I looked forward to seeing this if only for the fact that, at last, it seemed like a pretty unique concept for a horror movie. When I heard it might even be a little comical in its approach, well … even better! It opens with two of its characters as children – one of whom, our heroine, we ultimately learn has the titular teeth in her you-know-what. Immediately I love how this scene will put some of the movie’s audience on edge; like the toilet flushing in Psycho – some people don’t even want to think about children playing doctor and this one right away suggests digital contact and throws some blood into the deal for good measure, lol.

If there’s anything that bugs me about what follows, then it’s just my usual objection to straight-laced gender depiction, which I’m fully aware is pretty much the movie’s intention anyway so it’s just a pet peeve of mine. There’s not a single guy in this movie who doesn’t not only think solely with his apparatus but is also patently evil about getting inside the heroine’s panties. Okay maybe the gyno, now I think about it – who incidently has the funniest scene of the movie … you’ve gotta love the OTT-ness of him screaming “vagina dentata! vagina dentata!” as she leaves the examination room, lol. Everybody talks about how men (all men, y’know, like they’re all just factory made machines) will likely find it the most terrifying notion of all … I say, if the scariest thing they can imagine is losing their thing, well … they probably deserve to lose it. So in the end, I find this a funny, unique movie; but the way the masses are responding really serves to show just how stupid we still are as a race.

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