įoundation artistic director at the Sundance Film Festival Mystelle Brabbée claimed it was 'one of the most talked-about films at the Sundance Film Festival this year'. The site's critical consensus reads: 'Smart, original, and horrifically funny, Teeth puts a fresh feminist spin on horror movie tropes.' On Metacritic, the film received a score of 57/100 based on 22 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 70 reviews, with an average score of 6.5/10. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Dawn hesitates, then looks toward the camera, and turns to the old man with a mischievous smile. When she tries to exit his car, he repeatedly locks the doors while licking his lips. She accepts a lift from an old man, but falls asleep and wakes up after nightfall outside a convenience store.

Dawn leaves.ĭawn cycles away from home, but her bicycle tire sustains a puncture, prompting her to hitchhike. She drops it on the ground and although Brad calls his dog to attack her, the animal instead eats the penis, spitting out the pierced glans. As he realizes this, Dawn's vagina bites off his penis. In the midst of the act, Brad recalls that, when they were children, Dawn bit his finger, but it was not her mouth that bit him. She applies make-up and goes to Brad's room to seduce him. Seeing her stepfather injured and hearing from Melanie how Brad told her to ignore her mother's cries for help, Dawn becomes emboldened by her power and goes home to seek revenge. Dawn meets Bill and Melanie at the hospital after her mother has died. In her anger, her vagina bites off his penis and she leaves as he screams in agony.ĭawn's stepfather Bill attempts to throw Brad out of the house, but Brad sets his pet Rottweiler on Bill, confessing his love for Dawn. Ryan smugly boasts that he had made a bet with the friend that he could goad Dawn into sex. The following morning, they have sex again, but during intercourse, Ryan's friend calls. Though initially afraid she will hurt him, she finds that when she is relaxed and consenting, her 'teeth' do not engage. Ryan gives her a sedative and stimulates her with a vibrator. Hysterical, Dawn goes to Ryan seeking help. Dawn returns home to find her ailing mother, Kim, unconscious on the floor while Brad and Melanie are in his room having sex. When she arrives, the police are bringing up Tobey's body. That evening, she returns to the pool to investigate. On her way home, she sees several police vehicles passing her, as well as a car that resembles Tobey's. She panics and her vagina bites off four fingers on his right hand. Godfrey, but he assaults her during the examination, reaching up inside her without a glove. She then researches vagina dentata and realizes she may have it. Dawn returns to the swimming hole and screams in horror when she sees a crab crawling on Tobey's severed penis. He drops her off at her home and asks her out on a date, but she declines. A horrified Dawn flees the scene.Īfter a Promise meeting, Dawn runs into her classmate Ryan at a dance. As Tobey attempts to rape her, she fights back and somehow, his penis is cut off when it enters her vagina. When Dawn tries to push him off, he shakes her, smacking her head on the ground and dazing her.

Dawn becomes uncomfortable and tries to persuade Tobey to go back outside, but he becomes aggressive. After their swim, they enter a cave to get warm and begin kissing. However, they later give in and meet at a local swimming hole. Though Dawn and Tobey are attracted to each other, they initially agree they should not spend time alone together. Dawn, her friends Gwen and Phil, and Tobey begin going out together as a group. One afternoon at a group meeting, Dawn is introduced to Tobey.

She frequently overhears her stepbrother Brad and his girlfriend Melanie arguing about his refusal to engage in vaginal intercourse, insisting on only having anal sex. At Sundance, Weixler received the Grand Jury Prize for Acting.ĭawn O'Keefe is a teenage spokesperson for a Christian abstinence group, 'The Promise'. Teeth was positively received by critics and grossed $2,340,110 worldwide. Its title refers to the ancient trope of vagina dentata. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2007, and received a limited release in the United States on January 18, 2008, by Roadside Attractions. The film stars Jess Weixler and was produced by Lichtenstein on a budget of $2 million. Teeth is a 2007 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.

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