Heathers is a 1989 cult black comedy directed by Michael Lehmann and starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, a savage satire of high-school popularity wars. The phrase "greetings and salutations" is an old-fashioned, almost Victorian form of hello, and its stiff formality fits the film's arch, theatrical dialogue perfectly. Quote compilations and meme editors later revived the line as a sarcastic greeting, using it to open edits, mock-polite introductions and ironic reaction posts, which is why the two-second clip still circulates online.