Heathers (1988) — Screenplay
A high schooler tired of fitting in joins forces with a sociopath to eliminate the popular clique—one murder at a time.
- Written by
- Daniel Waters
- Genre
- Comedy, Crime
- Length
- 103 pages
This dark comedy is a masterclass in tonal tightrope-walking, blending razor-sharp satire with genuine menace. Study how Waters uses pitch-black dialogue and escalating absurdity to subvert teen movie tropes, and how the protagonist’s moral descent is paced to keep us hooked without losing the humor.
Read the full Heathers (1988) screenplay in PDF, page by page, right here on Laper — or download the original script to study Daniel Waters’s scene work, dialogue and structure at your own pace. A free resource for screenwriters and film students learning Hollywood script format.