'Heathers', The Movie That Upended The Teen-Comedy Genre
"It wasn't exactly that Heathers contained no [John] Hughesian influence. The types and tropes were all there " mean girls, jocks, bullying, upper-middle-class ennui, idiotic or abusive parents, delusional teachers, a bad-boy crush " but … Heathers seemed influenced as much by Blue Velvet as by Sixteen Candles, and it paved the way for an […]