Heavenly Creatures

Peter Jackson is best known for his fantasy and science fiction films. However, film that paved the way for *The Lord of the Rings*, the greatest and most successful piece of his career, belonged to the different genre. It was 1994 period drama *Heavenly Creatures*. Script, co-written by Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh, is based on real events that shocked Jackson’s native New Zealand in 1950s. The plot begins in…

Image source You ever watched a movie like this and go "wait, this movie took a complete left turn here". Yeah, exactly. Though, the subject matter that the movie is based on, fairly helps to comprehend what kind of a story will play out. Anyone else watching this blindly, will be surprised by the how the plot unravels from a kinship to, well, teenage manslaughter. This is one of Peter Jackson's weirdest projects, r…

*Based on a famous murder case in New Zealand, Heavenly Creatures made international superstars out of director Peter Jackson and leading co-star Kate Winslet.* Heavenly Creatures (1994), directed by Peter Jackson, from an original script written by Jackson and Frances Walsh; starring Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, and Clive Merrison. Now seemingly forgotten, Heavenly Creatures is the film that launche…