The pacing is very slow, the humour is non-existent, and there's never a sense of horror or menace. The characterisation is non-existent and the entire cast seem to give humdrum performances, particularly lead actress Jess Weixler. As you'd expect, there are a fair share of eye-watering gross-out moments here that will make any male viewers wince, but other than the cheap gore effects, TEETH has very little going for it. There's no more plot to the film than that, and it's a singularly unwieldy premise to deal with. Obviously shot on the cheap in a couple of outdoor locations and somebody's home, this was written and directed by the unlikely-monikered Mitchell Lichtenstein, and has a single-sentence set-up: a teenage girl's vagina has teeth. TEETH is a dumb comedy horror film with an outrageous premise and shockingly poor execution. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 3 / 10 Misses the mark While not great, 'Teeth' is a worthwhile little sleeper with some food for thought. 45,' the female victims recover to enact revenge in an extreme manner-'Teeth' playfully subverts Freud's notion of 'penis envy' by transforming male genitalia into a literal kiss of death Dawn's encounters (while tinged with a sometimes groan-inducing, 'Clueless'-styled humor) eventually contribute to her growth and maturity as a woman, to the point where she finally becomes master of her domain. In films like 'I Spit On Your Grave' and 'Ms. While much has been written about gender roles in the horror genre, 'Teeth' cleverly manages to have its cake and eat it, too: Dawn is treated as a haplessly naive girl by every male she encounters the males are predatory, would-be rapists. Writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein's concept (a puritanical virgin who grows up next to a nuclear power plant discovers a mean set of incisors below the waist when her sexuality blooms) is intriguing, and some of the film's best moments possess a surreal quality that almost transforms the material into a metaphorical extension of Dawn's (Jess Weixler) awkward adjustment to womanhood.

The trend of imbuing horror films with a quirky sense of irony cribbed from the hell that is adolescence (think 'Ghost World' with gore) may have finally run out of steam with 'Teeth,' a moderately impressive (though unspectacular) yet overly precious and self-aware stab at subverting the genre's gender roles. Reviewed by Jonny_Numb 6 / 10 Leave it to Beaver! This is well worth watching for horror fans of both genders, although the men may well find their knees locking together as the story plays out.

This is the kind of thing that can have people with certain tastes howling with appreciative laughter at what goes on one particular priceless bit concerns the fate of a severed member and a pet dog. The acting by all concerned is solid, with John Hensley scoring in a truly repulsive part as the leering stepbrother Brad. We can see that by the end Dawn has realized the power that she has available.

The film works best at its outlandish spin on one young woman's emerging sexuality and what it means for the men who will get close to her. The gory bits of business give this film the sort of punch that it needs the money shots are all quite delicious, even if they're not completely satisfying to all viewers. Jess Weixler is winning in the role of Dawn, a high school student who teaches others to abstain from sex, only to learn a nasty truth about her own private parts, and the resulting potential consequences to any man who dares to get intimate with her. (The whole nuclear connection is not forgotten, either, as the two stacks of a nuclear facility are often kept in sight.) All in all, this is a canny look at morals and attitudes regarding sex, and one of the more intriguing horror films to emerge in the last several years. It's a hilariously dark comedy that does indeed turn into a story of female empowerment, and an interesting look into the whole idea / mythology of 'vagina dentata', which here is sort of tied into species mutating as part of the process of evolution. Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 8 / 10 'No men were harmed during the making of this motion picture.'īut it's a safe bet that some men will be traumatized by just the *thought* of what happens to the men in this film, happening to them.

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