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Teeth

Jess Weixler plays a high-school student who works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality. But after she is sexually assaulted she discovers she has teeth in a most unusual place and experiences the pitfalls and the benefits of this strange revelation.

Film Trivia

  • During the shoot in Texas, word got out about the film's plot and many locals became convinced it was a pornographic movie.
  • The vagina dentata myth dates back thousands of years for certain cultures. The idea was made famous by Sigmund Freud when he claimed that it represented the fear of castration.
  • This is Jess Weixler's first leading role. She stated that the first sex scene she had to film for this movie was hard to do as it was a rape scene. However she praised the director Mitchell Lichtenstein for making it as comfortable as it could be.
  • Many audiences have read a message about STDs into the film. Director Mitchell Lichtenstein has stayed tight-lipped about this however.

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Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Cast: Josh Pais, Lenny von Dohlen, Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer
Genre: Horror & Sci-Fi
Price: £2.99
Certificate: 18
Year: 2007
Duration: 90 mins

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