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Dead Teenager Movie(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-07-25
57%
3 Votes
Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
DEAD TEENAGER MOVIE is a short-format documentary examining a specific sub-genre of teen slasher films; namely the Dead Teenager Movie - a term coined by movie critic, Roger Ebert. Through the use of interviews with cultural professors, film historians, directors, writers, producers and film critics, and with visual aids from movie clips of several dead teen horror films, the documentary explores the origins of these stories from their beginnings in urban legends to their jump to the big screen in the late 70s to their modern incarnations (like FINAL DESTINATION 3 and its two predecessors). It look sat what clichés and stereotypes define the sub-genre, and how they have developed in cinema over time, particularly finding a home at New Line Cinema.
Languages: English.
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Movie: Dead Teenager Movie
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ryan Merriman
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Chelan Simmons
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Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
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Sam Easton
Alexz Johnson
Texas Battle
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Amanda Crew
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Kris Lemche
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Roger Ebert
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Overview
DEAD TEENAGER MOVIE is a short-format documentary examining a specific sub-genre of teen slasher films; namely the Dead Teenager Movie - a term coined by movie critic, Roger Ebert. Through the use of interviews with cultural professors, film historians, directors, writers, producers and film critics, and with visual aids from movie clips of several dead teen horror films, the documentary explores the origins of these stories from their beginnings in urban legends to their jump to the big screen in the late 70s to their modern incarnations (like FINAL DESTINATION 3 and its two predecessors). It look sat what clichés and stereotypes define the sub-genre, and how they have developed in cinema over time, particularly finding a home at New Line Cinema.
Release Date
2006-07-25
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
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English
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