How Well Do You Know Heathers? Test Your Knowledge With This Quiz!
When you think of high school movies, you probably think of first crushes, lunch trays, clandestine house parties and tickets to the prom. Though they're filled with drama as a general rule, teen movies (especially of the 80s variety) tend to be fairly fluffy, with stakes that don't extend beyond who is kissing who and how has made up with their family.
The 80s were a golden age of teen movies; from The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink to Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. However, when it comes to dark and subversive takes on the teen genre, one movie clearly stands above the rest. Heathers came out in 1989, and was intended to be a send-up of all the cliche John Hughes movies that had come before it, as well as a commentary on the epidemic of teen suicide.
When Heathers came out in 1988, its blackly comic tone and emphasis on dark themes such as death, depression and nihilism immediately made it a cult classic. Its endlessly quotable lines, excellent performances and unique visual production have ensured it has remained a favourite of outcasts and weirdos throughout the decades. The only question is: how much do you remember?
When you think of high school movies, you probably think of first crushes, lunch trays, clandestine house parties and tickets to the prom. Though they're filled with drama as a general rule, teen movies (especially of the 80s variety) tend to be fairly fluffy, with stakes that don't extend beyond who is kissing who and how has made up with their family.
The 80s were a golden age of teen movies; from The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink to Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. However, when it comes to dark and subversive takes on the teen genre, one movie clearly stands above the rest. Heathers came out in 1989, and was intended to be a send-up of all the cliche John Hughes movies that had come before it, as well as a commentary on the epidemic of teen suicide.
When Heathers came out in 1988, its blackly comic tone and emphasis on dark themes such as death, depression and nihilism immediately made it a cult classic. Its endlessly quotable lines, excellent performances and unique visual production have ensured it has remained a favourite of outcasts and weirdos throughout the decades. The only question is: how much do you remember?
Founded in 2016, Eighties Kids started small. Beginning as a blog posting on 80s and 90s life as well as the movies, music and television of the era, Eighties Kids has in a short space of time exploded in scope and ambition. Operating out of Eighties Kids HQ in sunny Ilkley, in the North of England, today a growing team of writers produces original content day in and day out for one of the best new nostalgia sites on the web.
With the site also growing beyond its original remit, the Eighties Kids team now covers not just trivia from the 80s and 90s, but pop culture of all decades that's of interest to children of the 80s, 90s and beyond. From shocking and obscure fact posts on your favourite movies and bands, to quizzes on classic TV shows and film franchises, to picture galleries on celebrities from past and present, Eighties Kids is here to take you down memory lane, test your knowledge of classic pop culture and maybe even occasionally blow your mind.
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