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Teeth
The movie centers on high school student Dawn who works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. But after becoming the object of male violence, Dawn discovers she has a physical advantage.
16 June 1988, Adelaide, Australia
17 January 1986, New York City, New York, USA
26 September 1983, Austin, Texas, USA
13 August 1984, Kirskville, Missouri, USA
September 02, 2008
Teeth is a unique hybrid of black comedy and horror movie send-up that is great good fun.March 06, 2008
It's definitely not for Aunt Minnie, but cult movie mavens will appreciate director Mitchell Lichtenstein's willingness to push the boundaries of bad taste.March 27, 2008
Given how thoroughly all the subtext spells out the message, then, it seems unnecessary to make the actual text so raw, grotesque and graphic.January 21, 2009
Writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein's low-budget horror film is...more satirical than scary...however, he ultimately delivers the gory goods.April 28, 2011
We haven't had a good vagina dentata movie in theaters lately, so it's a pleasure to see Teeth filling that particular need with such obvious relish and style.July 14, 2011
While probably too lurid and graphic for the mainstream's tastes, it's one of those films that has a genuine shot at acquiring cult classic status.November 17, 2011
I'm not sure I've ever seen rape, incest or abuse dealt with so vapidly.April 04, 2011
It's like a punch in the face.March 28, 2008
Whether you view it as a primordial image from the collective unconscious or a practical warning against promiscuity, vagina dentata makes an indubitably memorable impression -- and an ideal premise for a tongue-in-cheek teen horror movie.March 27, 2008
Given how thoroughly all the subtext spells out the message, then, it seems unnecessary to make the actual text so raw, grotesque and graphic. Granted, a horror movie about vagina dentata was probably never destined to be tasteful, but Lichtenstein's compNovember 24, 2011
As amateurishly made as it is, Teeth runs on a kind of angry distrust toward boys.October 14, 2012
Teeth is both different enough from the usual teen trash to earn itself distinction and bold enough to go where other horrors wouldn't dare venture.