Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Starring: Jessica Weixler
35mm, Lionsgate, 2008
Best Actress, Sundance Film Festival, 2007
This indie horror/comedy achieved instant cult status at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Exploring the vagina dentata myth, Teeth tells the story of high school student Dawn (Weixler),
who is the head of her school’s chastity program and a stranger to her own body. After being
assaulted by her ideal guy, Dawn learns — in a shocking scenethat has to be seen
to be believed — she has a toothed vagina.