ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Wordiezett So much average

Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

elicopperman In 2008, Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate released a very refreshing take on the horror movie genre called Teeth, though it originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. While it didn't do so well financially due to a limited release, it did receive a positive reception from critics, and it has garnished a cult following, mainly for how subversive of a movie it is. As for me, while I do consider it a very intriguing watch, I don't think I want to see it again.The essential story centers on a high-school chastity club member named Dawn who upon meeting a young man named Tobey is about to be raped by him. However, upon damaging Tobey's private area, Dawn discovers that she has a vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn. That may sound disturbing enough in concept, but just imagine viewing the film in its full R rated glory. While not quite as vulgar as one might assume, the curse of Dawn's privates further adds into her own life. Considering that there are plenty of people in the movie who want to deflower her, including her own stepbrother Brad, her curse soon becomes easier for her to control and use. Even though it's never really explained how she obtained the dentata outside of an ancient Greek myth, the film still treats Dawn's curse as an omen, especially when it comes to her trying to adjust to womanhood, her being forced out of her chastity club, and her dilemmas of encountering sex craved perverts, making her the most endearing character in the whole film.The remaining characters on the other hand are either decent but underdeveloped or just plain despicable (for the right reasons of course). Dawn's father and step mother are definitely very caring and even strict when it comes to Brad, but they aren't really given enough screen time to stand out. Brad is an absolute scumbag given his careless attitude and horrid desire to bang Dawn, and lets just say his comeuppance is way more disturbing than what happens to Tobey. In addition to Tobey who's mainly just another abstinent teen who loses it with his hormones, another teen who ends up seducing Dawn named Ryan does gain the same results, but the execution is much more comedic and well deserved, though the humorous effect is done intentionally. One scene where Dawn gives the same fate to a violating doctor is supposed to be scary, but the execution makes it more silly than anything.With all that said, as much as I understand the tone of the film, this is not the kind of movie I would demand a repeat viewing for. Sure, the dark comedic tone does work in the movie's favor (whether intentionally or unintentionally), the effects work looks great given the low budget, and the feminist angle is certainly more tasteful than I Spit on Your Grave (don't look that up). However, I found the movie way too straight forward and even the very end felt a little underwhelming, as if we'll never get to see the parents again and we'll never even know about Dawn's future. Also, this movie can get really disturbing (I mean, we actually see the D on screen), and if you're very sensitive to gore, don't even bother with this. Overall, while I admire the movie for what it is and I would definitely recommend it to those seeking out original and even mythical takes on the horror genre, this was just a one and done deal for me personally.

Anthony Iessi Teeth isn't just bad, it's Troll 2 bad. The perfect storm of everything that could go wrong with a horror film and paying none of the price for it. It's a cult classic. Arguably, the most infamous scary movie about genitalia since Sleepaway Camp. Growing up, people referred to it with urban legend status. "Hey, did you see that movie about the vagina with teeth?".. that kind of thing. The editing is terrible, the sound design is awful, the acting is terrible. The screenplay is rife with such brilliant lines as "I haven't even jerked off since Easter". That's so awful it belongs on a T-Shirt. We have the stupid moments that jump out at you and leave you speechless like two lovers sharing a dog treat and the sight of a crab trying to get at a dismembered penis. Teeth is pitched as a black comedy that gives us a Lorena Bobbitt style cautionary tale. But it's eternally dopey and terribly made. Even if that's on purpose, it doesn't make it any better.

UnderworldRocks The story is so interesting. It's about a girl with vagina dentata, whose vagina is able to bite off the cock of any guy who dares to rape her.If every girl were like this, it would surely make sex an exciting adventure for guys, and male rapists could be eliminated from this planet. But then, female rapists of men would be an issue.At the end of the movie, the girl looked at the audience and smiled. The old pervert trying to take advantage of her is gonna have hell to pay. Yes the girl would use her secret weapon for self defence. But it does open up a whole new area. Imagine what a sequel would be like in which the girl goes for hunting...:) It's a terrific movie, erotic, bold, and weird in a good way. I love weird movies like this!

popcorninhell Is it easy to assume that Teeth (2007) is the best film of its subject matter? I don't just mean a story about a young woman with a very biting problem in her nether region but probably the best anti-horror film ever made, or at least in recent memory. The film stars Jess Weixler as the aforesaid young woman Dawn. Leader of the local community's Abstinence club and overall awkward teenager, Dawn takes care of her sick mother (Vivienne Benesch) with the help of her doting stepfather (Lenny von Dohlen) and the non-help of her stepbrother Brad (John Hensley). But all is not well as she slowly discovers her sexuality with temptation in the form of Tobey (Hale Appleman) her hunky Christian "friend". When she discovers she has a very eunuch-ly troubling affliction, her sexual awakening has a casualty or two.I say anti-horror movie because horror movies, at least in the classical sense are anti-feminist. Both sexes are tortured and killed in the genres most popular fare to be sure, but women are often times given one of two designations; the slut or the virginal survivor. Essentially the major female characters are defined not by what they can bring to the table but by their sexuality. Any woman not defined by those labels is filler and if you're unlucky enough to be the slut, you're punished for the crime of being sexually active on screen.In Teeth, the tropes are turned on their head. Much like Simone Simon's character in Cat People (1942), Dawn is a woman chained by the guilt of her sexual feelings. She positions herself in the abstinence crowd as a form of escape but is only further enticed to act upon her impulses. She's a female character that is refreshingly complex and goes through a realistic yet drastic character change throughout the course of the movie.Perhaps if the men in her life didn't act so foolishly and didn't take advantage of her vulnerability, things could have gone a little differently. As it stands there are no redeemable male characters other than maybe the stepfather. Even then there was a subtle undertow of unrequited sexual tension. I did feel bad for the gynecologist but he was acting a little unprofessionally.Aesthetically speaking the cinematography is too morose for its subject matter. Had the film been in the hands of Bryan Forbes or even John Waters, things might have been purposely funny instead of unintentionally so. It didn't help that the musical score provided by Robert Miller was way, way, way too on the nose. Lest I be impassive by castration, the music blares in grandiloquent tones as if to say look how shocking this moment is! I suppose I'm just not clear of the director's motivations with this film. Is it meant to be a feminist critique of the horror genre told by a teenager with a wicked smile and a sideways Chelsea grin to match? If so, is it meant to be taken seriously? One thing is for sure; while young women are told the chaste cautionary tales of Snow White and Red Riding Hood, young men may one day be told similar horror stories about the dreaded vagina dentata.http://theyservepopcorninhell.blogspot.com