, Heather Chandler.
Tired of the clique abusing its power, Veronica longs for her old life with her kinder but less popular friends. She becomes fascinated with new student Jason "J. Outsider J. Veronica goes with Chandler to a frat party at the fictional Remington University, where she refuses to have sex with one member, unlike Chandler, who is coerced into performing oral sex. When Veronica drunkenly vomits on Chandler, Chandler vows to destroy Veronica's reputation in retaliation.
Later, J. They express to each other their mutual hatred of Chandler's tyranny. The next morning, Veronica and J. She mixes orange juice and milk together. Veronica accidentally brings the wrong mug to Chandler's room. He serves Chandler the drain cleaner, killing her. Veronica panics, and J. The community regards Chandler's apparent suicide as a tragic decision made by a troubled teenager, making her even more worshipped in death than in life.
Duke uses the attention surrounding Chandler's death to gain popularity by going to many different news stations, as, after Chandler's death, Duke feels the need to be the clique's new leader. McNamara convinces Veronica to go with her, Kurt, and Ram on a double date. The boys spread a false rumor about Veronica performing oral sex on them, ruining her reputation. In the forest, J. At their funeral, the boys are made into martyrs to homophobia.
