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Teeth

• Source: The List (Issue 605)
• Date: 19 June 2008
• Written by: Eddie Harrison

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(18) 93min

HORROR/COMEDY

Vagina dentata is the Latin name for a vagina with teeth, a primal fear which crops up in a number of different cultures and philosophies, now emerging at the centre of this teen flick written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, the son of pop artist Roy.

In a small Austin Texas town in the shadow of Simpsons-style cooling towers, high-schooler Dawn (Jess Weixler) finds her pledged commitment to virginity threatened by a number of prospective lovers. These range from sincere but repressed paramour Ryan (Hale Appleman) to her sexually active bad-boy stepbrother Brad (John Hensley), who oddly can’t remember how he lost the tip of his finger as a child.

When she discovers a set of razor-sharp teeth between her legs, Dawn’s sexual awakening proves bloodier than most, although Lichtenstein cops out by never providing a visual depiction of exactly what’s going on down there. There is, however, plenty of bloody castration stump-fountain action. While the novelty of the conceit initially provides an intriguing half hour of well-observed high-school alienation, Teeth is soon reduced to repeating the same gruesome scenes with diminishing returns.

General release from Fri 20 Jun.

More: Hale Appleman, Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Reviews (Film), Reviews (Comedy), Comedy (Film), Horror (Film)

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