Heavenly Creatures (1994)

A dark all-consuming true story
To even fathom such scenarios are incredible, but to think it all actually happened, its just mind blowing. Especially after watching Peter Jackson's early masterpiece. Kate Winslet should forever be in Jackson's debt, for he practically discovered her. And I'm so glad he did. She was brilliant in this. Melanie Lynskey is the real star though. She creeped me out every time she turned to the camera or gave her mother an evil glare. Their combined performance was what kept this film interesting. It's almost fantastical in nature. Jackson does a great job with all the different elements, combining the real with illusion and it flows perfectly. Its really dramatic and twisty, you almost want the girls to succeed.

Wonderful film.
Reading Peter Jackson's excellent biography recently "A filmaker's journey" has inspired me to watch his back-catalogue of films. As a huge fan of Peter ever since "the Frightener's" (which incidently was made in my home town in New Zealand, Lyttelton) I really enjoyed "Heavenly Creatures" It's certainly different from his earlier films but this had me totally engaged throughout.

Peter is a masterful storyteller/filmaker. Highly recomended.

"This movie sucked!"
This was a bad, bad, movie. They never showed the girls getting arrested, no trial, no nothing. They didn't even kill the mother until the end of the movie and that was it. A couple of giddy future lesbians having the time of their adolescent lives.