Description (continued...) a lower-tier Troma production, TEETH is a unique and surprising creation. Dawn (Jess Weixler) lives the life of a normal suburban teenager, except for the two nuclear reactors looming over her house. A goody two-shoes by any measure, she leads the local chapter of a chastity group, lecturing younger children on saving themselves for marriage. She finds herself stirred in unexpected ways, however, by new member Tobey (Hale Appleman). Dawn lets herself get closer to him than she has to anyone else, but when he rapes her, she discovers---in the most grisly way---that she is a true incarnation of the vagina dentata myth. As Dawn attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexuality and her second set of choppers, more men with bad intentions fall victim to their worst nightmare. Lichtenstein, sometime actor and the son of artist Roy Lichtenstein, reportedly first heard of the vagina dentata myth while studying under Camille Paglia, and his take on it proves to be as frightening (and bloody) as one would expect. As Dawn, Weixler is winning, and watching her transformation from meek to empowered is a blast to watch. A handful of wincingly gory sequences will have horror fans howling, but there are layers to the film for those willing to peel them back. Cult favorite GINGER SNAPS, which examined menstruation as a metaphor for lycanthropy, is an obvious cousin and great candidate for a double feature, but TEETH is completely its own. Country of Origin: USA Reviews "[A] dark, gory and hilarious sendup....Campy, shameless and sophisticated, Lichtenstein's debut is gutsy and original..." Los Angeles Times | 01/18/2008 "Teenage horror-movie spoof, John Waters parody, No Nukes protest movie, twisted sex-education film, quasi-feminist fable, outrageous stunt: Mitchell Lichtenstein's clever, crude comedy, TEETH, is all these and more." New York Times | 01/18/2008 "Writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein is onto something really fresh in his feature debut, flipping a graphic warning for men into an empowering fable for women." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly | 01/25/2008 | p.56 Full Cast and Crew Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein Starring: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Adam Wagner Screenwriter: Mitchell Lichtenstein Producer: Joyce Pierpoline, Mitchell Lichtenstein Director of Photography: Wolfgang Held Composer: Robert Miller Release Information Color: Color Runtime: 0 min. Original Language: English Subtitled Language: Spanish © Genius Productions, Inc. DVD Features DVD Features: Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
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