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After a decade of era defining American high school comedies (mostly from John Hughes) and tawdry, derivative innuendo-heavy teen sex farces like Porky’s, Meatballs, Beach Balls, Screwballs and Oddballs etc., in 1989 director Michael Lehmann and writer Daniel Waters warped the teen high school comedy with their feature debut, Heathers. This cutting, provocative slice of poisoned cherry pie had cult written all over it from the outset with its weaving of provocative themes such as teen suicide, mass murder and psychosis into the fabric of the high school comedy. Heathers was nothing like anything that had come before it. Aside from its critical success and fast growing fan-base, Lehmann and Waters’ debut left a minimal dent in the box office; raking in just $177, 247 on its opening weekend, despite doing well later on VHS.

Its script was penned from the perspective of Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), a practical scene surfer in...

Producer Maurice Smith has confirmed that his 1983 R-rated comedy feature classic "Screwballs" will receive a special screening celebrating 'The Summer of '83' @ Austin's Alamo Drafthouse June 2, 2013:

"...Canada in the early 80's was a magical place. Due to radical tax shelter legislation that allowed a 100% write-off for all homegrown films, their entertainment industry was flourishing...they were making incredible genre movies like you might make a meal.

"One of the greatest genres to benefit from this golden age of film financing was the teenage sex comedy...

"Melding the zany comedy of "Animal House", the single-minded sex obsession of "Porky's" and the flourish of "Meatballs", movies like "Oddballs" delighted the young everywhere.

"Standing tall at the top of all the Canadian sex 'balls' movies is the totally insane "Screwballs", an astonishing compilation of comedic segments..."

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