John Hughes era, not John Hughes. Although he did create some great mean, rich kids.

James Spader's charactor, Seth, in Sixteen Candles. He just oozed douchbaggery.

Though it was a complete Heather's rip-off, Jawbreakers comes to mind. There was not really a "good" teen to be found in that one. Mandy Moore's character in Saved! was pretty rutheless as well. There was a film with Jamie Bell that came out a few years ago called The Chumscrubber which had some pretty nasty teens in it too. Oh, and Brick! That one was awesome and so out there.

I was going to mention Jamie Bell, too! But yiddedea beat me to it. He is so creepy in that movie. not like the cute, Billy Elliot we all know him as!

Thanks susanec - I had the era on the mind! All fixed.

fuzzles, I think you may mean Spaders's character Steff in Pretty in Pink. He was so abhorrently mean!

The girl, Benny, in Pretty in Pink is pretty mean. Rizzo in Grease, was a character you felt bad for, but still a meanie.

Rose McGowen in Jawbreaker was evil!!! She was such a b*tch.

Buzz,

I stand corrected! Blonde moment! *head bouncing from shoulder pad to shoulder pad*

Jake Ryan in 16 Candles was SUPER freaking evil. He gets tired of his old girlfriend and wants to ditch her for a new one, so he waits until she is drunk and then palms her off of some random dude. They have a whole conversation about how she is too drunk to notice that random dude isn't him, basically giving random dude permission to rape her. And yet we're supposed to swoon over him?? Seriously effed up.

i was just talking about the heathers the other day---i dont think it can get meaner then that!

This is funny! I was just talking about Heathers the other day,too!! Now i want to see it again (or do I,lol)

I have to disagree with the comment about Jake Ryan. Having just watched Sixteen Candles last week, I don't imagine him to be an "evil" guy. And Caroline isn't really a b*tch she is just self-centered which most teens are. I don't think the mentality back then was "farmer Ted is going to rape Caroline" nor do I think that was Hughes' intention. It was merely a juvenile way of getting someone else to bring your girlfriend, who just destroyed your house, home.
The most evil character in a teen film has to be James Spader's character Steff in Pretty in Pink. There's a guy who would commit date rape if ever there was one.

Ooooo I LOVE Heathers.

Definitely those beast girls from Romy and Michelle.

Heathers!!!

Steff from Pretty In Pink, hands down. What a creep. I've never been a fan of James Spader ever since.

OH, and Kiefer Sutherland in Stand By Me was also a mean teen.

As for a side note, I have seen Sixteen Candles well over 100 times and Jake Ryan was not evil. He was just tired of having a girlfriend that had no depth, they were just on different levels of maturity. Caroline and Farmer Ted were sort of on the same wavelength, just as Jake and Sam were. Caroline wasn't a mean girl either, she was just stuck in the mindset of being popular - but definitely not in a mean girl way. I mean she did see Sam in the hallway at the dance and said 'hi how's it going' to her.

Hands down Steff from Pretty in Pink. And his awful girlfriend. They were both heinous and unredeemable.
I also don't think Caroline in Sixteen Candles was mean. She was just self-centered. And frankly, after what she and everyone else did to that house, I would have dumped her on someone else too. She kinda deserved it. And I do believe he tried to talk to her before she got wasted and she kinda blew him off or changed the subject. Jake was definitely not a bad guy. Some people read way too much into movies sometimes.

Remember Taylor Vaughn from She's All That? That whole speech about Rachel Leigh Cook being dust and nothing and then spilling beer on her dress? SO MEAN!

Most Evil Teens?

William Zabka- Johnny in Karate Kid

Keifer Sutherland - Ace in Stand By Me

Thomas F. Wilson - Biff Tanner in Back to the Future

Leilani Sarelle- Suette in Shag (totally evil to Bridgette Fondas character)

Nancy Allen and PJ Soles - Chris and Norma from Carrie (pigs blood anyone?)

Craig Sheffer was pretty obnoxious as Hardy Jens in Some Kind of Wonderful. But not meaner than Heathers.

I think all of the ones said were definitely way better but Amber from Clueless came to mind. I always wondered why she was even around since everyone couldn't stand her so much. I have to agree between the Heathers and Steff being the worst!

OHHH and also Sarah Michelle Gellar's character in Cruel Intentions. She was way worse that Phillippe!

I still love Heathers to bits!

OMG i am lol @ some of these...johnny fr. karate kid...awesomely fun meanie! YES SENSAI!

jake ryan? mean? i hardly think so....hot, yes definitely....

my votes go to the heathers girls...straight up mean b*tches!

William Zabka in The Karate Kid and I'm pretty sure he's the bad guy in Just One of the Guys.

By the way, I really dislike the 'cookie-cutter' teens of today, it's so not true, high school today is WAY, WAY b*tchier than Disney makes it seem.

I just watched Heathers for the first time last week and I looooved it
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They were definitely some pretty mean kids.