In this comedy horror with bite, Jess Weixler plays a high-school student with a second set of teeth. Where? That is for her gynaecologist to know, and for her hapless lovers to find out if they get violent. Though the plot may sound like Z-grade horror, the feature-length debut of director Mitchell Lichtenstein (son of Pop Art pioneer Roy) is in fact a female-empowerment film of some subtlety and no small amount of charm. That is thanks largely to a bright and breezy performance by leading lady Weixler, who is certainly a talent to watch. The film's gorier moments may prove too much for some, but if you like your horror with a blackly comic edge, then you will be pleasantly surprised by how entertaining this is.

Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.