‘Dead Teenagers’ Is a Meta Horror with an Impressive Twist [HorrorHound Review]

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Written by Luna Gray

September 17, 2024

Dead Teenagers may sound like a generic title, and it is. However, as the film progresses, this generic term begins to make more sense. Meta films have become a popular addition among the sub genres of horror. As we experience more and more horror tales, it only makes sense that we would want to see horror films about horror films.

However, some of these movies have taken things a step further and given fans a look behind the scenes. Recently, In a Violent Nature divided audiences with its in depth look at the slasher genre from the perspective of the slasher. Dead Teenagers takes things a step further by showing us what happens to horror movie characters when things don’t go according to script.

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Dead Teenagers follows a group of youngsters who are attacked by a masked man while on a spring break trip. You know, classic spring break experience and all that. However, when they accidentally kill the slasher, things start to get confusing.

The film starts dropping hints as to what it’s about from the very beginning but becomes very weird very quickly. Dead Teenagers leads you to believe that it will be a Cabin in the Woods spoof only to pull the rug out from under you and show you what real insanity looks like.

Another amazing aspect of this movie is that it is part of an end of the world trilogy. Good Deed Entertainment released two other films that tie in with this meta madness. Wolves Against the World and The Exorcism of Saint Patrick manage to tie this lunacy together. If you are a fan of independent horror, Dead Teenagers is a film that cannot be missed.

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Luna Gray is a trans woman, Senior Staff Writer at iHorror, author of No House Is Empty, and a lifelong horror obsessive with a soft spot for cult cinema. She specializes in cult, indie, folk, queer, streaming, international, and physical-media horror, along with haunted history and folklore. She has seen too much and recommends most of it. You can find her writing about the genre at iHorror and rambling about the things that refuse to stay buried at her Substack, The Void Writes Back.

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