Jocks, prom queens, slackers, geeks, and rebels; '80s Hollywood was often like one big long teen movie, with even the slasher horror boom largely focused on young and horny protagonists falling victim to the killer's knife. Overall, however, teen angst was a pretty cozy place back then, as we saw in the likes of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," John Hughes films, and the nostalgia of "Stand By Me." That changed towards the end of the decade when director Michael Lehmann murderously skewered the cliches with "Heathers," but his original ending was way too dark for Hollywood studios.

"Heathers" is set in a very middle-class fictional high school in suburban Sherwood, Ohio, where a powerful clique of girls enjoy total dominion over their fellow students. Heading up the pack is spiteful Heat

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