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Just watched Heavenly Creatures again

posted 8 years ago by ida96
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I hadn't seen it since its release in 1994. A very intense and interesting film. I couldn't help seeing similar elements of this story in the recent Slender Man attempted murder by two much younger girls: obsession with fantasy, youthful friendship, a desire to escape to an ideal world. Heavenly Creatures was an amazing study of how the families' situations evolved into a murder.

[–] butaneggbert 8 years ago

Wow! That never occurred to me. But yes, quite a parallel.

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[–] Borovnia54 8 years ago

Yep... It made me think of it as well.

[–] jpc-34200 8 years ago

I think it's a great film up until the very last scene where they commit the murder, It's one of Peter Jackson's amazing study on family situations evolved into a good friendship obsession with fantasy and murder.

[–] lexp2005 7 years ago

Can anyone help me to get a DVD copy of "Heavenly Creatures".

[–] jpc-34200 7 years ago

I agree that it is an intense look at two young girls and their obsession with fantasy until they murder the mother.