Teeth

Vagina dentata. This alone should tell you what the movie is about, literally.A rather plain girl, growing up in the suburbs in the shadow of a nuclear plant - which is driven into your brain with a sledgehammer. It's never really outright said that the "mutation" is a result of pollution, but the message is there. So Dawn is a devout advocate of celibacy - of course - putting on various talks and motivational sessions for the town's church-following youth. She gets involved with a guy, and through a series of unfortunate events, she discovers her condition, although it is difficult for her to comprehend.

What follows is a town full of rapists: other attempts are made and we see these men meet their gruesome fate, and I do mean gruesome. If it wasn't for the comedy injected into the movie - indeed, it actually delivers comedy and horror at a perfect balance - the movie would be unwatchable. You see entirely way too much and thankfully, the movie is relatively short.

Often, I will ask the question: how does a movie like this get made? In these cases, it's a jab at the horribleness of the film itself, but in this case, it should be taken literally. How is this concept pitched? Who agrees to it? Who accepts roles in it? Where does the financing come in? This isn't a movie that would see a wide release, or perhaps a release at all: it's perfect home is Netflix and the back shelves of video stores for curious viewers. Perhaps the concept is so wild it can't possibly fail. It was a fun movie to watch with a couple of close friends; I'm not sure I would have loaded it up by myself. But we could laugh out loud, and poke fun at the holes in the plot and absurdity of the characters. You can knock the movie for many things, but you can't knock it for being original.