Heavenly Creatures
Director: Peter Jackson Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1994
Starring: Diana Kent, Jed Brophy, Kate Winslet, Peter Elliott, Sarah Peirse, Melanie Lynskey
The shocking story of two imaginative girls whose fantasy world turns deadly in Peter Jackson’s HEAVENLY CREATURES.
Twenty years before we knew him best for Lord of the Rings or before Kate Winslet was a household name, Heavenly Creatures burst onto the world with the chilling true-life drama about an obsessive friendship. When circumstances bring together two imaginative teenage schoolgirls, they quickly form an unwavering bond, creating a fantasy world that only they can share. But when their parents become disturbed by the intensity of the friendship and threaten to keep them apart, the girls vow to stay together and devise a secret plan that leads to shocking consequences.
Part of Nitehawk’s 1994 September series.