Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme are two schoolgirls and best friends who during 1953 and 1954, share a love for literature, music and a fantasy land that they share thinking that no one could understand real beauty. But, when they stray further away their respected families and other around them, Juliet's father becomes concerned that the girls' relationship is that of an "unwholesome" quality. Faced with permanent separation, the girls become more and more obsessed with staying together until finally they conspire to do the unthinkable with fatal results. Based on the shocking true story that stunned New Zealand and beyond, Heavenly Creatures marks the film debuts of Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey and directed by Peter Jackson. The real Juliet Hulme went on to write mysteries under the name Anne Perry while Pauline Parker changed her name and works with handicapped children.