Thoroughbreds (2017) ***1/2

Shades of Heathers (1989) (review) and American Psycho (2000) (review) permeate Thoroughbreds (2017) but it never quite reaches the glorious heights of either of those classics. Regardless, this tale of privledged teens gone awry excels with the awkward friendship between the two leads (expertly portrayed by Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy), a brief but strong performance by the late great Anton Yelchin, an unsettlingly dissonant, percussive score and some deliciously tense moments.