Jess Weixler, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman

High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group’s most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother B...( read more  read more... )rad’s increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina when she becomes the object of violence. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Mitchell Lichtenstein

Release Date: January 19, 2007

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2008

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  • October 1, 2009
    I'm a bit disappointed with this film. I thought it was going to be a bit more like a Frank Henenlotter film I suppose. It was quite uneasy viewing really, which shocked me as I like all sorts of weird films that are more graphic and disturbing by far. I guess it was in the way i...( read more)t was handled. You expect to be shocked with a Takeshi Miike film but Mitchell Lichtenstein is that kind of director, he's not as talented. Also the humour element doesn't sit well, sure it has its funny bits (the dog eating the penis) but it doesn't draw a line between what is intentional and what is subsequent. It also depicts all men as perverted rapists, which is just lazy and stupid of the writers. I guess I've seen worse though!
  • August 30, 2009
    Fun for a while...then it's basically, "Yeah I get it. Please no more severed Penises."
  • August 22, 2009
    If you're a fan of the X-Men series then you'll love this darkly comical coming-of-age film about a mutation that Marvel Comics never told you about.
  • March 1, 2009
    Horrible in every way.
  • February 3, 2009
    This is why parents need to speak to their kids about sex: to insure that your kid doesn't have monster genitals and think it's normal because they have not been exposed to any proper sexual education. This is also why a hottie twink teenage boy shouldn't try raping his virgin an...( read more)d celibate girlfriend - he'll get his dick bitten off and the only sexual option possible after that will be to present his hot cornhole to me for proper deflowering (Yes kids, attempting hetero sex before marriage leads to penile loss and gay butt sex!).

    So this movie is obviously the story of "what if vagina dentata were a living problem for someone", and I hoped such a film might at least flirt with an NC-17 rating (it does in terms of showing penises). I do appreciate that the film explains the ancient anthropological myth, but my problem is with lack of graphic depiction. So we get to see a bit of chewed off cock early on, a spurting half-eaten meal at 1hr10min, and a dick fillet doggie treat at the end but what about the titular pussy teeth? Well, we get to see A tooth but not ever in its home environment, which is the primary flaw of the film. The script and acting are decent, but I was looking for something a little more daring. I do like that the character realizes her unique potential in the final act, and I wish the film had a little more time to explore this path (though that would have certainly led things down a B path).

    Most Fucked up highlight (SPOILER): hungry dog + fresh piece of meat
  • November 8, 2009
    Hilarious and charming.
  • November 8, 2009
    Pure entertainment, hilarious! You will laugh more than you squeam, well I did anyway
  • November 3, 2009
    qute intesteting story though horrific . A pussy cutting p***s....
  • November 1, 2009
    hahaha pa dobar je opis filma - horor komedija. Ja sam plakala od smija na neke scene i ovo je sigurno film koji cu pamtit samo tako. Doduse, nije izvrstan ali je u neku ruku morbidno zabavan! hahaha jos uvijek mi je sve smijesno. Al najjaca je zadnja scena sa onim starim, koji p...( read more)ogled :D
  • October 31, 2009
    Absolutely the strangest and most mesmorizing movie I've ever seen. The whole time watching was spent in total disbelief ....Highly recommended.

Critic Reviews


March 6, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

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. full review

January 23, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

There's no scarier myth for males, and [director] Lichtenstein turns various images of emasculation into a black comedy that flirts, fairly tediously, with pornography. full review

January 18, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The picture is unfocused and indistinct; there's a noncommittal quality to the filmmaking. Teeth hinges on one strong idea but doesn't know quite where to take it, wobbling awkwardly between going for... full review

January 18, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV

Any movie about a girl with an actual vagina dentata had better be either very scary or very funny --- or, preferably, both. Unfortunately, "Teeth" can't decide what it wants to be. full review

January 14, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

In Teeth, Mitchell Lichtenstein makes the old v.d. the centerpiece of a gory female-revenge black comedy. full review

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Comments


  • justinlcox
    January 6, 2009
    This movie was very painful to watch....
  • perfectgentlemn
    August 9, 2008
    Pretty bad movie, the 2 or 3 gory scenes don't save this puppy from drowning...lol don't watch it.. ;-)
  • gordon55555
    June 19, 2008
    Sorry to shoot down your (admittedly weak) argument here, but it can't really be described as clever or original... There was a japanese movie that came out in 2005 called "sexual parasite" which was incredibly similar to this one... Also, once the film gets it's "hard hitting" material in, it seems to just repeat this over and over again rather than thinking of something fresh to capture audience's attention. Poor at best.
  • Wotanraven
    May 7, 2008
    I'm surprised to see so many mediocre reviews!
    This movie is hilarious and damn brilliant! You gotta watch it with the right state of mind I guess... or perhaps you need to get your head out of your puritan ass and appreciate something that actually has originality in a period where all new movies are either remakes, sequals or fucking prequals ;)

    THIS MOVIE RULES! 9/10 !!!
  • lovecyn4ever
    February 15, 2008
    I did like the second half of the film because it drags in the beginning & the dialog don't seems to be that interesting.Once the movie gets to the twisted & perverse side of the tale of Dawn who have a vagina that has teeth which castrates men during sex then it becomes interesting.This is the type of film that will make you laugh & squirm at the same time.Original,provocative,wicked & gruesome film with a touch of humor.

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    December 25, 2007
    High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina when she becomes the object of violence. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.

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