 Emerging filmmaker, Peter Jackson, taps into the life of two young girls and their vivid imaginations, and carves out a unsettling narrative, based on the true life story (real life crime novelist Anne Perry was one of the girls: Juliet Hulme) of two girls, who will do anything out of desperation to stay together.
Fantasy and reality are intermixed visually in this film, and Jackson does an excellent job of coaxing two unforgettable performances from a couple of inexperienced actresses. Deception, denial, lust, guilt and insanity, Heavenly Creatures is worth every little moment on screen.
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It’s amazing how much a movie experience can stick with a person years afterward. Ask anyone who saw the Exorcist when it was first released, and they will tell you that the fear they felt watching it for the first time severely outweighs any feelings they get from re-watching it now. For me, the act of watching, the setting, and the company I keep when I’m first taking in a film, has a huge impact on how I feel about the film in retrospect. 
Disturbed isn't a strong enough word to describe this film. Why can't all movies be this thought-provoking and come with such great movie trailers (the trailer is one of my most favorite, it borrows a lot from another favorite of mine: the movie trailer for Alien)?
This film is better just watched if you can skip seeing the trailer altogether, because this film is all about discovery and movie trailers tend to ruin things for the audience. 
