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Body Horror

Teeth

1h 33m

Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein • 2007 • United States
Starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais

This fiendish blend of body horror, dark comedy, and Freudian feminist statement features a pitch-perfect performance from Jess Weixler as Dawn O’Keefe, a Christian teenager who promotes chastity with her local abstinence group—until raging hormones lead her to make a shocking discovery about herself. As Dawn encounters all manner of sleazy men on her journey of sexual awakening, she finds that her body has the power to bite back.

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