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Night Teeth
A poster featuring two bloody vampires and the tagline, "Paint the town red."
Promotional release poster
Directed byAdam Randall
Written byBrent Dillon
Produced by
  • Vincent Gatewood
  • Charles Morrison
  • Ben Pugh
Starring
CinematographyEbon Bolter
Edited byDominic Laperriere
Music by
  • Drum & Lace
  • Ian Hultquist
Production
companies
  • Unique Features
  • 42
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21.7 million[1]

Night Teeth is a 2021 American vampire thriller film directed by Adam Randall from a screenplay by Brent Dillon. It stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Megan Fox, Lucy Fry, Alfie Allen, Raúl Castillo, and Alexander Ludwig. It was released on October 20, 2021 by Netflix.[2][3] The film received mixed reviews. While the cast and sequences were praised, criticism was made for the lack of action, as well as the film being predictable.

Plot

Benny, a freelance chauffeur driving in place of his brother Jay, is hired by friends Blaire and Zoe to drive them to several popular LA nightclubs. When Benny realizes that his passengers are actually centuries-old vampires, he quickly gets swept up in a power struggle between the city's vampires and must ally himself with the girls to stay alive.

He learns that vampires have co-existed peacefully with humans for centuries, feeding only by consent. Victor, a wealthy vampire lord who has grown bored and discontented with his life, is planning to subvert the system by kidnapping Jay's girlfriend, breaking the truce with Boyle Heights; unbeknownst to Benny, Jay is secretly part of the human council charged with maintaining the peace between vampires and humans. As Jay and his allies begin hunting down all of the vampires in LA, Victor executes a plan to wipe out his fellow lords and seize power for himself while tasking Blaire and Zoe with creating as much chaos in the city as they can to distract the vampire hunters and peacekeepers.

When Benny drops the girls off at a hotel, he discovers that the hotel is actually a feeding ground for vampires and realizes what Blaire and Zoe are using him for. The girls threaten his life, but spare him so they can get to Jay. During a visit to one of their targets, the girls are trapped by vampire hunters, but Benny decides to help them escape and lets them hide at his home. Benny then learns that Victor has his brother, who lost to the vampire in hand-to-hand combat while trying to slay him.

Benny drops the girls off at the last location on their list and discovers that the home belongs to Victor. Blaire urges him to leave, but Benny refuses to abandon his brother. Inside the house, Benny find several human prisoners being kept by the lord as "blood bags" for him to feed on, including Jay, but is captured by Victor while trying to free him. Victor and Zoe then threaten to kill him, leading Blaire to turn against Victor and Zoe, after realizing that she has feelings for Benny. In the struggle that follows, Zoe stabs Blaire and in retaliation, Benny remotely activates his brother's car, smashing a window and exposing sunlight which kills Zoe. Victor then attacks Benny using Jay as bait, and manages to bite Benny before Jay tackles him into sunlight, killing him. Benny soon transforms into a vampire and the brothers go their separate ways after Jay decides to start training as a professional vampire hunter and tells Benny that he expects him to fight by his side when the city plunges into chaos. Later that night, Benny meets Blaire for an evening of blood-drinking.

Cast

Production

In August 2019, it was announced Adam Randall would direct the film from a screenplay by Brent Dillon, with Netflix distributing.[4] In February 2020, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Alfie Allen and Raúl Castillo joined the cast of the film.[5] In July 2020, Alexander Ludwig, Bryan Batt and Marlene Forte joined the cast of the film.[6]

Filming

Principal photography began in February 2020 in New Orleans and Los Angeles.[7] Later that year, production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 36% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Night Teeth has a solid cast and some interesting ideas, but they're all lost in a listlessly told, generally predictable vampire story."[9] Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 44 out of 100 based on nine critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]

Meagan Navarro, writing for horror magazine Bloody Disgusting, gave the film two out of five stars, and said of the opening sequence that it "never really amount[s] to anything and sets the precedence for the film’s anemic world-building", added that "what Night Teeth lacks in substance it makes up for in style", and concluded writing that "despite a likable lead and a constantly moving narrative, Night Teeth lacks bite" and labeled it as "predictable."[11]

References

  1. ^ "Fastlane NextGen: Initial Certification Search" (Type "Night Teeth" in the search box). Louisiana Economic Development. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Squires, John (August 23, 2021). "'I See You' Director Adam Randall's Netflix Film 'Night Teeth' Premieres in October". BloodyDisgusting. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 12, 2021). "Netflix Unveils A 2021 Film Slate With Bigger Volume & Star Wattage; Scott Stuber On The Escalating Film Ambition". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 5, 2019). "Netflix Sets Adam Randall To Direct 'Night Teeth'; Unique Features, 42 Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (February 3, 2020). "Netflix Sets Jorge Lendeborg Jr For Lead In 'Night Teeth;' Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry & Alfie Allen Bring The Terror". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  6. ^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (July 24, 2020). "'Vikings' & 'Bad Boys for Life' Star Alexander Ludwig Joins Netflix Thriller 'Night Teeth'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Night Teeth". Current Productions. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Moore, Kasey (April 22, 2020). "Every Netflix Production Halted Due to Coronavirus". What's on Netflix. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Night Teeth". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  10. ^ "Night Teeth Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  11. ^ Navarro, Meagan (16 October 2021). "[Review] Netflix's 'Night Teeth' Is High on Style But Anemic on Energy". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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