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In 1954, two New Zealand schoolgirls - Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme - murdered Parker’s mother in cold blood and, unsurprisingly, a “Trial of the Century” ensued. What could compel two seemingly ordinary teenagers to commit matricide? Piece by piece, their motive began to emerge: the bosom buddies had constructed an alternate reality, which they named the “Fourth World,” built on pop-idol worship and a life-or-death bond. Any threat to this delicate ecosystem would have to be squashed, whether you were Pope or Pauline’s mum. Kiwi papers ran cover-to-cover with tales of their Sapphic experimentation and apparent insanity.

Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson’s 1994 film about the case, is a bucolic period piece with one toe in the tabloid mire. Written in collaboration with Jackson's wife, Fran Walsh, the affectionate, still-sensational recollection jumpstarted Jackson’s move away from his splatter phase. Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet both made their screen debuts as the star-crossed murderesses, a queer echo of Hollywood’s femmes fatales; two against a world where heartbreak is the only guarantee. Their intense portrayal is a pitch-perfect depiction of young womanhood, defying Lolita-ish cliche and bordering on the hysterical. Heavenly Creatures is an x-ray of teenage friendship at its most extreme. (Caroline Golum, Screen Slate)