No matter what I say about this movie, everyone will grown at the mere premise. It's about a young abstinence preaching girl with teeth in her vagina. Whatever theory I put forth about how this story turns an absurdly sexist urban legend on its ear. It snatches the sexual upper hand from all men and hurls the result in their faces. Most people would laugh at what I've said before and after they have watched this film. They will call it B movie exploitation, which, believe it or not, is not an unfair evaluation. That is what makes this movie so unique. It actually functions as both a stinging satire of male, sexual dominance and a coal black horror comedy.
The film's anti-heroine, Dawn, played by Jess Wexler, is a beautiful young, abstinence preaching high school girl, who has been petrified of her sexuality ever since she bit the end of her step-brother's finger off with her vagina dentata, which she later learns was believed to be a curse by many civilizations that must be conquered by a brave hero's "holy sword." The metaphor and satire are oozing from every chapter of this story, as Dawn's curse becomes less and less of a burden and more a holy weapon of her own. Dawn becomes the great white warrior of female sexuality, and while I hold no personal stake in this battle of the sexual organs, I could not help giving a hell yeah when Dawn realizes the power she holds between her legs, and how it may be used to redeem those she loves and punish those who would take advantage of her innoncence.
If you have a strong enough stomach to withstand some hard-edged violent content (I mean this seriously. I had to break this movie up between two sittings), and you have any interest in horror, exploitation films, feminist theory or cheap thrills, check out "Teeth."
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