Dead Teenager Movie
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*Dead Teenager Movie* is a short-format documentary that examines a specific sub-genre of teen slasher films known as the Dead Teenager Movie, a term coined by film critic Roger Ebert. Using interviews with cultural professors, film historians, directors, writers, producers, and critics, along with visual aids from clips of various dead teen horror films, the documentary explores the origins of these stories, tracing them from urban legends to their emergence on the big screen in the late 1970s and their evolution into modern examples such as *Final Destination 3* and its two predecessors. It looks at the clichés and stereotypes that define the sub-genre and how they have developed in cinema over time, particularly noting their prominence at New Line Cinema.
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Edited by Julie NgScored by Jeff Macdonald
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12 unique people credited
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Ryan Merriman
as Self - All-American Jock
Chelan Simmons
as Self - Nubile Co-Ed
Yan Kay Crystal Lowe
as Self - Nubile Co-Ed
Sam Easton
as Self - Horny Sleazebag
Alexz Johnson
as Self - Angry Goth Chick
Texas Battle
as Self - Token Black Guy
Amanda Crew
as Self - Plucky Sibling
Kris Lemche
as Self - Skeptic
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
as Self - Final Girl
Roger Ebert
as Self - Film Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
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