10 Movies Nobody Saw In Cinemas (But Everyone Watches On TV)

7. Heathers

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When people think of those movies labelled 'cult classics', one that forever springs to mind is 1989's Heathers. And while certain other such cult classics found their audience upon getting a DVD or Blu-ray release, for Heathers it was a case of its popularity getting a major shot in the arm upon landing on TV.

During its cinema run, it was a vastly different story for Michael Lehmann's movie, with the picture a financial failure - taking home just $1.1 million at the box office, from a budget of $3 million.

Even the VHS and LaserDisc releases that followed later in '89 did nothing for Heathers, as hardly anybody was willing to take a chance on a film that had tanked at theaters and wasn't getting any particularly positive reviews from critics.

Still, slowly but surely Heathers began to build momentum, with TV airings of the movie causing an increasing amount of people to realise that, yes, the film was actually pretty damn good. Well, grim and dour at times, but pretty damn good, nonetheless.

Having become a must-watch movie any time it aired during the '90s, people were desperate to pick up Heathers when it was first given a DVD release in 1999. To this day, it's impossible not to watch this Winona Ryder and Christian Slater-starrer whenever you stumble across it.

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