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Bittertooth
USA 2023
produced by Monte Light, Neal Tyler, Susan Light, James Cullen Bressack (executive), Valentina Cau (executive), Mario Niccolò Messina (executive) for Sandaled Kid Productions, American Courtyard Productions, Atomic Finch Productions
directed by Monte Light
starring Autumn Lee (= Genevieve Thomas), Autumn Ivy, Joe Altieri, Justin Michael Terry, Helene Udy, Michaela Ivey, Matthew De Vine
story by Monte Light, Cooper Holmes, Neal Tyler, screenplay by Monte Light, music by Mac Light
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Mia (Autumn Lee) and Ivy (Autumn Ivy) run a true-crime podcast
together, a show that has a special edge to it because Mia is the only one
of the Bittertooth Killer's victims who has actually survived. Sure, she
was left mentally scarred after having been brutally raped and then left
for dead at age 16, but she's still alive, and with her and Mia's show she
actually feels she's making a difference. The Bittertooth Killer has never
been captured by the way, and his identity is up to anyone's guess ... and
enter Flint Dawes (Justin Michael Terry), who claims his father David (Joe
Altieri) is the notorious murderer, and he has actually some at least
circumstantial evidence. Now Mia needs a little convincing while Ivy wants
to turn this new relevation into a ten part series on their podcast on the
spot. Thing is, Flint is actually Ivy's secret lover, and his motive to
tarnish his father's reputation is he wants to get his hands on dad's
property - and Ivy's more than happy to help him with that, even helps him
with making the argument to Mia. After all, it's good for their show's
ratings and it will give Mia some closure. And Flint's circumstantial
evidence might be in no way conclusive, but it's solid enough to at least
assume that David might be the Bittertooth Killer. So the girls pay
David's farm a visit when they assume him out - only to walk right into a
trap, as David indeed proves to be the Bittertooth Killer. And Flint might
have had other motives to lure the girls to the farm than pure greed ... Genre
vereran Helene Udy plays Mia's mother. A pretty mean piece of
horror cinema - and mean in the best possible way, as it by the by blurs
the lines between good and evil, so much so that towards the finale the
film seems to shift protagonists ever so often, which is of course totally
in line with the fact that the movie builds up and then totally subverts
audience expectations via some intelligent and unexpected plottwists. But
that this works is due to a well-structured screenplay, peopled by well
fleshed out characters, and carried by a genre savvy directorial effort
and a very solid cast - all of which of course results in one pretty cool
genre movie.
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